Platerodrilus

Platerodrilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Lycidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Genus:	Platerodrilus; Pic, 1921
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	Duliticola Mjöberg, 1925; Falsocalochromus Pic, 1942; Platerodriloplesius Wittmer, 1944; Platrilus Kazantsev, 2009

Platerodrilus is a genus of beetles of the family Lycidae. They commonly appear in the literature under the name Duliticola, which is an obsolete junior synonym.^[1] The females retain a larval form as adults (larviform females) and are about 40–80 mm in length. The females and larvae have a flattened, dark body with large scales over the head, resembling trilobites, hence the informal names trilobite beetle, trilobite larva or Sumatran trilobite larva. In contrast, the males are much smaller, 8–9 mm, resembling other beetles. Species are found in tropical rainforests of India and South-east Asia.

P. palawanensis, adult male

Species[]

"P. paradoxus group"
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Platerodrilus paradoxus (Mjöberg, 1925)
  - =Duliticola paradoxa Mjöberg, 1925^[2]^[3]
"P. major group"
- Pic, 1921
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
"P. sinuatus group"
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Pic, 1921
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
- Masek & Bocak, 2014
Ungrouped
- (Wittmer, 1966)
  - =Platerodriloplesius bicolor Wittmer, 1966
- (Pic, 1923)
  - =Platrilus crassicornis (Pic, 1923)
- (Wittmer, 1938)
  - =Platrilus hirtus (Wittmer, 1938)
- Blair, 1928
- Platerodrilus ruficollis (Pic, 1942)
  - =Falsocalochromus ruficollis Pic, 1942
  - =Duliticola hoiseni Wong, 1996^[4]

References[]

^ Bocak, Ladislav; Masek, Michal (2014). "The taxonomy and diversity of Platerodrilus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) inferred from molecular data and morphology of adults and larvae". ZooKeys (426): 29–63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.426.7398. PMC 4137290. PMID 25147457.
^ Mjöberg, Eric (1925). "The mystery of the so-called "trilobite larvae" or "Perty's larvae" definitely solved". Psyche. 32 (3): 119–157. doi:10.1155/1925/19784.
^ Duliticola paradoxa. (eol.org)
^ Wong, A.T.C. (1996). "A new species of neotenous beetle, Duliticola hoiseni (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cantharoidea: Lycidae) from Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 41 (1): 173–187.

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[1] Bocak, Ladislav; Masek, Michal (2014). "The taxonomy and diversity of Platerodrilus (Coleoptera, Lycidae) inferred from molecular data and morphology of adults and larvae". ZooKeys (426): 29–63. doi:10.3897/zookeys.426.7398. PMC 4137290. PMID 25147457.

[2] Mjöberg, Eric (1925). "The mystery of the so-called "trilobite larvae" or "Perty's larvae" definitely solved". Psyche. 32 (3): 119–157. doi:10.1155/1925/19784.

[3] Duliticola paradoxa. (eol.org)

[4] Wong, A.T.C. (1996). "A new species of neotenous beetle, Duliticola hoiseni (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cantharoidea: Lycidae) from Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 41 (1): 173–187.

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