Summary description from Wikipedia:

Platydema in languages:

Chinese

艷擬步行蟲屬

Japanese

キノコゴミムシダマシ属

Korean

진주거저리속

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Parent Taxon

• Tenebrionidae

Sibling Taxa

• Cosmonota
• Diaperis
• Neomida
• Pentaphyllus
• Platydema
• Ulomoides

Child Taxa

• Platydema americana
• Platydema aries
• Platydema biplagiatum
• Platydema brevispina
• Platydema cyanescens
• Platydema dejeanii
• Platydema elliptica
• Platydema endroedyi
• Platydema erythrocera
• Platydema europaea
• Platydema excavata
• Platydema flavipes
• Platydema flavomaculata
• Platydema foveiceps
• Platydema fumosa
• Platydema guatemalense
• Platydema inquilina
• Platydema jacobsoni
• Platydema kurama
• Platydema laevipes
• Platydema latitarsis
• Platydema lebombica
• Platydema limacella
• Platydema marseuli
• Platydema micans
• Platydema ndumica
• Platydema neglecta
• Platydema nigrata
• Platydema nigroaenea
• Platydema nigropicta
• Platydema nitidula
• Platydema oregonensis
• Platydema palliditarsis
• Platydema picilabrum
• Platydema picta
• Platydema plana
• Platydema raharizoniai
• Platydema recticornis
• Platydema reibnitzi
• Platydema ruficornis
• Platydema semistriata
• Platydema setipes
• Platydema sexnotata
• Platydema subcostata
• Platydema subfascia
• Platydema sylvestris
• Platydema teleops
• Platydema tibiale
• Platydema umlalazica
• Platydema unicornis
• Platydema violacea
• Platydema wandae
• Platydema waterhousei

Top Observation Places

• Arlington
• Bethesda