Platyxythrius

Platyxythrius is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 20 described species in Platyxythrius, found in Africa.^[1][2]

Platyxythrius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Pterostichinae
Tribe:	Cratocerini
Subtribe:	Drimostomatina
Genus:	Platyxythrius Lorenz, 1998

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Platyxythrius:

• Platyxythrius bertrandi (Straneo, 1951) (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DR Congo)
• Platyxythrius cavicola (Straneo in Basilewsky & Straneo, 1950) (DR Congo)
• Platyxythrius clarkei Straneo, 1979 (Ethiopia)
• Platyxythrius contractus (Straneo, 1941) (Guinea, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)
• Platyxythrius gigas (Straneo, 1952) (DR Congo and Rwanda)
• Platyxythrius insularis Straneo, 1956 (Sao Tome)
• Platyxythrius jeanneli (Straneo, 1942) (Tanzania)
• Platyxythrius laevicollis (Burgeon, 1935) (Guinea, Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda)
• Platyxythrius latiusculus (Straneo, 1952) (Kenya)
• Platyxythrius luluanus (Straneo, 1939) (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda)
• Platyxythrius major (Straneo, 1941) (Zimbabwe)
• Platyxythrius marginalis Straneo, 1956 (DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania)
• Platyxythrius parumpunctatus (Straneo, 1941) (Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi)
• Platyxythrius pradieri (Chaudoir, 1873) (Togo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DR, Angola)
• Platyxythrius robustus (Straneo, 1941) (Equatorial Guinea)
• Platyxythrius sinuaticollis (Straneo, 1952) (Cameroon, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda)
• Platyxythrius subrobustus (Straneo, 1952) (Guinea)
• Platyxythrius usambarensis (Straneo, 1942) (Tanzania)
• Platyxythrius vanmoli (Straneo, 1951) (DR Congo)
• Platyxythrius westermanni (Chaudoir, 1873) (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon, DR Congo)