Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2016, Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (1), pp. 275-344 : 316

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scientific name	Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877
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Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877 View in CoL

Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877: 61 View in CoL (original description).

Physonota perampla Champion, 1894: 167 View in CoL (original description), syn. nov.

Type localities. Physonota pellucida : ‘ Demerara’ [= former Dutch colony, nowadays part of Guyana]; P. perampla : ‘ Nicaragua: Chontales; Costa Rica: Santa Clara’.

Type material examined. Physonota pellucida : SYNTYPE: 1 ♂, pinned, ‘ Demerara | Schmidt. [w, hw, s] || TYPUS [pi, p, cb] || pellucida | Wag. Typus [w, hw by Spaeth, cb,] || pellucida [hw] | Spaeth det. [w, p, cb] || Manchester Museum | SYNTYPE [blue, p, cb]’ ( MMUE).

Physonota perampla : SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, pinned, ‘ Chontales. | Nicaragua. | T. Belt. [w, p, cb] || Type [w, p, s, c, rf] || Physonota | perampla | Ch. [w, hw by Champion, s] || Sp. figured. [w, p, cb] || Godman-Salvin | Coll. , Biol. | Centr.-Amer. [w, p, cb]’ ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀, pinned, ‘ Chontales. | Nicaragua. | T. Belt. [w, p, cb] || Physonota | perampla, | Ch. [w, hw by Champion, s] || Godman-Salvin | Coll., Biol. | Centr.-Amer. [w, p, cb]’ ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀, pinned, ‘ CHONTALES, | E.M.Janson [w, p, cb, bf] || Physonota | perampla, | Ch [w, hw by Champion, s] || 1905—54. [w, p, cb]’ ( BMNH) ; 1 ♂, pinned (tenereal specimen missing abdomen and right antenna), ‘ Physonota | perampla, | Ch. [w, hw by Champion, s] || Baly Coll. | 1905—54. [w, p, cb]’ ( BMNH) ; 1 ♀, pinned, ‘ CHONTALES | E.M.Janson [w, p, cb, bf] || Physonota | perampla | cotype! Ch [w, hw by Champion, s] || Champion | seripsit [w, hw by Spaeth, cb] || PARATYPUS [red, p, cb] || Manchester Museum | SYNTYPE [blue, p, cb]’ ( MMUE).

Remarks. CHAMPION (1894) described Physonota perampla from series of six specimens and stated that Physonota pellucida ‘about equals it in size; but differs in several particulars from the insect here described [ P. perampla ]’. Both taxa were only listed in catalogues except BOROWIEC (2002) who recorded P. perampla as new to Colombia. I have examined types of both taxa and they are identical with no difference hence I synonymize P. perampla with P. pellucida .

I was unable to locate the syntype from Costa Rica in the BMNH collections although Champion explicitly stated that it came from the museum material.

Distribution. Colombia ( BOROWIEC 2002), Costa Rica, Nicaragua ( CHAMPION 1894) and Guyana ( WAGENER 1877).