Platytomus longulus

Platytomus longulus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Scarabaeidae

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Platytomus longulus
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Adults are tiny, measuring about 2 to 2.4 mm in length. The beetle’s body ranges from light to dark brownish-yellow. It occurs in several U.S. states, including Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas, and also in parts of South America such as Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The body color varies from light to dark testaceous.

Source: Wikipedia

Size

Adults reach about 2 to 2.4 mm long.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

In the United States it is found in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas. Its range also includes Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Honduras, Suriname and Uruguay.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 9 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

Same family (Scarabaeidae)

Japanese BeetleJapanese BeetlePopillia japonicaDamages trees, gardens or cropsCommon Green June BeetleCommon Green June BeetleCotinis nitidaDamages trees, gardens or cropsPhyllophaga crinitaPhyllophaga crinitaDamages trees, gardens or cropsEuropean Rose ChaferEuropean Rose ChaferCetonia aurataMediterranean Spotted ChaferMediterranean Spotted ChaferOxythyrea funestaDamages trees, gardens or cropsOriental BeetleOriental BeetleExomala orientalisDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platytomus_longulus

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Text written 2026-10-26 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-26.

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