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Platysoma urvillei

Hister Beetle

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Hister Beetle

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE Indonesia/PNG - New Caledonia - Fiji - Samoa - Cooks; n. to Micronesia.

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group; ?; Land, horticultural

KEY FEATURES: Glossy black beetle to 6mmBL. Jaws long and curved; frontlegs thin and expanded laterally. Wingcover longitudinal grooves - 2 long and 1 short.

SIMILAR SPECIES: See under Jepson's Beetle (Plaesius javanus).

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
P
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Platysoma urvillei (Le Guillot, 1844)
SYNONYMS: Platysoma (Platylister) urvillei; Platylister urvillei

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Coleoptera; HISTERIDAE. COMMENT: Subfamily subf. Histerinae, Tribe Platysomatini

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IDENTIFICATION: Glossy black beetle to 6mmBL. HEAD long curved jaws, antennae short. THORAX with rounded anterolateral projections. LEGS foreleg second segment thin and expanded with groove to infold outer segments. WINGCOVERS 2 dorsolateral longitudinal grooves full-length, and ±rudimentary groove; abdominal 2 rear segments exposed.

GENERAL NOTE: Predator on various weevil larvae.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 6 specimens, Avarua, 1964, 1977 & 1979, Krauss, in BPBM unidentified, ID GMcCormack 2/2003; 2 specimens, Turangi inland of Ara Metua under dead bark, Apr/1986, G.Paulay in BPBM, ID A.S.Ramsdale 5/2004. Mauke: one specimen, NE makatea, 11/1984, G.Paulay in BPBM, ID A.S.Ramsdale 5/2004.

References:
Special Reference: PM79

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05b, zD02

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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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