Platycorynus compressicornis

Platycorynus compressicornis
	Platycorynus compressicornis from Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Platycorynus
Species:	P. compressicornis
Binomial name
	Platycorynus compressicornis; (Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms
	Eumolpus compressicornis Fabricius, 1801; Eumolpus senegalensis Olivier, 1808; Corynodes caerulescens Fairmaire, 1885; Corynodes bonnyi Gahan, 1892; Corynodes varicolor Jacoby, 1901; Corynodes emeraldinus Clavareau, 1912; Corynodes compressicornis ab. clavareaui Kuntzen, 1913; Corynodes compressicornis ab. claricollis Kuntzen, 1913; Corynodes compressicornis ab. exsul Kuntzen, 1913;

Platycorynus compressicornis is a species of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family. This species can be found in tropical Africa.

Distribution[edit]

P. compressicornis is distributed throughout west, central and east Africa, including the Congo. It is found on bushes at the edge of dense gallery forest.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Fairmaire, L (1885). "Descriptions de deux Corynodes". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 1885: lxxxii–lxxxiii.
^ Kuntzen, H. (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Corynoden (Coleopt. Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 79 (7): 78–132.
^ Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.

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[Fairmaire1885-1] Fairmaire, L (1885). "Descriptions de deux Corynodes". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 1885: lxxxii–lxxxiii.

[Kuntzen1913-2] Kuntzen, H. (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Corynoden (Coleopt. Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 79 (7): 78–132.

[Selman1973-3] Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.

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