Platycholeus Horn, 1880: 254

Peck, Stewart B. & Newton, Alfred F., 2017, An Annotated Catalog of the Leiodidae (Coleoptera) of the Nearctic Region (Continental North America North of Mexico), The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 211-258 : 222

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scientific name	Platycholeus Horn, 1880: 254
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Platycholeus Horn, 1880: 254 View in CoL . Type species: Pto-

maphagus leptinoides Crotch, 1874 View in CoL (by mono-

typy). Fresneda et al. 2011 (verification of tribal

placement and recognition of the genus as the

sister group of the rest of the tribe, which occurs

in the Palearctic).

Biology. Found in or under bark of decaying conifer logs, free-living or with ants or termites nesting in the logs.

Distribution. W Nearctic (3 species).

P. leptinoides ( Crotch, 1874: 77) (Ptomaphagus) View in CoL ; Horn 1880: 254 ( Platycholeus View in CoL ); Hatch 1933: 233, 1957: 46. Type depository not known. Type locality: Ft. Crook, Shasta County, California. North American distribution: USA: CA, NV, OR. Biology: Termitophile, in nests of the termites Zootermopsis spp. in decaying conifer logs.

P. opacellus Fall, 1909: 133 View in CoL ; Hatch 1933: 234, 1957: 46; Salgado 1999: 43. Syntypes (5) in MCZC. Type locality: Lake Tahoe, California. North American distribution: USA: CA. Biology: Myrmecophile, in nests of the ant Lasius pallitarsis (Provancher) View in CoL in decaying conifer logs.

P. sp., undescribed species. Fresneda et al. (2011). North American distribution: Canada: BC. USA: OR, WA. Biology: Free-living under bark of decaying conifer logs. Larval description: Kilian and Newton (2016).