Platytomus longulus

Platytomus longulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Platytomus
Species:
P. longulus
Binomial name
Platytomus longulus
(Cartwright, 1948)
Synonyms
  • Pleurophorus longulus Cartwright, 1948

Platytomus longulus is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the United States (Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas), as well as in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Guyana, Honduras, Suriname and Uruguay.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 2–2.4 mm (0.079–0.094 in). The body is light to dark testaceous.

References

  1. ↑ "Platytomus longulus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Platytomus longulus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Platytomus longulus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 21, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Gama, E. R.; Skelley, P. E.; Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. (2026). "Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 1038 (1): 1–225. Retrieved September 21, 2026.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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