title: Platymetopus
text: # Platymetopus
  
  Platymetopus is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 30 described species in Platymetopus, found mainly in Africa and southern Asia.
  
  ## Species
  
  These 35 species belong to the genus Platymetopus:
  
  * Platymetopus brevilabris LaFerté-Sénectère, 1853
  * Platymetopus colpophilus Alluaud, 1918
  * Platymetopus congestulus Basilewsky, 1948
  * Platymetopus crenulatus Chaudoir, 1878
  * Platymetopus cribricollis Facchini, 2004
  * Platymetopus curtulus (Péringuey, 1908)
  * Platymetopus cyaneus Facchini, 2004
  * Platymetopus diversepunctatus Facchini, 2004
  * Platymetopus figuratus Boheman, 1848
  * Platymetopus flavilabris (Fabricius, 1798)
  * Platymetopus guineensis Dejean, 1831
  * Platymetopus interpunctatus Dejean, 1829
  * Platymetopus keiseri Louwerens, 1956
  * Platymetopus laticeps Dejean, 1829
  * Platymetopus lepidus Dejean, 1829
  * Platymetopus ludificus (Kolbe, 1883)
  * Platymetopus majusculus Lorenz, 1998
  * Platymetopus obscuripes Chaudoir, 1878
  * Platymetopus platythorax Basilewsky, 1948
  * Platymetopus pseudocrenulatus Facchini, 2016
  * Platymetopus quadrimaculatus Dejean, 1829
  * Platymetopus quadrinotatus Burgeon, 1936
  * Platymetopus rectangularis Burgeon, 1936
  * Platymetopus rugosus (Nietner, 1857)
  * Platymetopus sakalava Jeannel, 1948
  * Platymetopus schoenherri Dejean, 1831
  * Platymetopus seriatus Chaudoir, 1878
  * Platymetopus straeleni Basilewsky, 1947
  * Platymetopus subrugosus Schauberger, 1938
  * Platymetopus sudanicus Basilewsky, 1967
  * Platymetopus tessellatus Dejean, 1829
  * Platymetopus tibialis (Kolbe, 1883)
  * Platymetopus tritus Bates, 1889
  * Platymetopus vestitus Dejean, 1829
  * Platymetopus xanthographus (Alluaud, 1916)
  