Platycorynus limbatus

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

Platycorynus limbatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of P. limbatus:

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

References
  1. Baly, J. S. (1881). "Descriptions of uncharacterized species of Eumolpidæ, with notices of some previously described insects belonging to the same Family". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 29 (4): 491–506. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1881.tb00878.x.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.


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