Species of Paltothyreus

Paltothyreus is currently considered to be monotypic, though P. tarsatus has a large number of junior synonyms and subspecies, suggesting significant morphological variation within the species. A careful study of the variation in P. tarsatus could reveal it to be a species complex.

P. tarsatus (Fabricius, 1798): Senegal (comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus delagoensis Emery, 1899: Mozambique (comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus mediana Santschi, 1919: Congo (comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus robusta Santschi, 1919: Somalia (comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus striatidens Santschi, 1919: Kenya (comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus striatus Santschi, 1930: Benin (comb. rev.)

P. tarsatus subopaca Santschi, 1919: Gabon (comb. rev.)