Platycorynus marginalis is a species of leaf beetle from East Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] It was first described from Uhehe, a region now part of Tanzania, by Julius Weise in 1912.
| Platycorynus marginalis | |
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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. marginalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Platycorynus marginalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Corynodes marginalis Weise, 1912 | |
Subspecies
editThere are two subspecies of P. marginalis:
- Platycorynus marginalis luluensis (Burgeon, 1940)
- Platycorynus marginalis marginalis (Weise, 1912)
References
edit- ^ Weise, J. (1912). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Chrysomeliden". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A. 78 (2): 76–98.
- ^ "African Eumolpinae checklist: Dem. Rep. Congo". chrysomelidae.it. Retrieved July 26, 2016.