Platydema cardamonicum

Family: Tenebrionidae
Subfamily: Diaperinae
Genus: Platydema
Species:Platydema cardamonicum Schawaller, 2004
Type specimen:Holotype
Photographed specimen:Sex = male.
Remarks: Distribution: S, India
Identified by: Wolfgang Schawaller , 2004
Collected by: L. Dembicky & P. Pacholatko 1.-9.V.1997
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Locality: South India, Kerala, 15km SW Munnar, Kallar Valley, 1250m
Subregion: India
Specimen deposited in NHMB

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Ecology and Economy
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Literature:
  • Schawaller, W., 2004. The Oriental species of Platydema Laporte & Brullee, with descriptions of 16 new species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Stuttgarter Beitr??ge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 671: 2-49