Platycorynus compressicornis

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

Platycorynus compressicornis
Platycorynus compressicornis from Ethiopia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Platycorynus
Species:
P. compressicornis
Binomial name
Platycorynus compressicornis
(Fabricius, 1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eumolpus compressicornis Fabricius, 1801
  • Eumolpus senegalensis Olivier, 1808
  • Corynodes caerulescens Fairmaire, 1885[2]
  • 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

Distribution

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
  1. Kuntzen, H. (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Corynoden (Coleopt. Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. A. 79 (7): 78–132.
  2. Fairmaire, L (1885). "Descriptions de deux Corynodes". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 1885: lxxxii–lxxxiii.
  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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