Platambus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Agabinae
Genus: Platambus
Species: P. americanus – P. angulicollis – P. apache – P. astrictovittatus – P. ater – P. aztec – P. balfourbrownei – P. binliui – P. biswasi – P. brancuccii – P. confusus – P. convexus – P. elongatus – P. excoffieri – P. fimbriatus – P. flavovittatus – P. glabrellus – P. guttulus – P. ikedai – P. insolitus – P. jilanzhui – P. johannis – P. kempi – P. khukri – P. koreanus – P. korgei – P. lindbergi – P. lineatus – P. lunulatus – P. maculatus – P. maya – P. mexicanus – P. nakanei – P. nepalensis – P. obtusatus – P. optatus – P. pictipennis – P. planatus – P. princeps – P. punctatipennis – P. satoi – P. sawadai – P. schaefleini – P. schillhammeri – P. sculpturellus – P. semenowi – P. semivittatus – P. sogdianus – P. spinipes – P. stagninus – P. striatus – P. stygius – P. texovittatus – P. ussuriensis – P. wewalkai – P. wittmeri – P. wulingshanensis
Name

Platambus C.G. Thomson, 1859

Synonyms

Agabinus Crotch, 1873
Anagabus Jakovlev, 1897
Colymbinectes Falkenström, 1936
Stictogabus Guignot, 1948
Allogabus Guignot, 1951
Agraphis Guignot, 1954
Neoplatynectes Vazirani, 1970
Paraplatynectes Vazirani, 1970

References

Alarie, Y.; Larson, D.J. 1998: Larvae of Agabinus Crotch: generic characteristics, description of A. glabrellus (Motschulsky), and comparison with other genera of the subfamily Colymbetinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). Coleopterists bulletin, 52 (4): 339–350. JSTOR
Crotch 1873: Trans. Amer. ent. Soc., 4, 397.
Hájek, J.; Brancucci, M. 2006: Platambus striatus (Zeng & Pu 1992) a valid species from south-western China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge, 38: 1397–1402. abstract only seen
Hendrich, L. & Przewoźny, M. 2015: Two new species of the genus Platambus Thomson, 1859 from China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Agabinae). Zootaxa 3947(2): 191–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.3. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Leech, H.B. 1941: Note on the species of Agabinus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Canadian entomologist, 73 (3): 53. DOI: 10.4039/Ent7353-3
Okada, R. 2011: A new species of the genus Platambus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from Hokkaido, Japan. Elytra (n.s.) 1(1): 31–38. full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

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Vernacular names
русский: Гребец

Platambus is a genus of beetle native to the Palearctic, including Europe, the Near East and North Africa. It distinguished by a wide epipleuron. The ventral surface has spot markings.[1]

It contains the following species:[2]

Platambus americanus (Aubé, 1838)
Platambus angulicollis (Régimbart, 1899)
Platambus apache (Young, 1981)
Platambus astrictovittatus (Larson & Wolfe, 1998)
Platambus ater (Falkenström, 1936)
Platambus aztec (Larson, 2000)
Platambus balfourbrownei Vazirani, 1965
Platambus biswasi Vazirani, 1965
Platambus confusus (Blatchley, 1910)
Platambus coriaceus (Régimbart, 1899)
Platambus dabieshanensis Nilsson, 2003
Platambus dembickyi Brancucci, 2006
Platambus denticulatus Nilsson, 2003
Platambus excoffieri Régimbart, 1899
Platambus fimbriatus Sharp, 1884
Platambus flavovittatus (Larson & Wolfe, 1998)
Platambus fletcheri Zimmermann, 1928
Platambus glabrellus (Motschulsky, 1859)
Platambus guttulus (Régimbart, 1899)
Platambus heteronychus Nilsson, 2003
Platambus ikedai (Nilsson, 1997)
Platambus incrassatus Gschwendtner, 1935
Platambus insolitus (Sharp, 1884)
Platambus johannis (Fall, 1922)
Platambus kempi (Vazirani, 1970)
Platambus khukri Brancucci, 1990
Platambus koreanus (Nilsson, 1997)
Platambus lindbergi Guéorguiev, 1963
Platambus lineatus Gschwendtner, 1935
Platambus lunulatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1829)
Platambus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Platambus maya (Larson, 2000)
Platambus mexicanus (Larson, 2000)
Platambus micropunctatus Nilsson, 2003
Platambus nepalensis (Guéorguiev, 1968)
Platambus obtusatus (Say, 1823)
Platambus optatus (Sharp, 1884)
Platambus pictipennis (Sharp, 1873)
Platambus planatus (Sharp, 1882)
Platambus princeps (Régimbart, 1888)
Platambus punctatipennis Brancucci, 1984
Platambus regulae Brancucci, 1991
Platambus satoi Brancucci, 1982
Platambus sawadai (Kamiya, 1932)
Platambus schaefleini Brancucci, 1988
Platambus schillhammeri Wewalka & Brancucci, 1995
Platambus sculpturellus (Zimmermann, 1919)
Platambus semenowi (Jakovlev, 1897)
Platambus semivittatus (LeConte, 1852)
Platambus sogdianus (Jakovlev, 1897)
Platambus spinipes (Sharp, 1882)
Platambus stagninus (Say, 1823)
Platambus strbai Hendrich & Balke, 1998
Platambus striatus (Zeng & Pu, 1992)
Platambus stygius (Régimbart, 1899)
Platambus texovittatus (Larson & Wolfe, 1998)
Platambus ussuriensis (Nilsson, 1997)
Platambus wangi Brancucci, 2006
Platambus wewalkai Brancucci, 1982
Platambus wittmeri Wewalka, 1975
Platambus wulingshanensis Brancucci, 2005
Platambus yaanensis Nilsson, 2003

External links

Platambus at Fauna Europaea

Footnotes

Бей-Биенко Г. Я. 1 // Определитель насекомых европейской части СССР в пяти томах. Жесткокрылые и веерокрылые.. — Москва—Ленинград: «Наука», 1965. — Т. II. — С. 83. — 668 с.
Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.