Platydracus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Staphylininae
Tribus: Staphylinini
Subtribus: Staphylinina
Genus: Platydracus
Subgenera: Chaetodracus – Chitocompsus – Nesiolinus – Paraplatydracus – Poikilodracus – Tropoplatydracus

Species overview: P. acupunctipennis – P. aeneipennis – P. aeneoacreus – P. aeneoniger – P. afer – P. affinis – P. allardi – P. alluaudi – P. amamiensis – P. amazonicus – P. angusticeps – P. antiquus – P. apicipennis – P. asemus – P. associatus – P. aureofasciatus – P. aurichalceus – P. auricomus – P. aurifluus – P. auroaeneus – P. auronotatus – P. auropubescens – P. bakeri – P. banghaasi – P. basicornis – P. becquarti – P. belti – P. bengalensis – P. biguttatus – P. birmanus – P. biseriatus – P. bocandei – P. bodongi – P. bolivianus – P. borneensis – P. brachycerus – P. bredoi – P. breviantennatus – P. brevicornis – P. brevipennis – P. brincki – P. bruchi – P. bryanti – P. buquetii – P. burgeoni – P. caffer – P. caliginosus – P. campestris – P. cantharophagus – P. castaneus – P. catalonicus – P. centralis – P. cerdo – P. cervinipennis – P. chalcescens – P. chalceus – P. chalcocephalus – P. championi – P. chinensis – P. chiriquensis – P. chrysaster – P. chrysis – P. chrysotrichopterus – P. cincticollis – P. cinnamopterus – P. circumcinctus – P. coeruleipennis – P. collaris – P. comes – P. consularis – P. contiguus – P. cordilleranus – P. costaricensis – P. cribratipennis – P. cupreicollis – P. curticornis – P. cyaneus – P. cyanomelas – P. darfourensis – P. dauricus – P. decipiens – P. demissus – P. dimidiatus – P. discretus – P. dispersus – P. dohertyi – P. donnyi – P. drescheri – P. dudgeoni – P. emeritus – P. erichsoni – P. ertli – P. erythrocnemus – P. evansi – P. exulans – P. falcimaculatus – P. fassli – P. fauveli – P. fauvelianus – P. fauvelides – P. feae – P. femoratus – P. ferox – P. fervidus – P. flavopilosus – P. flavopunctatus – P. formosae – P. fossator – P. fraternus – P. fulvipes – P. fulvomaculatus – P. funebris – P. fuscolineatus – P. fuscomaculatus – P. gabiruensis – P. gemmatus – P. gentilis – P. gerardi – P. giganteus – P. girardi – P. gmelini – P. goliathus – P. goryi – P. gracilipes – P. gratiosus – P. gratus – P. gravenhorsti – P. guineensis – P. hauserianus – P. hewitti – P. hypocrita – P. ignotus – P. immaculatus – P. imperatorius – P. impotens – P. incognitus – P. indicus – P. inornatus – P. insolitus – P. insularis – P. iridiventris – P. iringanus – P. javanus – P. jeanneli – P. juang – P. kalisi – P. kamerunensis – P. kasyi – P. kiulungensis – P. kiushiuensis – P. kraatzi – P. krejcii – P. kristenseni – P. lamottei – P. lamtoensis – P. langei – P. latebricola – P. latecarinatus – P. latro – P. lecordieri – P. lefevrei – P. leleupi – P. lewisi – P. lomii – P. luzonicus – P. maculicollis – P. maculipennis – P. maculosus – P. marginatus – P. marmorellus – P. masumotoi – P. mendicus – P. meridionalis – P. methneri – P. methnerianus – P. mexicanus – P. mimeticus – P. mirandus – P. mongendensis – P. montanides – P. montanus – P. mortuorum – P. mrazi – P. muellerianus – P. musonoiensis – P. mysticus – P. nepalensis – P. nigripennis – P. nigriventris – P. nobilis – P. notativentris – P. notatus – P. nudicollis – P. oblongopunctatus – P. obsoleticornis – P. ochropygus – P. oculosus – P. opaciceps – P. opacus – P. optatus – P. orizabae – P. osculatii – P. pallidipes – P. panamensis – P. parviceps – P. parvulus – P. patricius – P. perniger – P. perreaui – P. peyrierasi – P. philippinus – P. phoenicurus – P. pictus – P. pinorum – P. plagiicollis – P. plebejus – P. praelongus – P. praetermissus – P. prasinivariegatus – P. pratti – P. preangeranus – P. procerus – P. pseudopaganus – P. pulcherrimus – P. purpurascens – P. purpureoaureus – P. raffrayi – P. reitterianus – P. rhodesianus – P. riojanus – P. ruandae – P. rufipennis – P. rufulus – P. rugosipennis – P. rutilicauda – P. sachalinensis – P. sallaei – P. salvinianus – P. santacoffiensis – P. scabrosus – P. schultzei – P. scriptus – P. semiauratus – P. semicyaneus – P. semipurpureus – P. semiviolaceus – P. semotus – P. sepulchralis – P. sharpi – P. sjostedti – P. sladeae – P. solwezianus – P. sp. S.A. 09 – P. sparsus – P. speculifrons – P. stercorarius – P. subaeneipennis – P. subaeneus – P. subauronotatus – P. subchalceus – P. subirideus – P. submarmorellus – P. subtilicornis – P. subviridis – P. sumakowi – P. surdus – P. suspectus – P. suspiciosus – P. tanalensis – P. tarsalis – P. temporalis – P. tomentosus – P. toumodiensis – P. trimaculatus – P. uheheanus – P. ussuriensis – P. vestitus – P. vetustus – P. vicarius – P. villanuevai – P. violaceovirens – P. violaceus – P. virgulatus – P. viridanus – P. vittatus – P. vividus – P. weingaertneri – P. wittei – P. wittmeri – P. yolensis – P. yunnanensis – P. yunnanicus – P. zavattarii – P. zonatus
Name

