Platyxythrius

Platyxythrius is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 20 described species in Platyxythrius, found in Africa.

==Species== These 20 species belong to the genus Platyxythrius: Platyxythrius bertrandi (Straneo, 1951) (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DR Congo) Platyxythrius cavicola (Straneo in Basilewsky & Straneo, 1950) (DR Congo) Platyxythrius clarkei Straneo, 1979 (Ethiopia) Platyxythrius contractus (Straneo, 1941) (Guinea, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea) Platyxythrius gigas (Straneo, 1952) (DR Congo and Rwanda) Platyxythrius insularis Straneo, 1956 (Sao Tome) Platyxythrius jeanneli (Straneo, 1942) (Tanzania) Platyxythrius laevicollis (Burgeon, 1935) (Guinea, Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda) Platyxythrius latiusculus (Straneo, 1952) (Kenya) Platyxythrius luluanus (Straneo, 1939) (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda) Platyxythrius major (Straneo, 1941) (Zimbabwe) Platyxythrius marginalis Straneo, 1956 (DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania) Platyxythrius parumpunctatus (Straneo, 1941) (Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi) Platyxythrius pradieri (Chaudoir, 1873) (Togo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DR, Angola) Platyxythrius robustus (Straneo, 1941) (Equatorial Guinea) Platyxythrius sinuaticollis (Straneo, 1952) (Cameroon, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda) Platyxythrius subrobustus (Straneo, 1952) (Guinea) Platyxythrius usambarensis (Straneo, 1942) (Tanzania) Platyxythrius vanmoli (Straneo, 1951) (DR Congo) Platyxythrius westermanni (Chaudoir, 1873) (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon, DR Congo)