Platidius Chaudoir, 1872

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 463

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Subgenus Platidius Chaudoir, 1872

Platidius Chaudoir, 1872a: 51. Type species: Patrobus aterrimus Dejean, 1828 designated by Darlington (1938: 147). Etymology. Probably from the Greek platys (flat), referring to the flat body (" forme aplatie ") of the adult [masculine].

Diversity.

Six species in the Nearctic (four species) and Palaearctic ( Diplous depressus Gebler and Diplous dolini Zamotajlov in eastern Asia) Regions.

Identification.

Marek and Kavanaugh (2005) revised the North American species and provided a key for their identification.