Platycorynus
| Platycorynus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| P. dejeani in South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Genus: | Platycorynus Chevrolat, 1837 |
Platycorynus is a genus of beetles belonging to the Chrysomelidae family. This genus was first scientifically described in 1837 by Chevrolat.
Species
The genus includes the following selected species:[1]
- Platycorynus abyssinicus abyssinicus (Jacoby, 1886)
- Platycorynus abyssinicus niloticus Kuntzen, 1914
- Platycorynus angularis Tan, 1982
- Platycorynus apicalis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
- Platycorynus argentipilus Tan, 1982
- Platycorynus azureus (Sahlberg, 1829)
- Platycorynus backoensis Medvedev & Rybakova, 1985
- Platycorynus buonloicus Medvedev & Rybakova, 1985
- Platycorynus compressicornis (Fabricius, 1801)
- Platycorynus cupreoviridis (Tang, 1992)
- Platycorynus cribratellus Fairmaire, 1885
- Platycorynus dejeani Bertoloni, 1849
- Platycorynus dentatus Tan, 1982
- Platycorynus descarpentriesi (Selman, 1970)
- Platycorynus janthinus (Marshall, 1865)
- Platycorynus kivuensis (Burgeon, 1940)
- Platycorynus laosensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
- Platycorynus limbatus congoensis (Burgeon, 1940)
- Platycorynus limbatus limbatus Baly, 1881
- Platycorynus marginalis luluensis (Burgeon, 1940)
- Platycorynus marginalis marginalis (Weise, 1912)
- Platycorynus micheli Lesne, 1900
- Platycorynus nigripes (J. Thomson, 1858)
- Platycorynus parvofossulatus Kuntzen, 1913
- Platycorynus peregrinus Herbst, 1783
- Platycorynus pubicollis Medvedev & Rybakova, 1985
- Platycorynus punctatissimus (Frölich, 1792)
- Platycorynus punctatus Tan, 1982
- Platycorynus purpureimicans Tan, 1982
- Platycorynus raffrayi (Lefèvre, 1877)
- Platycorynus roseus Tan, 1982
- Platycorynus rugosus Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982
- Platycorynus sulcus Tan, 1982
- Platycorynus verschureni Selman, 1972
Gallery
P. dejeani on milkweed 
P. dejeani feigning death 
P. dejeani mating pair
References
- ↑ Zoia, Stefano. "genus Platycorynus". African Eumolpinae site (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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