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F11887FDFFECFFDCFDCBF9EF0E74FE33.text	F11887FDFFECFFDCFDCBF9EF0E74FE33.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Elytrogona Chevrolat	<div><p>Elytrogona Chevrolat</p> <p>Elytrogona Chevrolat, 1837: 394; Boheman, 1850: 438 [description]; Boheman, 1856: 72 [catalog]; Chapuis, 1875: 404 [description; placed in Elytrogonites]; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [catalog]; Champion, 1893: 125 [character]; Spaeth, 1914: 51 [catalog]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist]. Borowiec (1999) cited the type species as by monotypy. However Chevrolat (1837) included four nominal names of which two were unavailable. Of the other two, quatuordecimmaculata Latreille was cited as a junior synonym of ampulla Olivier. The type species fixation therefore cannot be by monotypy. Since there are two nominal species and Chevrolat did not designate a type species, any type designation must be by subsequent designation. Therefore Borowiec (1999) designated the type species by subsequent designation. Type species: Cassida quatuordecimmaculata Latreille, 1802. Type fixed by subsequent designation.</p> <p>Cyphoptera Hope, 1840: 160 [placement in Mesomphaliidae].</p> <p>Type species: Cassida ampulla Olivier, 1808. Type fixed by monotypy.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Elytrogona can be distinguished from Stoiba by the following unique combination of features. The elytra are inflated creating a highly convex lateral profile (Fig. 1), with the disc sharply demarcated from the explanate margin. In Stoiba (Fig. 2) the elytra are not inflated and the body is not dorsally convex. The posterior margin of the pronotum is truncate. The hind wing is either vestigial or absent. Stoiba species have hind wings that range from macropterous to brachypterous. The elytral dorsal surface sculpturing of Elytrogona is coarsely punctate (Figs. 3, 5–7), with the exception of E. bulla which is finely punctate (Fig. 4). The dorsal surface sculpturing in Stoiba is smooth or finely punctate in all species except S. marginata Blake which is coarsely punctate on both the elytra and pronotum. The basal tooth on the tarsal claws are pointed with a curved ventral margin (Figs. 8–12); Stoiba (Figs. 13–14) and other stolaines have the tooth quadrate with a straight ventral margin.</p> <p>Description. Body: Length 4.27–10.9 mm; width 3.6–9.1 mm. Color yellowish brown to reddish brown, some with black elytral maculation. Head: Antennae with short fine pubescence increasing distally. Eyes placed well above labrum. Coronal sulci present, continuous with anterior medial margin of clypeus and not extended beyond dorsoposterior eye margin. Clypeus protuberant, margins well developed, with sparse punctures and hairs. Labrum with medial emargination on distal margin. Thorax: Pronotum lobed or curved laterally, truncate posteriorly, anterior margin entire or shallowly emarginate; margins smooth, posterior margin black; dorsal surface with fine microreticulation of isodiametric meshes, some with sparse micropunctures. Prosternal collar protuberant; prosternal process, smooth, narrow, parallel sided or slightly inflated, tightly interlocked with mesosternum. Metasternum narrowed, 2–3 times wider than long, flat or concave. Elytra inflated into globose dome, margins smooth, elytral suture flat or elevated; explanate margin widest anteriorly and narrowed posteriorly; punctation as dense as or less dense than disc punctation. Hind wings brachypterous or absent. Spermatheca (Figs. 20– 22): well­sclerotized, with pump and receptacle broadly joined. Pump sickle­shaped; apex of pump always with appendix. Receptacle inflated or not. Spermathecal duct and gland open separately into receptacle; duct short with few coils (4–20) or long with many tight coils proximally and looser coils distally.