Genus Platisus Erichson, 1842

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• Platisus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [216].

  Type species:

   Platisus obscurus Erichson, 1842 by monotypy.
• Ipsaphes Pascoe, F.P. 1863. Notices of new or little-known genera and species of Coleoptera. Part IV. Journal of Entomology 2: 26-56 pls ii-iii [Date published Jan. 1863] [39].

  Type species:

   Ipsaphes moerosus Pascoe, 1863 by monotypy.

Introduction

Revision of Platisus fauna of Australia and New Zealand (Marris 2016).

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CUCUJIDAE: Platisus colonarius (Oliff, 1885) [Marris (2016) notes that specimen identified as P. colonarius was clearly P. bicolor, not P. colonarius (Oliff, 1885) as previously thought, thus that species is removed from the Australian list.] — Marris, J.W.M. 2016. A revision of the flat bark beetle genus Platisus Erichson, 1842 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Austral Entomology

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP)

General References

Marris, J.W.M. 2016. A revision of the flat bark beetle genus Platisus Erichson, 1842 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae). Austral Entomology

History of changes