Elytrogona

Chaboo, