Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details

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Taxonomy

Accepted name		Platydema violaceum (Fabricius 1790)

Taxonomic rank		Species

Taxonomic status		valid

Taxonomic comment

Nomenclature and Synonyms

Genus group name(s)	Taxonomic comment
Platydema Laporte de Castelnau & Brulle 1831 [genus]
no synonyms present in the database for this taxon

Species group name(s)	Original genus	Taxonomic comment
violaceum Fabricius 1790 [species]	Diaperis
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Rank	Name
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Hexapoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Suborder	Polyphaga
Infraorder	Cucujiformia
Superfamily	Tenebrionoidea
Family	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily	Diaperinae
Tribe	Diaperini
Genus	Platydema
Species	*violaceum*

Distribution

Experts

Name	Fauna Europaea status
Audisio, Prof. Paolo	group coordinator
Fattorini, Dr. Simone	taxonomic specialist

References

Accepted name:

Platydema violaceum (Fabricius 1790)

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