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Placonotus
Placonotus is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. There are 40 currently recognized species, known from all continents except Antarctica. Placonotus species are small (~2mm), elongate, flattened beetles, characterized by long filiform antennae, presence of a frontoclypeal suture, open anterior coxal cavities, and broadly rounded intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite III. Males have the 8th abdominal segment modified to form claspers used during mating. Adults and larvae are found under dead bark, where they feed on fungi. Currently recognized species are:
Placonotus africanus Lefkovitch
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Placonotus testaceus
speciesPlaconotus testaceus
Placonotus modestus
speciesPlaconotus modestus
Placonotus zimmermanni
speciesPlaconotus zimmermanni
Placonotus granulatus
speciesPlaconotus granulatus
Placonotus decoratus
speciesPlaconotus decoratus
Placonotus politissimus
speciesPlaconotus politissimus
Placonotus falinorum
speciesPlaconotus falinorum
Placonotus donacioides
speciesPlaconotus donacioides
Placonotus exornatus
speciesPlaconotus exornatus
Placonotus majus
speciesPlaconotus majus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 211845.