Platynus hindei Scudder 1890 (ground beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Platynus according to S. H. Scudder 1900

See also Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1895

Sister taxa: Platynus (Batenus), Platynus caesus, Platynus calvini, Platynus casus, Platynus desuetus, Platynus dilapidatus, Platynus dissipatus, Platynus exterminatus, Platynus florissantensis, Platynus funebris, Platynus halli, Platynus harttii, Platynus insculptipennis, Platynus interglacialis, Platynus interitus, Platynus longaevus, Platynus pleistocenicus, Platynus senex, Platynus subgelidus, Platynus tartareus

Type specimen: Hinde 14512, an elytra. Its type locality is Scarborough Bluffs (Hinde collection), which is in a Pleistocene lacustrine deltaic siltstone in the Scarborough Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Scarborough Bluffs (Hinde collection)

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