Platyxythrius is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 20 described species in Platyxythrius, found in Africa.
Species
These 20 species belong to the genus Platyxythrius:
- Platyxythrius bertrandi <small>(Straneo, 1951)</small> (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DR Congo)
- Platyxythrius cavicola <small>(Straneo in Basilewsky & Straneo, 1950)</small> (DR Congo)
- Platyxythrius clarkei <small>Straneo, 1979</small> (Ethiopia)
- Platyxythrius contractus <small>(Straneo, 1941)</small> (Guinea, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea)
- Platyxythrius gigas <small>(Straneo, 1952)</small> (DR Congo and Rwanda)
- Platyxythrius insularis <small>Straneo, 1956</small> (Sao Tome)
- Platyxythrius jeanneli <small>(Straneo, 1942)</small> (Tanzania)
- Platyxythrius laevicollis <small>(Burgeon, 1935)</small> (Guinea, Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda)
- Platyxythrius latiusculus <small>(Straneo, 1952)</small> (Kenya)
- Platyxythrius luluanus <small>(Straneo, 1939)</small> (Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda)
- Platyxythrius major <small>(Straneo, 1941)</small> (Zimbabwe)
- Platyxythrius marginalis <small>Straneo, 1956</small> (DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania)
- Platyxythrius parumpunctatus <small>(Straneo, 1941)</small> (Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi)
- Platyxythrius pradieri <small>(Chaudoir, 1873)</small> (Togo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DR, Angola)
- Platyxythrius robustus <small>(Straneo, 1941)</small> (Equatorial Guinea)
- Platyxythrius sinuaticollis <small>(Straneo, 1952)</small> (Cameroon, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda)
- Platyxythrius subrobustus <small>(Straneo, 1952)</small> (Guinea)
- Platyxythrius usambarensis <small>(Straneo, 1942)</small> (Tanzania)
- Platyxythrius vanmoli <small>(Straneo, 1951)</small> (DR Congo)
- Platyxythrius westermanni <small>(Chaudoir, 1873)</small> (Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon, DR Congo)
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