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Platystethus
Sign in to savePlatystethus is a genus of spiny-legged rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 6 described species in Platystethus.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 112
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Staphylinidae
- Collections
- PSUC, OMNH, UTC, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- United States
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Platystethus is a genus of spiny-legged rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are about 6 described species in Platystethus.
==Species== Platystethus americanus Erichson, 1840 Platystethus archetypus Scudder, 1900 Platystethus arenarius (Geoffroy, 1785) Platystethus carcareus Scudder, 1900 Platystethus degener Mulsant & Rey, 1878 Platystethus spiculus Erichson, 1840
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