</p> <p>Key to Species of Elytrogona</p> <p>1 Body outline continuous (Figs. 15, 18–19) -------------------------------------------------------- 2</p> <p>1̍ Body outline discontinuous (Figs. 16–17) ---------------------------------------------------------- 3</p> <p>2 Elytral punctation fine, elytral explanate margin lobed, scutellum not apparent (Fig. 16) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E. bulla</p> <p>2̍ Elytral punctation coarse, elytral explanate margin tapered, scutellum apparent (Fig. 17) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. gemmata</p> <p>3 Elytral maculation absent, elytra uniform brown (Fig. 15) ---------- E. bacca</p> <p>3̍ Elytral maculation present ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4</p> <p>4 Elytral disc black, with brown margin (Fig. 19) ---------------- E. nigrodorsata</p> <p>4̍ Elytral disc with discoid maculation (10–14), highly variable in size (Fig. 18) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. quatuordecimmaculata</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F11887FDFFECFFDCFDCBF9EF0E74FE33	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chaboo, Caroline S.	Chaboo, Caroline S. (2000): Revision And Phylogeny Of The Caribbean Genus Elytrogona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3): 379-394, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2
F11887FDFFEEFFD3FE29FE0D0838FD92.text	F11887FDFFEEFFD3FE29FE0D0838FD92.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Elytrogona bacca Boheman 1850	<div><p>Elytrogona bacca Boheman</p> <p>Figs. 3, 8, 15</p> <p>Elytrogona bacca Boheman, 1850: 441 [description]; Boheman, 1854: 25 [description]; Boheman, 1862: 193 [list]; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [catalog]; Spaeth, 1914: 51 [catalog]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist].</p> <p>Elytrogona corallina: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [nomen nudum, cited as ‘‘Mannerheim, in litt. ’’].</p> <p>Elytrogona baccha: Leng and Mutchler, 1817: 458 [misspelling]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist; incorrectly cited as a synonym of E. bacca].</p> <p>Diagnosis. The elytra are reddish brown and lack any maculation as in the other species.</p> <p>Description. Length 7.4–9.9 mm; width 5.6–9.0 mm. Dorsum reddish­brown. Head, ventral surface and legs reddish­brown, antenna yellow. Pronotum edges smooth and hemispherical, posterior edge blackish; faint median groove; anterior margin straightish over head; prosternal collar well­defined, protuberant; prosternal process slightly inflated posteriorly with shallow anterior groove; posterior margin not projected at scutellum. Scutellum visible externally, shiny and smooth. Elytral base not broader than pronotum; anterior margin blackish; suture flat; explanate margins narrow and tapered posteriorly; punctation (Fig. 3) similar on disc and explanate margins. Metasternum 3 times wider than long, distorted and concave. Spermathecal duct short, with 2–6 coils.</p> <p>Type. Lectotype and one paralectotype, designated by Borowiec (1999). Locality label: ‘‘Domingo,’’ Naturhistoriska Riksmusset, Stockholm, Sweden.