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Checklist for Subfamily Platypodinae Shuckard, 1840 (Ambrosia beetles)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
426
5797
18200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
408
5716
17992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
262
4583
15908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
67
1771
5415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
63
1532
4462
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
38
875
2430
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils
4
238
617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCurculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Ambrosia beetles, Amycteridae, Aquatic weevils, Weevil
169
416
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPlatypodinae
Shuckard, 1840
Ambrosia beetles, Pinhole Bark Borers
10
39
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cameroon
10 Genera with 39 Species
Astycus Hübner, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Chaetastus Nunberg, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Crossotarsus Chapuis, 191210SpeciesTaxom
Cylindropalpus Strohmeyer, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Doliopygus Schedl, 19377SpeciesTaxom
Euplatypus Wood, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Mesoplatypus Strohmeyer, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Periommatus Chapuis, 19128SpeciesTaxom
Platypus Herbst, 19115SpeciesTaxom
Triozastus Schedl, 19921SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
39 Species
Astycus aureolus Hustache, 1937
Astycus ischnomioides Hustache, 1937
Chaetastus striatus Browne, 1986
Crossotarsus abbreviatus Strohmeyer, 1911
Crossotarsus alternans Strohmeyer, 1911
Crossotarsus brevis Strohmeyer, 1911
Crossotarsus conradti Strohmeyer, 1911
Crossotarsus fuscipilosulus Schedl, 1936
Crossotarsus rufescens Strohmeyer, 1912
Crossotarsus schenklingi Strohmeyer, 1912
Crossotarsus serratus Strohmeyer, 1911
Crossotarsus spinulosus H.Strohmeyer, 1912
Crossotarsus tenuis Strohmeyer, 1912
Cylindropalpus africanus (Strohmeyer, 1911)⇒ Cylindropalpus auricomans Schaufuss, 1897
Cylindropalpus auricomans Schaufuss, 1897
Doliopygus chapuisi Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus dubius Wood & Bright, 1992
Doliopygus hartwigi Schedl, 1979
Doliopygus perminutissimus Schedl, 1972
Doliopygus subnotatus Schedl, 1950
Doliopygus tenuis Schedl, 1972
Doliopygus unispinosus Schedl, 1937
Euplatypus parallelus Fabricius, 1801Common Ambrosia Beetle
Mesoplatypus imparispinosus Roberts, 1972
Mesoplatypus nigeriensis Roberts, 1964
Periommatus bispinus Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus camerunus Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus grandis Schedl, 1953
Periommatus major Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus nitidicollis Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus signatus Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus similis Strohmeyer, 1912
Periommatus substriatus Strohmeyer, 1912
Platypus conjunctus Schedl, 1941
Platypus glabratus Roberts, 1972
Platypus hintzi Schaufuss, C..., 1897
Platypus impolitus Roberts, 1972
Platypus tomentosus Strohmeyer, 1911
Triozastus marshalli Wood & Bright, 1992

Subnodes of Platypodinae with occurrences in Cameroon
TribePlatypodini
Erichson, 1847
7
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeTesserocerini
Strohmeyer, 1914
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Platypodinae at artfakta.se
Platypodinae at dyntaxa.se
Platypodinae at itis.gov