Platypus Herbst 1793 (ambrosia beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: J. F. W. Herbst. 1793. Natursystem Aller Bekannten in- und Ausländischen Insekten als Eine Fortsezzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Käfer Fünfter Theil 1-392
Parent taxon: Platypodini according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Herbst 1793, Latreille 1802 and Wood and Bright 1992
Sister taxa: Crossotarsus, Doliopygus, Euplatypus
Subtaxa: Platypus cylindrus Platypus maravignae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
• Miocene of Italy (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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