Platynina

Platynus sp., copyright Nick Block.

Belongs within: Platynini.

The Platynina are a group of ground beetles in which females have a fringe of setae along the apex of the penultimate segment of the gonostylus. The widespread genus Agonum, found in Eurasia, Africa and North America, is mostly found alongside standing or flowing water though some species are forest dwellers and the North American A. placidum is found in dry pastures (Ball & Bousquet 2001).

Platynina [Agonini] R-JC01
    |--+--Incagonum lineatupunctatum OM08, R-JC01
    |  `--Agonum Bonelli 1810 OM08, BB01
    |       |  i. s.: A. decorum L88
    |       |         A. dorsalis VPB11
    |       |         A. elongatulum L88
    |       |         A. moestum (Dufts 1812) VPB11
    |       |--A. (Agonum) (see below for synonymy) BB01
    |       |    |--A. (A.) belleri (Hatch 1933) BB01
    |       |    |--A. (A.) collare BB01
    |       |    |--A. (A.) cupripenne BB01
    |       |    |--A. (A.) excavatum BB01
    |       |    |--A. (A.) marginatus (Linnaeus 1758) BB01, L58 [=Carabus marginatus L02, Harpalus (A.) marginatus G20]
    |       |    |--A. (A.) melanarium BB01
    |       |    |--A. (A.) muelleri (Herbst 1784) BB01
    |       |    |--A. (A.) octopunctatum BB01
    |       |    `--A. (A.) placidum (Say 1823) BB01
    |       |--A. (Deratanchus Casey 1920) BB01
    |       |    `--A. (D.) quadrimaculatum (Horn 1885) BB01
    |       |--A. (Europhilus Chaudoir 1859) BB01
    |       |    |--A. (E.) retractum LeConte 1848 BB01
    |       |    `--A. (E.) sordens BB01
    |       |--A. (Micragonum Casey 1920) [incl. Circinalidia Casey 1920] BB01
    |       |    |--A. (M.) limbatum Motschulsky 1845 BB01
    |       |    `--A. (M.) nutans BB01
    |       |--A. (Olisares Motschulsky 1865) [incl. Circinalia Casey 1920] BB01
    |       |--A. (Platynomicrus Casey 1920) BB01
    |       |    |--A. (P.) bicolor BB01
    |       |    `--A. (P.) nigriceps LeConte 1848 BB01
    |       |--A. (Stereagonum Casey 1920) BB01
    |       |    `--A. (S.) errans (Say 1823) BB01
    |       `--A. (Stictanchus Casey 1920) BB01
    |            `--A. (S.) extensicolle BB01
    `--+--Liagonum xantholoma OM08, B55
       `--Platynus Bonelli 1810 OM08, BB01
            |  i. s.: P. assimilis C01
            |         P. atratus C01
            |         P. dolens C01
            |         P. gracilipes C01
            |         P. gracilis C01
            |         P. hypolithos OM08
            |         P. impressus C01
            |         P. obscurus C01
            |         P. sexpunctatus C01
            |         P. versutus C01
            |         P. viduus [incl. P. viduus var. moestus] C01
            |         P. (Batenus Motschulsky 1865) [incl. Paranchomenus Casey 1920, Platynidius Casey 1920] BB01
            |           |--‘Agonum’ hypolithos BB01
            |           `--P. (B.) mannerheimii (Dejean 1828) BB01
            |         P. (Glyptolenopsis Perrault 1991) BB01
            |           `--P. (G.) ovatulus (Bates 1884) BB01
            |         P. (Microplatynus Barr 1982) BB01
            |           `--P. (M.) pecki Barr 1982 BB01
            |--P. alternans L88
            |--P. lherminieri L88
            `--+--+--P. ellipticus L88
               |  `--P. pseudellipticus L88
               `--+--+--P. amone L88
                  |  `--+--P. wolla L88
                  |     `--+--+--P. acuniai L88
                  |        |  `--P. cubensis L88
                  |        `--+--P. laeviceps L88
                  |           `--+--P. marcus L88
                  |              `--P. ramoni L88
                  `--+--P. cinchonae L88
                     |--P. constricticeps L88
                     `--+--P. calathinus L88
                        `--+--+--P. stricticollis L88
                           |  `--+--P. rastafarius L88
                           |     `--+--P. faber L88
                           |        `--P. jamaicae L88
                           `--+--P. robustus L88
                              `--+--P. jaegeri L88
                                 |--+--P. subcordens L88
                                 |  `--P. tipoto L88
                                 `--+--P. cychrinus L88
                                    `--+--P. christophe L88
                                       `--+--P. biramosus L88
                                          `--P. transcibao L88

Agonum (Agonum) [incl. Melanagonum Casey 1920, Paragonum Casey 1920, Punctagonum Gray 1837, Taphranchus Casey 1920] BB01

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BB01] Ball, G. E., & Y. Bousquet. 2001. Carabidae Latreille, 1810. In: Arnett, R. H., Jr & M. C. Thomas (eds) American Beetles vol. 1. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia pp. 32–132. CRC Press: Boca Raton.

[B55] Basilewsky, P. 1955. Carabidae (Coleoptera) de l’Angola (première partie). Diamang Publicações Culturais 27: 91–137.

[C01] Csiki, E. 1901. Bogarak [Coleopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 75–120. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[L88] Liebherr, J. K. 1988. General patterns in West Indian insects, and graphical biogeographic analysis of some circum-Caribbean Platynus beetles (Carabidae). Systematic Zoology 37 (4): 385–409.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[OM08] Ober, K. A., & D. R. Maddison. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of tribes within Harpalinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) as inferred from 28S ribosomal DNA and the wingless gene. Journal of Insect Science 8: 63.

[R-JC01] Roig-Juñent, S., & A. C. Cicchino. 2001. Chaltenia patagonica, new genus and species belonging to Chalteniina, a new subtribe of Zolini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Canadian Entomologist 133: 651–670.

[VPB11] Varet, M., J. Pétillon & F. Burel. 2011. Comparative responses of spider and carabid beetle assemblages along an urban-rural boundary gradient. Journal of Arachnology 39 (2): 236–243.

Last updated: 22 December 2020.