Platycorynus compressicornis | |
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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 [1] | |
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Platycorynus compressicornis is a species of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family. This species can be found in tropical Africa.
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]
The Eumolpinae are a subfamily of the leaf beetles, or Chrysomelidae. It is one of the largest subfamilies of leaf beetles, including more than 500 genera and 7000 species. They are oval, and convex in form, and measure up to 10 mm in size. Typical coloration for this subfamily of beetles ranges from bright yellow to dark red. Many species are iridescent or brilliantly metallic blue or green in appearance.
Colasposoma is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa, Asia and Australia.
Platycorynus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa and Asia.
Eryxia holosericea is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Yemen, Mali, Senegal, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Ivory Coast. It was described by the German entomologist Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1835.
Gaberella is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa. It contains only one species, Gaberella costata, found in Sudan, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Bioko and Ivory Coast. This species was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1878, and was originally placed in Menius.
Paraivongius rubricollis is a species of leaf beetle. It is reported from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Sudan. It was first described from Garamba National Park by Brian J. Selman in 1972. Host plants for the species include Combretum verticillatum, C. binderianum, Combretum spp., Mitragyna stipulosa, and it has also been collected on Imperata cylindrica and Urena lobata.
Platycorynus cribratellus is a species of leaf beetle. It is distributed in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, southern Sudan, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was described by Léon Fairmaire in 1885.
Colasposoma velutinum is a species of leaf beetle of Mali, and Senegal, described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1885.
Paraivongius is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa.
Eumolpini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is the largest tribe in the subfamily, with approximately 170 genera found worldwide. Members of the tribe almost always have a longitudinal median groove on the pygidium, which possibly helps to keep the elytra locked at rest. They also generally have a subglabrous body, as well as appendiculate pretarsal claws.
Typophorini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The tribe contains approximately 100 genera, which are found worldwide. Members of the tribe are mainly characterized by notches on the tibiae of the middle and hind legs, which are sometimes referred to as antenna cleaners. They also generally have a subglabrous body, as well as bifid pretarsal claws.
Selmania is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae, found in Africa. Most of the species in the genus were originally placed in Rhembastus.
Mecistes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in central and eastern Africa, from the Uele region and Kenya to Namibia, Botswana and the Eastern provinces of the Republic of South Africa, and in Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles the Oriental genus Apolepis.
Macrocoma leprieuri is a species of leaf beetle from North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to the Horn of Africa. It was first described by Édouard Lefèvre in 1876, as a species of Pachnephorus.
Timentes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Timentes camerunensis, from Cameroon and possibly Tanzania. It is closely related to Thysbina.
Eryxia is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in Africa and Western Asia.
Melindea is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa.
Aulexis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in East and Southeast Asia. The related genus Goniopleura is sometimes included as a subgenus.
Bromiini is a tribe of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. The tribe contains approximately 120 genera, which are found worldwide. They are generally thought to be an artificial group, often with a subcylindrical prothorax without lateral ridges and covered with setae or scales.