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Checklist for Subfamily Platypodinae Shuckard, 1840 (Ambrosia beetles)
and region Liberia (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
373
5345
8846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
372
5344
8846
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
357
5261
8620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
250
4580
7746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
60
1519
2009
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
56
1371
1806
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Cucujiformia
Lameere, 1938
24
908
1023
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Curculionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bark Beetles, Snout Beetles and Bark Beetles, Weevils
5
242
262
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCurculionidae
Latreille, 1802
Ambrosia beetles, Amycteridae, Aquatic weevils, Weevil
202
196
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyPlatypodinae
Shuckard, 1840
Ambrosia beetles, Pinhole Bark Borers
8
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Liberia
8 Genera with 12 Species
Megaplatypus Wood, 20024SpeciesTaxom
Neotrachyostus Browne, 19661SpeciesTaxom
Platyphysus Wood, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Platyscapulus Schedl, 19921SpeciesTaxom
Schedlarius Wood, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Teloplatypus Wood, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Tesserocerus Saunders, 1896pin-hole borer beetle2SpeciesTaxom
Tesserocranulus Schedl, 19331SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Liberia
12 Species
Megaplatypus discicollis Bright & Ski..., 2002
Megaplatypus liratus Bright & Ski..., 2002
Megaplatypus occipitalis Bright & Ski..., 2002
Megaplatypus reichei Bright & Ski..., 2002
Neotrachyostus obliquus Wood, 1966
Platyphysus obtusus Bright & Ski..., 2002
Platyscapulus frontalis Wood & Bright, 1992
Schedlarius mexicanus Wood, 1957
Teloplatypus excisus Bright & Ski..., 2002
Tesserocerus rudis Chapuis, 1865
Tesserocerus spinax Blandford, 1896
Tesserocranulus nevermanni Schedl, 1933

Subnodes of Platypodinae with occurrences in Liberia
TribePlatypodini
Erichson, 1847
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeSchedlariini
Wood & Bright, 1992
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTesserocerini
Strohmeyer, 1914
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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