Platynotini

Platynotini is a tribe of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are more than 70 genera in Platynotini.^[1][2][3][4] Representatives of this group are distributed across various biogeographic regions,^[5] including North and South America (Asiopus, Opatrinus), the southern Palaearctic (Zidalus), the Afrotropical region (e.g., Gonopus), and the Indomalayan realm (e.g., Platynotus).

Platynotini
Anomalipus expansicollis, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Subfamily:	Blaptinae
Tribe:	Platynotini Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Subtribes
Eurynotina Mulsant & Rey, 1854 Platynotina Mulsant & Rey, 1853

Morphologically, members of Platynotini can be distinguished from other tribes within the subfamily Blaptinae by the presence of a stridulatory gula, which is used for sound production.^[6] Additionally, the monophyly of the tribe has been strongly supported by recent molecular phylogenetic studies.^[1]

Genera

These genera belong to the tribe Platynotini:

• Adamus Iwan, 1997 (Indomalaya)
• Alaetrinus Iwan, 1995 (North America and the Neotropics)
• Amblychirus Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Anchophthalmops Koch, 1956 (North America and Indomalaya)
• Anchophthalmus Gerstaecker, 1854 (tropical Africa)
• Angolositus Koch, 1955 (tropical Africa)
• Anomalipus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 (tropical Africa)
• Atrocrates Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Atrocrypticanus Iwan, 1999 (tropical Africa)
• Bantodemus Koch, 1955 (tropical Africa)
• Byrrhoncus Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Capidium Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Clastopus Fairmaire, 1898 (tropical Africa)
• Claudegirardius Iwan, 1999 (tropical Africa)
• Colophonesthes Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Colpotinoides Kaszab, 1975 (tropical Africa)
• Crypticanus Fairmaire, 1897 (tropical Africa)
• Doyenus Iwan, 1996 (tropical Africa)
• Ectateus Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Eleoselinus Kamiński, 2014 (tropical Africa)
• Eucolus Mulsant & Rey, 1853 (Indomalaya)
• Eurynotus W. Kirby, 1819 (tropical Africa)
• Eviropodus Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Glyptopteryx Gebien, 1910 (tropical Africa)
• Gonopus Latreille, 1828 (tropical Africa)
• Heteropsectropus Kaszab, 1941 (tropical Africa)
• Hirtograbies Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Hovademus Iwan, 1996 (tropical Africa)
• Isoncophallus Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Lechius Iwan, 1995 (tropical Africa)
• Madobalus Fairmaire, 1901 (tropical Africa)
• Melanocratus Fairmaire, 1895 (tropical Africa)
• Melanopterus Mulsant & Rey, 1854 (tropical Africa)
• Menearchus Carter, 1920 (tropical Africa)
• Menederes Solier, 1848 (tropical Africa)
• Menederopsis Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Monodius Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Muelleropsectropus Lumen & Kamiński (South Africa)
• Nesopatrum Gebien, 1921 (tropical Africa)
• Notocorax Dejean, 1834 (Indomalaya)
• Ograbies Péringuey, 1899 (tropical Africa)
• Oncotus Blanchard, 1845 (tropical Africa)
• Opatrinus Dejean, 1821 (the Neotropics)
• Parabantodemus Iwan, 2000 (tropical Africa)
• Paraselinus Kamiński, 2013 (tropical Africa)
• Penthicoides Fairmaire, 1896 (Indomalaya)
• Phaleriderma Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Phallocentrion Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Phylacastus Fairmaire, 1897 (tropical Africa)
• Phymatoplata Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Platyburak Iwan, 1990 (Indomalaya)
• Platyburmanicus Iwan, 2003 (Indomalaya)
• Platycolpotus Iwan, 1997 (Indomalaya)
• Platynotoides Kaszab, 1975 (Indomalaya)
• Platynotus Fabricius, 1801 (Indomalaya)
• Pokryszkiella Iwan, 1996 (tropical Africa)
• Psectrapus Solier, 1848 (tropical Africa)
• Pseudoblaps Guérin-Méneville, 1834 (the Palearctic and Indomalaya)
• Pseudonotocorax Iwan, 1997 (Indomalaya)
• Pteroselinus Kaminski, 2015 (tropical Africa)
• Rugoplatynotus Kaszab, 1975 (Indomalaya)
• Schelodontes Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Schyzoschelus Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Sebastianus Iwan, 1996 (tropical Africa)
• Selinopodus Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Selinus Mulsant & Rey, 1853 (tropical Africa)
• Stenogonopus Gebien, 1938 (tropical Africa)
• Stridigula Koch, 1954 (tropical Africa)
• Styphacus Fairmaire, 1901 (tropical Africa)
• Trigonopus Mulsant & Rey, 1853 (tropical Africa)
• Upembarus Koch, 1956 (tropical Africa)
• Zidalus Mulsant & Rey, 1853 (the Palearctic and tropical Africa)
• Zophodes Fåhraeus, 1870 (tropical Africa)