Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Alternative spelling: Platynii
Full reference: F. A. Bonelli. 1810. Observations Entomologiques. Première Partie (Cicindélètes et Portion des Carabiques) 1-58
Parent taxon: Carabidae according to S. Gamboa and V. M. Ortuño 2017
Sister taxa: Antemnacrassa, Apotomopterus, Ataktosites, Bembidium, Brachininae, Brachinites, Broscinae, Carabidium, Carabinae, Carabites, Carabites, Carabopteron, Cavicarabus, Celeripedes, Cicindelites, Conjunctiinae, Cratacanthus florissantensis, Elaphrinae, Elaphrotites, Fangshania, Feronites, Fonsecacarabus, Fossores, Gehringiinae, Glenopterus, Hadrocephalus, Harpalinae, Harpalomimes, Hebeicarabus, Lithocantharis, Loricera exita, Loricerinae, Meileyingia, Metagrilium, Migadopinae, Nebriinae, Nebrorabus, Neothanes, Notokistus, Omophroninae, Paussinae, Procarabites, Protopaussinae, Protorabinae, Rhopalochlaenius, Rhysodinae, Scaritinae, Siagoninae, Sinocarabus, Stereocerus, Sunocarabus, Trechinae, Trechoides, Trechus fractus, Tremembecarabus, Wongyekokia, Wuchangicarabus, Yunnanocarabus
Subtaxa: Platynini
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Ontario collections), Greenland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (9), United States (16: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Washington)
• Miocene of Croatia (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of France (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (3), United States (6: Colorado, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of France (1)
Total: 49 collections including 89 occurrences