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A Plateros species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/15/2018). Determined by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide.
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Plateros species in Caroline Co., Maryland (7/26/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Plateros species in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/11/2020). Determined by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide.
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Plateros species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/10/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Plateros species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/10/2018). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Plateros species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/4/2020). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved.
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Plateros species in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/22/2024). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Plateros species in Howard Co., Maryland (7/15/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Plateros species in Washington Co., Maryland (8/15/2025). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Plateros species in Calvert Co., Maryland (7/4/2025). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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A Plateros species in Baltimore Co., Maryland (6/18/2019). Determined by Blaine Mathison/BugGuide.
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Plateros species in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/20/2025). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Plateros species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Plateros species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/25/2025). (c) eaglebeach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Plateros species in Washington Co., Maryland (7/10/2021). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Plateros species in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/8/2023). (c) Matthew Beziat, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
| Plateros | |
|---|---|
| A unknown Plateros species located in the Himalayas | |
| Unknown Plateros species from Sapelo Island, Georgia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lycinae |
| Tribe: | Platerodini |
| Genus: | Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 |
| Diversity | |
| 47 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Planeteros Gorham, 1883 | |
Plateros is a genus of net-winged beetles that belongs to the tribe Platerodini.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]Members of this genus have a wide distribution being found in the Americas, Africa and Asia, including Sri Lanka, Indochina, Korea and Japan.[3]
Taxonomy
[edit]Species
[edit]This genus currently contains 47 described species. This makes this genus the largest of its family.[3] A list can be found below:[1][2][3]
- Plateros arizonensis Green, 1953
- Plateros australis Green, 1953
- Plateros avians Green, 1953
- Plateros batillifer Green, 1953
- Plateros bidens Green, 1953
- Plateros bispiculatus Green, 1953
- Plateros borealis Green, 1953
- Plateros capillaris Green, 1953
- Plateros capitatus Green, 1953
- Plateros carinulatus Green, 1953
- Plateros centralis Green, 1953
- Plateros coccinicollis Fall, 1910
- Plateros dentaticornis Wang, Chengtao & Yang, Yuxia & Fang, Chen & Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu. (2026)
- Plateros devians Green, 1953
- Plateros elongatus Wang, Chengtao & Yang, Yuxia & Fang, Chen & Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu. (2026)
- Plateros flavoscutellatus Blatchley, 1914
- Plateros floralis (Melsheimer, 1845)
- Plateros hainanensis Wang, Chengtao & Yang, Yuxia & Fang, Chen & Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu. (2026)
- Plateros kalamensis Tvardik & Bocak, 2001
- Plateros knulli Green, 1953
- Plateros krivolutzkii L. Medvedev
- Plateros kurentzovi L. Medvedev
- Plateros lalui Tvardik & Bocak, 2001
- Plateros lictor (Newman, 1838)
- Plateros mamasensis Tvardik & Bocak, 2001
- Plateros milenae Tvardik & Bocak, 2001
- Plateros modestus (Say, 1835)
- Plateros nigerrimus Schaeffer, 1908
- Plateros nigrior Green, 1953
- Plateros ocularis Green, 1953
- Plateros orobuensis Tvardik & Bocak, 2001
- Plateros perditus Green, 1953
- Plateros peregrinus Green, 1953
- Plateros roseimargo Fall, 1910
- Plateros rubromamasensis Tvardik & Bocak, 2001
- Plateros sanguinicollis Horn, 1894
- Plateros sinuatus Wang, Chengtao & Yang, Yuxia & Fang, Chen & Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu. (2026)
- Plateros sollicitus (LeConte, 1847)
- Plateros spinulosus Wang, Chengtao & Yang, Yuxia & Fang, Chen & Yang, Xingke & Liu, Haoyu. (2026)
- Plateros subfurcatus Green, 1953
- Plateros subtortus Green, 1953
- Plateros tanatorajensis Tvardik & Bocak, 2001
- Plateros timidus (LeConte, 1847)
- Plateros transpictus Green, 1953
- Plateros tumacacori Green, 1953
- Plateros ussuriensis Barovskij
- Plateros volatus Green, 1953
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Plateros Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Plateros Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Plateros Bourgeois, 1879". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
- Miller, Richard S. / Arnett, Ross H. Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds. (2002). "Family 59. Lycidae Laporte 1836". American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, 174–178.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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