Hemisphaerota palmarum (Boheman, 1856)
Porphyraspis Palmarum Boheman, 1856: 16 (LT! in NRS!, PLT! in BMNH, IZPAS!), 1862: 40; Candeze, 1861: 390 (larva, biology); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3620; Wagener, 1881: 53; Spaeth, 1914 g: 13.
Emperochela palmarum: Spaeth, 1901 a: 333.
Hemisphaerota palmarum: Blackwelder, 1946: 734; Monros and Viana, 1951: 388; Wilcox, 1975: 148; Buzzi, 1988: 563 (biology); Borowiec, 1996 a: 189, 1999 d: 29, 2009 f: 673; Chaboo and Nguyen, 2004: 171-184 (imm. stages, bionomy); Świętojańska, 2009: 7.
Cassida ampulla: Latreille, 1817: 352 (fecal shield), misidentification.
Porphyraspis Lataniae Sallé: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3620 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Arecaceae: Thrinax sp. (Candeze, 1861); Sabal causiarum (Chaboo and Nguyen, 2004).
Distr.: St. Domingo; Pernambuco. Dominican Rep.: Pernambuco, Puerto Plata.
figure: habitus in colour
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