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Platynini

Platynini is a large tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 190 genera and 3000 described species in Platynini.

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Platynini
Sericoda quadripunctata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Platyninae
Tribe: Platynini
Bonelli, 1810
Diversity
at least 190 genera

Platynini is a large tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 190 genera and 3000 described species in Platynini.1234

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See also

See also

For a list of Platynini genera, see Platyninae.

References

References

  1. "Platynini Bonelli, 1810". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Platynini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. "Platynini tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  4. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.

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