Platycorynus dejeani

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.

Platycorynus dejeani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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

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]

  • on milkweed
  • feigning death
  • mating pair

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. 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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