Platycorynus azureus

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Platycorynus azureus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Platycorynus
Species:
P. azureus
Binomial name
Platycorynus azureus
(Sahlberg, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Eumolpus azureus Sahlberg, 1829
  • Eumolpus cyaneus Fabricius, 1801
  • Corynodes simillimus Marshall, 1865
  • Corynodes lautissimus Marshall, 1865
  • Corynodes longicollis Jacoby, 1894
  • Corynodes auripes Jacoby, 1901
  • Corynodes azureus ab. reineckiKuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes azureus ab. tessmanniKuntzen, 1913

Platycorynus azureus is a species of leaf beetle distributed from Senegal [1] to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, [2] Uganda and South Sudan. [3] [4] described by Carl Reinhold Sahlberg in 1829.

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References

  1. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Senegal". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  2. "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
  3. Selman, B.J. (1973). "Contribution à la connaissance de la faune entomologique de la Côte-d'Ivoire (J. Decelle, 1961-1964). 49. Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae". Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. 87 (2): 311–329.
  4. http://www.chrysomelidae.it/afr_Eum/Platycorynus%20azureus.html