Platycorynus compressicornis is a species of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family. This species can be found in tropical Africa.
| Platycorynus compressicornis | |
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| Platycorynus compressicornis from Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Platycorynus |
| Species: | P. compressicornis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platycorynus compressicornis (Fabricius, 1801)
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Distribution
editP. 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.