Platysoma gracile

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| name = Platysoma gracile

| genus = Platysoma

| species = gracile

| authority = J. E. LeConte, 1845

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Platysoma gracile is a species of clown beetle in the family Histeridae.{{cite web|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/158155|title=Platysoma gracile Species Information|website=BugGuide.net|accessdate=2018-02-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=805598|title=Platysoma gracile Report|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-02-01}} It is found in North America.

References

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  • Bousquet, Yves, and Serge Laplante (2006). "Coleoptera Histeridae". The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, part 24, xiii + 485.
  • Mazur, Slawomir (1999). "Preliminary studies upon the Platysoma complex (Col. Histeridae)". Annals of Warsaw Agricultural University-SGGW, Forestry and Wood Technology, no. 49, 3-29.

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Further reading

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  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida {{ISBN|978-0-8493-0954-0}}.
  • {{Cite book| author = Ross H. Arnett| date = 30 July 2000| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico| publisher = CRC Press| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1}}
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Category:Histeridae

Category:Beetles described in 1845

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