Species Platydema striatum (Montrouzier, 1860)
- Neomida striata Montrouzier, X. 1860. Essai sur la faune entomologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Balade) et des Îles des Pins, Art, Lifu, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 8: 229-308 [280].
Type data:
Status unknown, (lost), New Caledonia. - Platydema kanalense Perroud, B.-P. in Perroud, B.-P. & Montrouzier, X. 1864. Essai sur la faune entomologique de Kanala (Nouvelle Calédonie) et descriptions de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 11: 46-257 [113].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not located), Kanala, New Caledonia. - Platydema oriticum Pascoe, F.P. 1869. Descriptions of new genera and species of Tenebrionidae from Australia and Tasmania. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 3: 29-45, 132-153, 277-296, 344-351 [280].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Vic?. - Platydema obscurum Blackburn, T. 1889. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1387-1506 [Date published 22 March 1889] [1430] [junior homonym].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, NT. - Platydema spicatum Olliff, A.S. 1889. The insect fauna of Lord Howe Island. Memoirs of the Australian Museum No. 2: 77-98 [87].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM K34368, Lord Howe Island, NSW [31° 34' S 159° 5' E]. - Platydema championi Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part X. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 292-345 [replacement name for Platydema odscurum Blackburn].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bates, F. 1873. Notes on Heteromera, and descriptions of new genera and species. No. 5. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 9: 201-204 [204] (P. oriticum Pascoe)
- Carter, H.J. 1918. Some new Heteromera, and one Stigmodera from Tropical Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42([1917]): 701-719 [dated 1917] [717] (P. kanalense Perroud, P. obscurum Blackburn)
- Carter, H.J. 1919. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44(1): 137–173, pls IV,V [138] (P. spicatum Olliff)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Victoria
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 28-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |