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Beaver Beetle
Platypsyllus castoris
The Beaver beetle (Platypsyllus castoris) is an ectoparasitic beetle that only hosts on beavers. It is flattened and eyeless, resembling a flea or tick. It used to be placed in a separate family called Leptinidae, but is now placed in the family Leiodidae, in its own subfamily, Platypsyllinae.
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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 212098.