</p> <p>Specimens Examined. Lectotype and paralectotype, and eighty one specimens (males and females), with the following label data:</p> <p>HAITI: coll. E. C. &amp; G. M. Leonard (2, USNM); Gonaive Is. (3, USNM); Gonaives Is., August, coll. Eyerdam (8, MCZC); St. Marc, 10 March 1925 (1, USNM); Ennery, Ennery River, 1,000̍, 14 July 1956, coll. B. &amp; B. Valentine (1, SMCC); 10 mi SE Gonaives, 11 July 1956 (1, SMCC); Chatard, Dept. du Nord, 21 May 1959, coll. M. W. Sanderson (10, INHS); Port au Prince (9, FMNH; 4, MMUE; 1, USNM); Port au Prince, coll. Ehrenberg, (MNHUB); Port au Prince, 1–10 May 1908, coll. M. Cameron (1, BMNH); Hinche, July, coll Eyerdam (1, MCZC); Marmelade, 14 May, coll. E. C. Leonard (1, USNM); St. Michel, December 1925, coll. E. C. Leonard (1, USNM); Jean Rabel, February 1929, coll. E. C. &amp; G. M. Leonard (1, USNM); Reidi Haag (1, MMUE); Trou d’Eau, 19 November 1934, coll. Darlington (1, USNM); La Gonave, 21 March 1931, coll. F. E. Wickus (1, USNM); Atoite Is., Gonave, 18 March 1920, coll. E. C. Leonard (2, USNM); Mt. Cabrite, 21 October 1924, on Acacia, coll. Hoffman (2, USNM).</p> <p>DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: (1, MMUE); Prov. Barahona, 7 Km S. Cabral, 240 m Cabral­Polo Rd, 4 July 1992, Polo Magnetico, colls. M.A. &amp; R.O. Ivie (14, MAIC); Domingo (3, BMNH; 2, LBC; 1, MMUE); Prov. Perdernales 24 Km N. Cabo Rojo, 610 m, 20 August 1988, wet forest, colls. M. Ivie, Philipps &amp; Johnson (1, MAIC); Monte Cristi Prov., 5–9 Km N. Villa Elisa, 26 May 1992, coll. M. C. Thomas (3, FSCA); Monte Cristi Prov., 8 Km N Villa Elisa, 31 May 1994, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, FSCA); Monte Cristi, 8.2 Km N. Villa Elisa, 31 May 1994, coll. R. Turnbow (1, RHTC).</p> <p>Variation. One specimen was distinctly yellow, probably due to collecting and storage conditions.</p> <p>Remarks. One specimen (SMCC) bears the label ‘‘beating branches in semi desert.’’ Several specimens (INHS) collected by S. W. Sanderson came with a handwritten note ‘‘to attach to the host label: Ipomoea nr. itiliacea,’’ and another (USNM) has the host data ‘‘on Acacia. ’’ These represent the first plant records associated with this genus, but they should be confirmed as hosts. Two specimens (AMNH) bear the label: ‘‘Athens, Ga.’’ Given the known distribution, Iconsider these mislabelled.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F11887FDFFEEFFD3FE29FE0D0838FD92	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chaboo, Caroline S.	Chaboo, Caroline S. (2000): Revision And Phylogeny Of The Caribbean Genus Elytrogona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3): 379-394, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2
F11887FDFFE1FFD2FDDCFD6B093EFD42.text	F11887FDFFE1FFD2FDDCFD6B093EFD42.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Elytrogona bulla Boheman. Blake 1930	<div><p>Elytrogona bulla Boheman</p> <p>Figs. 4, 9, 16, 22</p> <p>Elytrogona bulla Boheman, 1862: 193 [original description]; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [catalog]; Spaeth, 1914: 51 [catalog]; Leng and Mutchler, 1914: 458 [list]; Leng and Mutchler, 1917: 212 [list]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist].</p> <p>Stoiba decemmaculata Blake, 1930: 221 [original description]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist]. New Synonym.</p> <p>Diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from other Elytrogona by the micropunctate elytra and a discontinuous body outline due to the curved projection of the pronotal explanate margin. It shares the latter feature with E. gemmata. The prosternal collar is flat, not demarcated from the adjacent area as in other species; and the metasternum is not as narrow. In the latter two features, E. bulla resembles Stoiba species. The red to yellow color of the body is distinctive.