Platypsyllus castoris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Leiodidae
Subfamilia: Platypsyllinae
Genus: Platypsyllus
Species:

Belfiore, N.M. 2006: Observation of a beaver beetle (Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema) on a North American river otter (Lontra canadensis Schreber) (Carnivora: Mustelidae: Lutrinae) in Sacramento County, California (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Platypsyllinae). Coleopterists bulletin, 60: 312–313.
Kelley, S.W. 2010: A new record of the parasitic beaver beetle (Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema) from Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 62 (2): 149–153.
Duff, A.G.; Campbell-Palmer, R.; Needham, R. 2013: The beaver beetle Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema (Leiodidae: Platypsyllinae) apparently established on reintroduced beavers in Scotland, new to Britain. Coleopterist, 22 (1): 9–19. [not seen]