Platycis minutus (Fabricius, 1787)
(a net-winged beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlatycis minutus (a net-winged beetle)
FamilyLYCIDAE (net-winged beetles)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Platycis minutus (a net-winged beetle) :
1: Platycis minutus (a net-winged beetle)
21 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on dead Ash stump
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - head, thorax and antennae - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male and female - dorsal views - highly enlarged - white background
2: Platycis minutus (a net-winged beetle)
31 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Indoors, at 8pm.
Image 1: Dorsal - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Dorsal - magnifiedImage 3: Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal - magnifiedImage 4: Ventral - magnified
3: Platycis minutus (a net-winged beetle)
5 Sep 2000 OSGR: TQ02 51° 0’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
on large fallen beech log
Image 1: Male(?) trying to interrupt mating pairImage 2: Male(?) trying to interrupt mating pair (2)Image 3: Male(?) trying to interrupt mating pair (3)
4: Platycis minutus (a net-winged beetle)
27 Aug 2000 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Dog’s Mercury
Image 1: Dorsal - enlargedImage 2: Elytral bases - magnifiedImage 3: Elytral tips and ovipositor - magnifiedImage 4: Head and thorax - dorsal - magnifiedImage 5: Head and thorax - ventral - magnifiedImage 6: Ventral - enlarged
5: Platycis minutus (a net-winged beetle)
4 Sep 1977 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on rotting log
Image 1: In cop - enlargedImage 2: In cop - side view - enlargedImage 3: In cop - side view - enlarged (2)Image 4: In cop - top view - enlargedImage 5: Pair - enlargedImage 6: Side view - enlarged
6: Platycis minutus (a net-winged beetle)
28 Aug 1970 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on rotting wood, near stream
Image 1: Pair - enlargedImage 2: Side view - enlarged

Platycis minutus (a net-winged beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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