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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Platycorynus |
| Species: | P. limbatus
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| Platycorynus limbatus | |
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Subspecies
editThere are two subspecies of P. limbatus:
- Platycorynus limbatus congoensis (Burgeon, 1940)
- Platycorynus limbatus limbatus (Baly, 1881): The nominotypical subspecies.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.