title: Platynectes
text: # Platynectes
  
  Platynectes is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:
  
  * Platynectes aenescens Sharp, 1882
  * Platynectes ambonensis Hendrich & Balke, 2000
  * Platynectes australicus Guéorguiev, 1972
  * Platynectes babai Satô, 1982
  * Platynectes bakewelli (Clark, 1863)
  * Platynectes beroni Guéorguiev, 1978
  * Platynectes brownei Guéorguiev, 1972
  * Platynectes buruensis Zimmermann, 1925
  * Platynectes chapmani Guéorguiev, 1978
  * Platynectes chujoi Satô, 1982
  * Platynectes darlingtoni Guéorguiev, 1972
  * Platynectes decastigma Régimbart, 1899
  * Platynectes decemnotatus (Aubé, 1838)
  * Platynectes decempunctatus (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Platynectes deletus Régimbart, 1899
  * Platynectes dissimilis (Sharp, 1873)
  * Platynectes gemellatus Stastný, 2003
  * Platynectes gigas Hendrich & Balke, 2000
  * Platynectes hainanensis Nilsson, 1998
  * Platynectes jaechi Hendrich & Balke, 2000
  * Platynectes javanus Nilsson, 1998
  * Platynectes kashmiranus J.Balfour-Browne, 1944
  * Platynectes laurianus Watts, 1978
  * Platynectes magellanicus (Babington, 1841)
  * Platynectes major Nilsson, 1998
  * Platynectes manusela Hendrich & Balke, 2000
  * Platynectes mazzoldii Stastný, 2003
  * Platynectes moluccensis Hendrich & Balke, 2000
  * Platynectes monostigma (Hope, 1841)
  * Platynectes nanlingensis Stastný, 2003
  * Platynectes neoguineensis Guéorguiev & Rocchi, 1993
  * Platynectes nigerrimus (Aubé, 1838)
  * Platynectes octodecimmaculatus (W.S.Macleay, 1825)
  * Platynectes ornatifrons Sharp, 1882
  * Platynectes parananus Sharp, 1882
  * Platynectes ranongensis Nilsson, 1998
  * Platynectes reticulosus (Clark, 1863)
  * Platynectes rihai Stastný, 2003
  * Platynectes rodriguezi Severin, 1890
  * Platynectes semperi Régimbart, 1899
  * Platynectes submaculatus (Laporte, 1835)
  * Platynectes tasmaniae (Clark, 1863)
  * Platynectes undecimguttatus (Aubé, 1838)
  * Platynectes wewalkai Stastný, 2003
  