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Platydema kovaci

Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Diaperinae
Genus: Platydema
Species:Platydema kovaci Schawaller, 2004
Photographed specimen:Sex = male.
Remarks: Distribution: West Malaysia, Thailand
Identified by: Wolfgang Schawaller , 2006
Collected by: D. Kovac 15.X.1995
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Locality: W Malaysia, Ulu Gombak
Subregion: West Malaysia
Specimen deposited in SMF


Ecology and Economy
Ecological notes: On dead Bamboo
Agricultural role: No data yet
Management: No data yet

Literature:
  • Schawaller, W., 2004. The Oriental species of Platydema Laporte & Brullee, with descriptions of 16 new species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Stuttgarter Beitr??ge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 671: 2-49