</p> <p>Description. Body length 9.4–14.6 mm; width 7.1–12.3 mm. Antenna brown to black. Dorsal color reddish brown to yellow; ventral color reddish to yellow, with coxa, trochanters, ‘‘knees’’ (femur apex, tibial base), and tarsi black. Pronotum, explanate margin curved slightly upwards, with curved lateral outline; anterior margin shallowly emarginate over head; posterior margin almost straight with slight black color on acuminate corners; not projected at scutellum; median groove absent; prosternal collar flat, not protuberant; prosternal process not inflated posteriorly, surface smooth. Scutellum apparent externally, smooth and shiny. Elytra with 10 black maculae, three entirely on disc and two extending from disc unto margins; elytral disc and explanate margins with similar pattern of fine punctation (Fig. 4); anterior edge brown; base wider than pronotum; suture flat; explanate margins widest anteriorly, tapered distally, absent at apex. Metasternum 2 times wider than long; surface flat, not distorted. Spermathecal duct (Fig. 22) long with many tight coils in proximal section and looser coils in distal section.</p> <p>Type. Deposit: uncertain (see remarks). Published locality: not given.</p> <p>Specimens Examined. Type not examined. Ten specimens (males and females) with the following label data:</p> <p>CUBA: Pico Turquino, 5,000–5,500 ft, 22 July 1922, coll. S. C. Bruner &amp; C. H. Ballou (1, USNM); Pico Turquino, June 1936, coll. Darlington (1, USNM); Pico Turquino, 9 August 1989 (1, MNHC); Sierra Maestra, 4,500 ft, 10–20 July 1922, coll. S. C. Bruner &amp; C. H. Ballou (1, USNM), August 1914, coll. Beck (2, AMNH); Sierra Maestra, June 1963, colls. Xayas and Alayo­ Garcia (1, MNHC); Sierra Maestra, Pico Turquino, March 1972, coll. P. Alayo (1, MNHC); Sierra Maestra Alto Cardero, Turquino, October 1986, coll. R. Alayo (2, MNHC).</p> <p>Variation. In addition to the background color variation, maculation show slight size variations.</p> <p>Remarks. This is the only species of Elytrogona that occurs on Cuba. Blake commented on different antennal color and spot placement between E. bulla and Stoiba 10­maculata, and Pallister left a label (date 1950) on one AMNH specimen with the following comment: ‘‘Except for the red color, Ican see no difference between this [E. bulla] and Stoiba 10­maculata. ’’ My examination of cassidines in general and of specimens in this genus is that in addition to some individual variation, shades of color and spot size can vary, perhaps due to preservation conditions.</p> <p>The type is probably in the Zoological Museum, University of Helsinki (Borowiec, pers. comm.) where cassidine material of Boheman, Dejean and Mannerheim are deposited but types lack type labels. It is premature to designate a lectotype until this collection is examined carefully.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F11887FDFFE1FFD2FDDCFD6B093EFD42	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chaboo, Caroline S.	Chaboo, Caroline S. (2000): Revision And Phylogeny Of The Caribbean Genus Elytrogona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3): 379-394, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2
F11887FDFFE0FFD1FE2AFD3D09B6FE48.text	F11887FDFFE0FFD1FE2AFD3D09B6FE48.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Elytrogona gemmata Blake 1930	<div><p>Elytrogona gemmata Blake</p> <p>Figs. 1, 5, 10, 17, 21</p> <p>Elytrogona gemmata Blake, 1930: 222 [original description]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist].</p> <p>Diagnosis. The species is distinguished from other Elytrogona species by the following combination of unique features: the pronotal extension and the anterior portion of the elytral extension are similarly lobed. The scutellum is not apparent externally. The elytral suture is elevated slightly and not flat as in the other species, and the elytral apex is acuminate. Like E. bulla, this species has a discontinuous body outline due to the pronotal shape.