Platypsyllus Ritsema, 1869

Karns, Ken D., 2023, New state records for 33 species of round fungus beetles, small carrion beetles and mammal nest beetles (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) in Ohio, USA, Insecta Mundi 2023 (11), pp. 1-8 : 7

Genus Platypsyllus Ritsema, 1869

Platypsyllus castoris Ritsema. New State Record (n = 22): OHIO: Perry County, Bristol Farm, from trapped American beaver, Castor canadensis Kuhl ( MAMMALIA: CASTORIDAE ): 4 December 1998 (22). Specimens of this interesting ectoparasitic beetle were hand collected from a recently dead beaver. Peck (2006) states “the full distribution of the beetle is probably the same as that of the host”.