| Platypus cylindrus | |
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| Illustration by John Curtis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Platypus |
| Species: | P. cylindrus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platypus cylindrus (Fabricius, 1792)
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Platypus cylindrus, commonly known as the oak pinhole borer, is a species of ambrosia beetle in the weevil family Scolytinae. The adults and larvae burrow under the bark of mature oak trees. It is native to Europe.[1]
- ^ Tilbury, Christine (1 April 2010). "Oak pinhole borer" (PDF). Forest Research. Forestry Commission. Retrieved 18 May 2017.