Silvanus planatus is a species of silvanid flat bark beetle in the family Silvanidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America and Oceania.[2]

Silvanus planatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Silvanidae
Genus: Silvanus
Species:
S. planatus
Binomial name
Silvanus planatus
Germar, 1824
Synonyms
  • Silvanus cognatus Guérin-Méneville, 1844
  • Silvanus zimmermanni LeConte, 1854

References edit

  1. ^ "Silvanus planatus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Silvanus planatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Silvanus planatus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.