</p> <p>Description. Body length 8.5–10.9 mm, width 5.7–8.2 mm. Ventral color brown to black. Dorsally brown; pronotum brown or brown with medial black maculation of varying sizes; elytral maculation present with four black spots on disc and one on extension, spots of varying sizes. Pronotum postero­lateral corners acuminate; anterior margin entire; posterior margin not projected at scutellum; slight median groove present; prosternal collar clearly defined, protuberant; prosternal process slightly inflated posteriorly, surface without depression. Elytral disc and explanate margins with similar pattern of fine punctation (Fig. 5). Metasternum 3 times wider than long, distorted and concave. Spermatheca (Fig. 21) duct short, with 2–6 coils.</p> <p>Type. Male, Deposit U.S. National Museum Type Cat. No. 43119. Collected by E. C. Leonard, 1920. Published locality: Haiti (Blake 1930).</p> <p>Specimens Examined. Type, and eleven specimens (males and females) with the following label data:</p> <p>HAITI: Dept. Sud­Oueste Parc National La Visite vicinity park hdqtrs., 1,880 m., 23 V 1984, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, FSCA; 1, EGRC); Dept. SudOueste Parc National La Visite ca. 1 Km S. Roche Plat, 22 V 1984, coll. M. C. Thomas (2, EGRC); Dept. Sud­Oueste Parc National La Visite, S. slope, 2,040–2,150 m, 23 V 1984, coll. M. C. Thomas (2, FSCA); Dept. Sud­Oueste Parc National La Visite ca. 1 Km S. Roche Plat, 23 V 1984, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, FSCA); Dept. Sud­Oueste Parc National La Visite, Morne La Visite, SE slope, 17.V.1984, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, EGRC); Morne Guimby, 22 km SE Fond Verrettes, Haiti, 19.VI.1956, Foret des Pins, hardwood cloud forest, coll. B. &amp; H. Valentine (1, SMCC).</p> <p>DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: St. Domingo, coll. Baly (1, BMNH); Prov. Pedernales ca. 35 km N Cabo Rojo, Las Abejas, 1250 m, 26.VIII.1988, mixed forest, colls. M. Ivie, Philipps &amp; Johnson (1, MAIC).</p> <p>Variation. Body size and maculation size are variable. Maculation on the antero­medial area of the pronotal disc occurs in some individuals and is of variable size.</p> <p>Remarks. Locality data indicate high elevation forest as the habitat.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F11887FDFFE0FFD1FE2AFD3D09B6FE48	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chaboo, Caroline S.	Chaboo, Caroline S. (2000): Revision And Phylogeny Of The Caribbean Genus Elytrogona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3): 379-394, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2
F11887FDFFE3FFD1FE26FE360915FB23.text	F11887FDFFE3FFD1FE26FE360915FB23.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Elytrogona nigrodorsata Blake 1937	<div><p>Elytrogona nigrodorsata Blake</p> <p>Figs. 6, 11, 18</p> <p>Elytrogona nigrodorsata Blake, 1937: 78 [original description]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist].</p> <p>Diagnosis. The elytral disc is completely black, and the pronotum and elytral explanate margins are brown.</p> <p>Description. Body length 7.9–8.3 mm, width 5.5–8.4 mm. Antenna yellow to brown. Head, venter and legs yellow brown to dark brown. Pronotum widest in posterior half, with faint median groove; explanate margin curved upwards; anterior margin almost straight over head; posterior margin not projected at scutellum; anterior margin straightish over head. Prosternal collar well­defined, with slight medial depression; prosternal process smooth. Scutellum apparent externally, smooth and black. Elytra disc with large coarse adjoining punctation (Fig. 6), explanate margin with sparse irregularly spaced smaller punctation. Metasternum 2.5–3 times wider than long, distorted and concave. Spermathecal duct short, with 2–6 coils.