Biology:Platycorynus limbatus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Platycorynus limbatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Platycorynus
Species:
P. limbatus
Binomial name
Platycorynus limbatus
(Baly, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
  • Corynodes bimaculicollis Jacoby, 1900
  • Corynodes hintzi Weise, 1912
  • Corynodes limbatus Baly, 1881
  • Corynodes nigripennis Jacoby, 1900
  • Corynodes plagiatus Weise, 1904
  • Corynodes rufocastaneus Weise, 1907
  • Platycorynus limbatus ab. dimidiatus Kuntzen, 1913

Platycorynus limbatus is a species of leaf beetle from Gabon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It was first described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1881.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of P. limbatus:

  • Platycorynus limbatus congoensis (Burgeon, 1940)
  • Platycorynus limbatus limbatus (Baly, 1881): The nominotypical subspecies.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q32956616 entry