Platylister foliaceus is a species of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae.[2]
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Platylister foliaceus from São Tomé and Príncipe. Museum specimen | |
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Species: | P. foliaceus
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Platylister foliaceus (Paykull, 1811)
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Description
editPlatylister foliaceus can reach a length of about 10 millimetres (0.39 in) and a width of about 6 millimetres (0.24 in). Body is shiny black and very flat.
Distribution
editThis species is present in tropical Africa (Guinea, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia). [1][3]
References
edit- Mazur, Slawomir (1999) Preliminary studies upon the Platysoma complex (Col. Histeridae), Annals of Warsaw Agricultural University-SGGW, Forestry and Wood Technology, no. 49
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