</p> <p>Type. Deposited in Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cat. No. 22369. Paratype in U.S. National Museum, Cat. No. 51847. Published locality: Mt. Basil, northern Haiti, 4,700 ft, 9 Sept. 1934, coll. P. J. Darlington.</p> <p>Specimens Examined. Type, paratype and four specimens (males and females) with the following label data:</p> <p>DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Independencia, 32 Km NW La Descubierta Sabana Real, 1,800 m, cloud forest trail, 26 November 1991, colls. Masner &amp; Peck (2, CMNC); Independencia, Sierra de Nieba near crest, 5.5 Km NNW Angel Feliz, 18°41̍N, 71°47̍W, 1,570 m, dense cloud forest (1, SMCC), 21– 22 July 1992, colls. J. Rawlins, S. Thompson, C. Young, and R. Davidson.</p> <p>Variation. Brown body color shows minor variations from red brown to flat brown. Antennal color varies from yellow to brown.</p> <p>Remarks. Locality label indicate an elevated habitat.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F11887FDFFE3FFD1FE26FE360915FB23	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chaboo, Caroline S.	Chaboo, Caroline S. (2000): Revision And Phylogeny Of The Caribbean Genus Elytrogona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3): 379-394, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0379:rapotc]2.0.co;2
F11887FDFFE3FFD6FE7DFB1B0E4DFD42.text	F11887FDFFE3FFD6FE7DFB1B0E4DFD42.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Elytrogona quatuordecimmaculata (Latreille 1802)	<div><p>Elytrogona quatuordecimmaculata (Latreille)</p> <p>Figs. 7, 12, 19, 23</p> <p>Cassida quatuordecimmaculata Latreille, 1802: 298 [original description]; Gundlach, 1881: 400 [synonym of E. ampulla]; Spaeth, 1914: 51 [catalog].</p> <p>Cassida ampulla Olivier, 1808: 958 [original description]; Boheman, 1850: 440 [variety a; description]; Boheman, 1862: 192 [list]; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [catalog]; Gundlach, 1881: 400 [synonym of E. ampulla]; Spaeth, 1914: 51 [synonym of E. ampulla]; Leng and Mutchler, 1914: 458 [list]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist; synonym of E. quatuordecimmaculata].</p> <p>Cassida morbillosa Olivier, 1808: 949 [original description]; Boheman, 1855: 521 [description]; Spaeth, 1914: 51 [synonym of E. ampulla]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist; aberration].</p> <p>Cassida fornicata Dalman, 1823: 82 [original description]; Boheman, 1850: 440 [synonym of E. ampulla]; Boheman, 1856: 72 [synonym of E. ampulla]; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [catalog]; Gundlach, 1881: 400 [synonym of E. ampulla]; Spaeth, 1914: 51 [synonym of E. ampulla]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist; synonym of E. quatuordecimmaculata].</p> <p>Cyphoptera ampulla (Olivier): Hope, 1840: 160 [list].</p> <p>Elytrogona ampulla (Olivier): Boheman, 1850: 440 [description]; Boheman, 1862: 192 [list]; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [catalog]; Gundlach, 1881: 400 [description].</p> <p>Elytrogona interjecta Boheman, 1856: 72 [original description]; Boheman, 1862: 192 [description]; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [catalog]; Leng and Mutchler, 1914: 458 [list]; Spaeth, 1914: 51 [catalog]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist]. New Synonym.</p> <p>Elytrogona quadrimaculata (Latreille): Leng and Mutchler, 1914: 458 [misspelling]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist; synonym of E. quatuordecimmaculata].</p> <p>Elytrogona quatrodecimmaculata (Latreille): Leng and Mutchler, 1917: 212 [misspelling]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist; synonym of E. quatuordecimmaculata].