| Order | COLEOPTERA |
| Sub-order | Polyphaga |
| Family | CETONIIDAE |
| Sub-family | TRICHIINAE |
| Tribe | Trichiini |
| Genus | Polyplastus Janson, 1888 |
| Taxon | Polyplastus ovatus Waterhouse, 1898 |
| Citation | 1 |
| Type | 1 |
| Citations : | ||||
| Citation | Author, year | Country | Publication | Reference |
| Polyplastus ovatus sp. n. | WATERHOUSE Charles Owen, 1898 | Tanzanie (Usambara) | Descriptions of new Coleoptera from east Africa. | The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, London, 7 (2) : 259-264. |
| Types : | |||||||||
| Type name | Type | Sex | Collection | Institution | Country | Region | Locality | Date | Collector |
| Polyplastus ovatus Waterhouse, 1898 | Type | I | Tanzanie | Usambara |