Chelymorpha cribraria (Fabricius, 1775)
Cassida cribraria Fabricius, 1775: 90 (ST in BMNH, ZMK), 1781: 110, 1787: 63, 1792: 297, 1801: 396; Goeze, 1777: 211; Gmelin, 1787: 1636; Lichtenstein, 1795: 64; Schoenherr, 1817: 219.
Chelymorpha
cribraria: Boheman,
1854: 55, 1856: 80, 1862: 210; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639; Spaeth,
1914 g: 58, 1942 b: 30; Tenenbaum, 1927: 37; Marques,
1932: 6; Wilcox,
1975: 152; Vasconcellos-Neto,
1988: 217-232
(incl. figs., genetics); Buzzi, 1988: 570 (biology); Thomas,
1994: 1-2; Borowiec,
1996 a: 158, 1998 b: 171, 1999 d: 98,
2002 a: 72, 2009
f: 649; Gonçalves
and Macedo, 2003: 285-294 (ecology); Chaboo and Borowiec, 2003: 73; Nogueira
de Sa et al., 2004: 650 (bionomy); Borowiec and Skuza, 2004: 447 (spermatheca); Borowiec
and Moragues, 2005: 257; Flinte et al., 2009: 581; Borowiec and Takizawa, 2011: 437; Cedeño and Chaboo, 2020 b: 632-634 (biology, incl. colour photos).
Cassida multipunctata Olivier, 1790: 384 (ST in RSME, incl. fig.); Staines, 2003: 5.
Chelymorpha multipunctata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 59; Virrki et al., 1992: 36 (karyotype); Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Wilcox, 1975: 153.
Chelymorpha russula Boheman, 1854: 32 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 76, 1862: 200; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Spaeth, 1914 g: 60; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Borowiec, 1999 d: 98 (as syn. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha peltata Boheman, 1854: 50 (HT! in ZMHU!), 1856: 79, 1862: 209; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3640; Spaeth, 1914 g: 59; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Borowiec, 1999 d: 98 (as syn. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha polysticha Boheman, 1854: 56 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 80, 1862: 210; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Spaeth, 1914 g: 59 (as syn. of multipunctata); Borowiec, 1997: 661 (as syn. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha cinctipennis Boheman, 1854: 90 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 85, 1862: 221; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639; Spaeth, 1914 g: 58, 1941 a: 1061; Blackwelder, 1946: 744; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha scitula ab. cinctipennis: Spaeth, 1942 b: 31.
Chelymorpha inclusa Boheman, 1854: 76 (LT! in ZMHU!, PLT! in OXUM, ZMHU!), 1856: 83, 1862: 216; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3640; Spaeth, 1914 g: 59; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria); Staines, 2002 b: 13.
Chelymorpha scitula ab. inclusa: Spaeth, 1942 b: 31.
Chelymorpha multiguttata Boheman, 1854: 81 (TE in ?MNHN), 1856: 83, 1862: 218; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3640; Spaeth, 1914 g: 59; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha parummaculata Boheman, 1854: 34 (TE in ZMHU), 1856: 76, 1862: 200; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3640; Spaeth, 1914 g: 59; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha puncticollis Boheman, 1854: 45 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 79, 1862: 208; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Wagener, 1877: 54; Spaeth, 1914 g: 60; Marques, 1932: 6; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria); Buzzi, 1988: 570 (biology).
Chelymorpha disconotata Boheman, 1854: 47 (HT! in NRS!), 1856: 79, 1862: 208; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3639; Spaeth, 1914 g: 58; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Borowiec, 1997: 661 (as syn. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha testaceomarginata Boheman, 1854: 49 (TE in ?), 1856: 79, 1862: 209; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Spaeth, 1914 g: 60; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Borowiec, 1999 d: 99 (as syn. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha scitula ab. testaceomarginata: Spaeth, 1942 b: 31.
Chelymorpha ruficeps Boheman, 1854: 78 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 83, 1862: 217; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Spaeth, 1914 g: 60; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha rufipennis Boheman, 1854: 77 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 83, 1862: 216; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Champion, 1893: 151; Spaeth, 1914 g: 60; Marques, 1932: 6; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Freude, 1949: 127; Wilcox, 1975: 153; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria); Buzzi, 1988: 570 (biology).
Chelymorpha scitula Boheman, 1854: 91 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 85, 1862: 221; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641; Spaeth, 1914 g: 60, 1942 b: 31; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Borowiec, 1999 d: 99 (as syn. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha lasciva Boheman, 1862: 217 (TE in BMNH); Spaeth, 1914 g: 59; Blackwelder, 1946: 745; Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988: 217-232 (as ab. of cribraria); Borowiec, 1996 a: 160.
Chelymorpha quadrivittata Spaeth, 1909 b: 737 (ST! in MM!), 1914 g: 60; Blackwelder, 1946: 745.
Chelymorpha scitula ab. quadrivittata: Spaeth, 1942 b: 31.
Chelymorpha multipunctata: Olivier, 1808: 957 not 1790: 484; Boheman, 1854: 55 (as syn. of cribraria).
Chelymorpha erythroptera Chevr.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3641 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Convolvulaceae: Ipomoea batatas (Marques, 1932), Ipomoea cairica, I. aristolochiaefolia, I. batatas (Vasconcellos-Neto, 1988); Merremia umbellata, Ipomoea trifida (Windsor et al., 1992); Ipomoea pescaprae, I. imperati (Gonçalves and Macedo, 2003); Ipomoea aquatica (Marques M.I., unpubl. data); Ipomoea cairica (Cedeño & Chaboo, 2020).
Distr.: multipunctata: Guadeloupe; polysticha: Insulae Guadeloupe et St. Barthelemi; cribraria: America; cinctipennis: Brasilia; inclusa: Novum Friburgum Brasiliae; multiguttata: Bolivia; parummaculata: Brasilia; peltata: Brasilia; puncticollis: Brasilia; ruficeps: Brasilia; rufipennis: Brasilia; russula: Brasilia; scitula: Cayenna; Brasilia; testaceomarginata: Columbia; disconotata: Cayenna; lasciva: Brasilia; quadrivittata: Brasilia; Brasilia: Rio Maddalena. Argentina: Buenos Ayres, Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones, Salta; Bolivia: La Paz; Brazil: Amapa, Amazonas, Distr. Federal, Espirito Santo, Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Geraes, Obidos, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Santarem; Sao Paulo; Colombia: Calle de Cauca, Copér, Muzo, Nare; Costa Rica: Caché; Dominica; Ecuador; French Guyana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Panama: David, Matachin, Volcan de Chiriqui, Tolé; Paraguay; Peru: Callanga, Huanuco, Loreto, Ucayali, Yurimaguas; St. Barthelemy; St. Vincent; Surinam; Uruguay: Colonia, Montevideo; Trinidad; USA: Florida; Venezuela: Anzoategui, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Delta Amacuro, Distr. Federal, Miranda, Portugesa, Sucre, Zulia.
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