REVISION OF THE GENERA OF PLATYPODIDAE (COLEOPTERA)

A search for characters to make the generic classification of Platypod idae more nearly objective resulted in the discovery of new anatomical features that appear to reflect patterns in phylogeny for this family . The Platypodidae are members of the Curculionoidea and are very clos ely allied to Scolytidae. Three subfamilies of Platypodidae are recogn ized: (1) Coptonotinae, containing Coptonotini (Coptonotus Chapuis, Pr otohylastes Wood, Scolytotarsus Schedl), Mecopelmini (Mecopelmus Black man, Protoplatypus Wood), and Schedlarini (Schedlarius Wood [=Chapuisi a Duges]); (2) Tesserocerinae, containing Diapodini (Diapus Chapuis, G enyocerus Motschulsky [=Diacavus Schedl]), and Tesserocerini (Platytar sulus Schedl, Notoplatypus Lea, Tesserocranulus Schedl, Tesserocerus S aunders [=Damicerus Spinola, Tesseroplatypus Schedl, Tesserocephalus S chedl]), Spathidicerus Chapuis, Periommatus Chapuis [=Asetus Nunberg, Setanus Nunberg], Chaetastus Nunberg [=Symmerus Chapuis], Cenocephalus Chapuis, and Mitosoma Chapuis [=Platypicerus Nunberg, Coecephalonus S chedl]); and (3) Platypodinae, containing Platypodini (Platypus Herbst [=Cylindra Illiger, Stenoplatypus Strohmeyer, Platypinus Schedl, Aust roplatypus Browne], Treptoplatypus Schedl, Crossotarsus Chapuis, Trach yostus Schedl, Neotrachyostus Browne, Platyscapulus Schedl [=Platyscap us Schedl, Costaroplatus Nunberg], Baiocis Browne, Cylindropalpus Stro hmeyer, Triozastus Schedl, Mesoplatypus Strohmeyer, Doliopygus Schedl [=Scutopygus Nunberg, Pygodolius Nunberg, Mixopygus Nunberg, Mesopygus Nunberg], and 11 genera named as new to science derived from the genu s Platypus of Schedl 1972. The following are new genera and their type -species: Peroplatypus (for Platypus trucatipennis Schedl), Dinoplatyp us (for Platypus cupulatus Chapuis), Myoplatypus (for Bostrichus or Pl atypus flavicornis Fabricius), Oxoplatypus (for Scolytus or Platypus q uadridentatus Olivier), Platyphysus (for Platypus obtusus Chapuis), Me gaplatypus (for Platypus dentatus Dalman), Euplatypus (for Bostrichus or Platypus parallelus Fabricius), Epiplatypus (for Platypus desceptor Wood), and Teloplatypus (for Platypus concinnus Blandford), The archa ic ''sektionen'' used by Schedl in his 1972 classification of this fam ily are eliminated. A key for the identification of genera, a discussi on of characters, and remarks on phylogeny are included.