Platynectes gemellatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Agabinae
Tribus: Hydrotrupini
Genus: Platynectes
Subgenus: Platynectes (Gueorguievtes)
Species: Platynectes gemellatus

Name

Platynectes gemellatus Šťastný, 2003

Type locality: China, Hong Kong, University Campus at light.

Holotype: NHMW. male ♂. 1996. legit G. de Rougemont.

References

Primary references

• Šťastný, J. 2003. Dytiscidae: X. Review of Platynectes subgen. Gueorguievtes VAZIRANI from Southeast Asia (Coleoptera). In: Jäch, M.A. & Ji, L. (Eds.), Water beetles of China. Vol. III. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Österreich and Wiener Coleopterologenverein Wien, 217–259. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jiang, Z.Y., Zhao, S., Jia, F.L. & Šťastný, J. 2023. Two new species of Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 from China with notes on other Chinese members of the genus, including a key to species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae). Zootaxa 5227(4): 401–425. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.4.1. . Reference page.