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Platydema sericeum

Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Diaperinae
Genus: Platydema
Species:Platydema sericeum Gebien, 1914
Type specimen:Holotype
Photographed specimen:Sex = male.
Identified by: Wolfgang Schawaller , 2006
Collected by: C. Jacobson
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Locality: Sumatra, Fort de Kock, leg, C, Jacobson (NHMB-F)
Subregion: Sumatra
Specimen deposited in NHMB-F. HNHM. DEI. MHNG. SMNS. CKMT. CSBC. CKAO


Ecology and Economy
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