Platyarthrus Brandt, 1833

Beron, Petar, 2020, Checklist of Isopoda Oniscidea (Crustacea) of Bulgaria, Ecologica Montenegrina 38, pp. 227-244 : 235

Genus Platyarthrus Brandt, 1833

Platyarthrus atanassovi Verhoeff, 1936 – Dermantsi (Distr. Lovech) – Verhoeff (1936: 10); Shtarkovo (Distr. Pazardjik), Pesnopoi (Distr. Plovdiv), Primorsko, Varna, Vratsa, Voden (Distr. Razgrad), Sadovets (Distr. Pleven), Chiren (Distr. Vratsa), Assenovgrad, Balchik, Krapets (Distr. Dobrich) – Andreev (1972: 182). Myrmecophilous, with the ants Messor rufitarsus , Lasius niger , L. flavus , L. alienus , Ponera coarctata , Camponotus vagus (Hym., Formicidae ). Bulgaria, Romania and European Turkey.

Platyarthrus coronatus Radu, 1959 – Varna, Balgarevo, Balchik, Krapets, Shabla (Distr. Dobrich), Nesebar - Andreev (1972: 183). Myrmecophilous, with Plagiolepis vindobonensis , Tetramorium caespitum , Lasius alienus , Messor rufitarsis (Hym., Formicidae ). “Possibly identical with P. lindbergi from Greece (Schmalfuss, 2003)”. Romania, Bulgaria.

Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi Brandt, 1833 – Narechenski bani, Bachkovski manastir (Rhodopes), Alepu, Sozopol, Ognyanovo (Distr. Pazardjik), Yasenkovo (Distr. Shumen), Vodna (Distr. Vidin) - Andreev (1972: 183); Kresnensko hanche – Andreev (2001: 45); Maarata (Kr 30), Lessovo – Andreev (2002: 68). Myrmecophile, with Messor rufitarsis , Tetramorium caespitum (Hym., Formicidae ).

Platyarthrus schoeblii Budde-Lund, 1885 (syn. P messorum Verhoeff, 1936 ) - Skakavitsa - Verhoeff (1936 – sub “ P. messorum ”); Slaviyanka (Alibotush), Obrochishte (Distr. Dobrich), Varna, Sozopol, Primorsko – Andreev (1972: 182). Myrmecophilous, with Pheidole pallidula arenarum var. orientalis (Hym. Formicidae ).