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Genus of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Placonotus is a genus of beetles in the family Laemophloeidae. There are 40 currently recognized species, known from all continents except Antarctica. Placonotus species are small (~2mm), elongate, flattened beetles, characterized by long filiform antennae, presence of a frontoclypeal suture, open anterior coxal cavities, and broadly rounded intercoxal process of abdominal ventrite III. Males have the 8th abdominal segment modified to form claspers used during mating.[1] Adults and larvae are found under dead bark, where they feed on fungi. Currently recognized species are:
| Placonotus | |
|---|---|
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| Placonotus macrognathus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Cucujoidea |
| Family: | Laemophloeidae |
| Genus: | Placonotus MacLeay, 1871 |
The genus has been treated taxonomically for several geographical regions: the New World;[1] Africa;[2] Europe;[3] and India.[4] The Asian, Pacific, and Australian faunas have not been worked and there are probably many unassigned and undescribed species.
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