</p> <p>Elytrogona quatuordecimmaculata (Latreille): Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3638 [misspelling]; Wolcott, 1927: 243 [list]; Blackwelder, 1946: 743 [checklist].</p> <p>Diagnosis. The elytral disc and explanate margins have similar punctation pattern, and the disc has 14 black spots of variable sizes and intensity (Fig. 7).</p> <p>Description. Body length 4.3–7.0 mm, width 3.6–5.4 mm. Ventrally brown to black, antenna yellow. Pronotum with slight median groove; anterior margin shallowly emarginate over head; posterior margin black; slight medial projection at scutellum. Scutellum apparent externally. Elytral suture flat, extension not very wide. Elytral base not broader than pronotum. Metasternum narrowed 2–3 times wider than long, distorted and protuberant. Spermatheca (Fig. 23) duct short, with 2–6 coils.</p> <p>Type. Deposit: uncertain (see remarks). Published locality: Saint­Domingue.</p> <p>Specimens Examined. Type not examined. Two hundred and five specimens (males and females) with the following label data:</p> <p>HAITI: 1943, coll. A. Curtis (1, USNM); Port au Prince, 23–26 February 1908, coll. M. Cameron (9, BMNH); Furcy, 1954, coll. M. W. Mann (5, USNM); Furcy, coll. M. W. Mann (7, MCZC); Furcy, 15 July 1950, coll. A. Curtiss (2, AMNH); Furcy, 25 July 1950, coll. A. Curtiss (1, AMNH); Furcy, 4,000̍ 9 July 1956, colls. B. &amp; B. Valentine (1, MAIC); Furcy, 4,000̍, 10 July, 1956, colls. B. &amp; B. Valentine (1, MAIC); Furcy, 4,000̍, 9 July, 1956, colls. B. &amp; B. Valentine (15, SMCC); Furcy, 4,000̍, 10 July, 1956, colls. B. &amp; B. Valentine (3, SMCC); Furcy, Dept. de l’Ouest, 15 May 1959, coll. M. W. Sanderson (4, INHS); June 1944, coll. A. Curtis (2, USNM); 3 mi East Kenscoff, 30 April 1973, coll. B. K. Dozier (1, FSCA); mi East Kenscoff, 30 April 1973, coll. B. K. Dozier (1, EGRC); Kenscoff, 24 June 1934, coll. E. M. Loom (1, MCZC); Kenscoff, nr. Port au Prince, 4–6,000 ft, 2 September 1934, coll. Darlington (1, MCZC); Morne Guimby, 22 Km SE Fond Verrettes, 18 July 1956, 6,500̍, colls. B. &amp; B. Valentine (1, EGRC); Morne Guimby, 22 Km SE Fond Verrettes, 19 July 1956, 6,500̍, colls. B. &amp; B. Valentine (1, SMCC); Hinche, July, coll. Eyerdam (1, MCZC); Trou d’Eau, 19 November 1931, 4,000 ft, coll. Darlington (1, MCZC); Trianon, 2,000̍, 5 July 1956, colls. B. &amp; B. Valentine (1, SMCC); St. Roc, 10 November 1925, coll. W. A. Hoffman (1, USNM); L’Attalaye, 8 March 1928, coll. A. J. Poole (2, USNM); Hinche, 2 May 1925, coll. W. A. Hoffman (1, USNM); Hinche, 18 May 1925, coll. W. A. Hoffman (1, USNM); Dept Sud­Oueste, road east of Peredo, 570 m, 11 February 1984, ex. Ipomoea sp., coll. S. R. Yocom (5, FSCA); Dept Sud­Oueste, Parc Nat’l La Visite, between park headquarters and Morne d’Enfer, 1,750 m, 14 May 1984, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, FSCA); Morne Guimby, 22 Km SE Fond Verrettes, 20 July 1956, 6,500̍, colls. B. &amp; B. Valentine (1, EGRC); St. Marc, 10 March 1925 (1, USNM); St. Marc, 10 March 1925 (1,BMNH).</p> <p>DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Domingo (2, BMNH; 3, LBC); St. Domingo, coll. Baly (1, BMNH); Bonao El Casebito, 3,400̍, 1 September 1977, coll. Martorrel (1, EGRC); La Vega Prov., 10 km W Jima, 24 May 1992, coll. R. Turnbow (1, EGRC); La Vega Prov., 4.7 Km S. Jarabacoa, 24–25 May 1992, coll. R. Turnbow (2, RHTC; 1, EGRC); La Vega Prov., 4.7 Km S. Jarabacoa, 25 May 1992, coll. M. C. Thomas (2, FSCA); La Vega Prov., 4.7 Km S. Jarabacoa, 24 May 1992, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, FSCA); La Vega Prov., 4.7 Km S Jarabacoa, 16 July 1996, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, FSCA); La Vega Prov., 10 Km W. Jima, 27 May 1992, coll. R. Turnbow (3, RHTC); La Vega Prov., 10 Km W. Jima, 