Platycorynus limbatus

Platycorynus limbatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
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 limbatusBaly, 1881 Corynodes nigripennisJacoby, 1900 Corynodes plagiatusWeise, 1904 Corynodes rufocastaneusWeise, 1907 Platycorynus limbatus ab. dimidiatusKuntzen, 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

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.