Platycorynus dejeani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Platycorynus
Species:
P. dejeani
Binomial name
Platycorynus dejeani
Synonyms[2]
  • Corynodes (Platycorynus) compressicornis var. D Marshall, 1865[3]
  • Corynodes (Platycorynus) pusio Marshall, 1865[3]
  • Corynodes insignis Lefèvre, 1890
  • Corynodes zombae Gahan, 1893
  • Corynodes usambius Kolbe, 1898
  • Corynodes weisei Clavareau, 1912
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. goetzei Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. kilimanus Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. kolbei Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. nyassicus Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. rhodesianus Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. septentrionalis Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. somalicus Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. tanganyikae Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani var. teteanus Kuntzen, 1913
  • Corynodes dejeani ab. arcuaticollis Kuntzen, 1913

Platycorynus dejeani is a species of leaf beetle. It was first described by the Italian entomologist Giuseppe Bertoloni from Inhambane, Mozambique in 1849. It occurs widely in sub-Saharan Africa.

Distribution

In East Africa, the species' range extends from Ethiopia down to the former Cape Province in South Africa. The species also occurs in Senegal,[4] the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Bertoloni, J. (1849). "Illustratio rerum naturalium Mozambici. Dissertatio III. De Coleopteris". Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Instituti Bononiensis. 10: 423–433.
  2. ↑ Kuntzen, H. (1913). "Zur Kenntnis der afrikanischen Corynoden (Coleopt. Chrysomelidae)" (PDF). Archiv für Naturgeschichte. A. 79 (7): 78–132.
  3. 1 2 Marshall, T. A. (1864). "Corynodinorum Recensio". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 8 (29): 24–50. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1864.tb02004.x.
  4. ↑ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Senegal". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ Selman, B. J. (1973). "Coleoptera from North-East Africa. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. (Zoological contribution from the Finnish expeditions to the Sudan No. 34)". Notulae Entomologicae. 53 (4): 159–166.


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