Platydracus Thomson, 1858: 29

Type species: Staphylinus stercorarius Olivier, 1795 by monotypy.

Synonymy

Platydracus (Bemasus) Mulsant & Rey, 1876: 259
Type species: Staphylinus lutarius Gravenhorst, 1806, designated in Blackwelder, 1943: 443.
Amichorus Sharp, 1884: 390
Type species: Amichorus fauveli Sharp, 1884, designated in Lucas, 1920: 89.
Platydracus (Euryolinus) Bernhauer, 1915: 297
Type species: Staphylinus semicyaneus Bernhauer, 1915, designated in Blackwelder, 1943: 443.
Platydracus (Plesiolinus) Bernhauer, 1917: 93
Type species: Staphylinus costaricensis Bernhauer, 1917, designated in Blackwelder, 1943: 444.
Platydracus (Neotasgius) Müller, G., 1925: 41
Type species: Ocypus brevicornis Weise, 1877, fixed by monotypy.
Chapmaniella Bernhauer, 1934: 145
Type species: Chapmaniella miranda Bernhauer, 1934, fixed by monotypy.
Glenothorax Bierig, 1937: 199
Type species: Glenothorax viridipennis Bierig, 1937, fixed by original designation.

References
Primary references

Thomson, C.G. 1858. Försök till uppställning af Sveriges Staphyliner. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 15: 27–40. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 29]

Additional references

Hayashi, Y. 2011: A new Platydracus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) species from Thailand, with some morphological notes on the genus Platydracus. Special publication of the Japanese Society of Scarabaeoidology, (1 ): 109–114. [Publication date: 25 April 2011] [not seen]
Pietrykowska-Tudruj, E.; Staniec, B. 2012: Comparative larval morphology of Platydracus and Staphylinus (Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Staphylinina) with notes on their biology and redescription of the pupa of Staphylinus. Zootaxa 3580: 24–42. Preview Reference page.

Platydracus is a genus of rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 280 described species in Platydracus.

The species of Platydracus were formerly classified in the genus Staphylinus.[1][2]
Platydracus violaceus