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Species of beetle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Platycorynus dejeani is a species of leaf beetle. It was first described by the Italian entomologist Giuseppe Bertoloni from Inhambane, Mozambique in 1849. It occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa.
Platycorynus dejeani | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Chrysomelidae |
Genus: | Platycorynus |
Species: | P. dejeani |
Binomial name | |
Platycorynus dejeani | |
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In East Africa, the species' range extends from Ethiopia down to the former Cape Province in South Africa. The species also occurs in Senegal,[4] the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[5]
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