genus Platyscelis Latreille, 1818

Platyscelis Latreille, 1818: 23; Dejean, 1821: 65; Guérin-Méneville, 1828: 41; Hope, 1840: 124; Laporte, 1840: 210; Solier, 1848: 153, 206; Lacordaire, 1859: 229; Jacquelin du Val, 1861: 268; Seidlitz, 1893: 339 (subgenus); Reitter, 1911: 333; Kaszab, 1940: 908; Skopin, 1965: 54; Egorov, 1989: 337; 1999: 128; 2004: 659; 2008: 296; 2009: 66; Ren & Yu, 1999: 302. Type species: Tenebrio hypolithus Pallas, 1781 .