Chelymorpha comata Boheman, 1854
Chelymorpha comata Boheman, 1854: 4 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 73, 1862: 194; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639; Champion, 1893: 150; Spaeth, 1914 g: 58; Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Wilcox, 1975: 152; Maes and Staines, 1991: 43; Medvedev, 1993: 10; Haitlinger, 1994: 83 (parasite); Borowiec, 1996 a: 157, 1999 d: 97, 2002 a: 71, 2009 f: 649; Borowiec and Skuza, 2004: 448 (spermatheca).
Chelymorpha Smithii Boheman, 1856: 77 (LT! in NRS!).
Chelymorpha Smithi [sic]: Boheman, 1862: 200; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641.
Chelymorpha comata var. smithi: Champion, 1893: 151.
Chelymorpha comata ssp. Smithi: Spaeth, 1914 g: 58; Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Wilcox, 1975: 152.
Chelymorpha septemdecimnotata Boheman, 1862: 202 (ST! in NRS!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Champion, 1893: 150 (as syn. of comata).
Chelymorpha comata ab. septemdecim-notata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 58; Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Wilcox, 1975: 152.
Distr.: comata: Mexico; smithi: Honduras; septemdecimnotata: Mexico (Vera Cruz). Belize: Rio Hondo, Belize; Cuba; El Salvador; Guatemala: Vera Paz; Honduras; Mexico: Chiapas, Morelos, Playa Vicente, San Luis Potosi, Tuxtla, Cordova, Vera Cruz, Misantla, Jalapa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz; Nicaragua: Managua.
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