20 July 1996, coll. M. C. Thomas (2, FSCA); La Vega Prov., 10 Km W. Jima, 27 May 1992, coll. M. C. Thomas (3, FSCA); La Vega Prov., 9 August 1967, coll. L. H. Rolston (2, TAMU); Pedernales Prov., 25.5 Km N Cabo Rojo, 21 May 1992, coll. R. Turnbow (1, RHTC; 1, EGRC); Pedernales Prov., 24 Km N Cabo Rojo, 18°06̍N, 71°38̍W, 11 July 1993, colls. D. Sikes &amp; R. Rosenfield (10, MAIC); Pedernales Prov., 23 Km N Cabo Rojo, 612 m, 18°06̍N, 71°38̍W, 9 July 1993, colls. D. Sikes &amp; R. Rosenfield (1, MAIC); Pedernales Prov., 25.5 Km N Cabo Rojo, 12–21 May 1992 (5, FSCA); Pedernales Prov., 13.5 Km N Cabo Rojo, 140 m, 10 September 1988, colls. M. A. Ivie, K. Philipps &amp; K. A. Johnson (1, MAIC); Pedernales Prov., 24 Km N Cabo Rojo, 535 m, 11 July 1996, coll. M. C. Thomas (8, RHTC; 10, FSCA); Pedernales, La Abeja, 38 Km NNW Cabo Rojo, 18°9̍N, 71°38̍W, 1,160 m, 14 July 1987, colls. R. L. Davidson &amp; J. E. Rawlins (1, SMCC); Jarabacoa, Pinar Quemado, 500–850 m, 26 July 1987, coll. A. L. Norrbom (1, USNM); Prov. Barahona, nr. Filipinas Larimer Mine, 20–26 June 1992, colls. R. E. Woodruff &amp; P. E. Skelley (1, EGRC); Prov. Barahona, nr. Filipinas Larimer Mine, 20–26 June 1992, colls. R. E. Woodruff &amp; P. E. Skelley (37, FSCA); Prov. Barahona, nr. Filipinas Larimer Mine, 26 June–7 August 1992, colls. R. E. Woodruff &amp; P. E. Skelley (11, EGRC); Prov. Barahona, 7 Km S Cabral, 240 m, Cabral­Polo Rd, 4 July 1992, coll. M. A. Ivie &amp; R. O. Ivie (2, MAIC); Upper Paralso Valley Baraham, 600–800 m, 29 March 1978, coll. S. Plasner (1, CMNC); Barahona, 7 Km NW Paraiso, 200 m, 27 November 1991, colls. Masner and Peck (1, CMNC); San Lorenzo, 27–29 June 1915 (1, AMNH); Puerto Playa Prov., Sosua, 23 July 1986, coll. G. C. Eickwort (1, CUIC); Puerto Playa Prov., Pico Isabel de Torres, 22 July 1986, coll. G. C. Eickwort (1, CUIC); Monte Cristi, 8.2 Km N Villa Elisa, 31 May 1994, coll. R. Turnbow (1, RHTC); Monte Cristi, 8.2 Km N Villa Elisa, 31 May 1992, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, FSCA); Monte Cristi, 5.9 Km N Villa Elisa, 26 May 1992, coll. M. C. Thomas (1, FSCA); Monte Cristi Prov., 8.6 Km N Villa Elisa, 26 May 1992, coll. R. Turnbow (1, EGRC); San Juan, 1–30 July 1955, coll. R. Paniagua (8, USNM); Puerto Plata, 20 July 1937 (1, USNM); Baroruco Prov., August 1967 (1, TAMU).</p> <p>Variation. Specimens vary in overall size, background color and in the maculation shape, size and intensity. Background color varies from yellow brown to reddish brown to dark brown. Maculation does not vary in position, but there are slight differences in shape. The size of maculation is quite variable from large black spots to vague pin points. The coronal sulcus extends slightly beyond the dorso­posterior eye margin in some individuals.</p> <p>Remarks. The variation in body sizes and slight variations in number, size, shape and position of elytral maculation probably account for the number of synonyms. The features of E. interjecta Boheman fall within this variation, and this overlap is my justification for synonymy of the names.</p> <p>Label data indicate that specimens have been collected from a variety of habitats from forest to cactus thorn scrub and at elevations up to 2,000 m. Specimens (FSCA) with the plant label data ‘‘ Ipomoea ’’ suggest the first host record for the species.</p> <p>The published type deposit is supposedly the Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, but this collection is currently inaccessible (N. Berti, pers. comm.).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F11887FDFFE3FFD6FE7DFB1B0E4DFD42	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chaboo, Caroline S.	Chaboo, Caroline S. 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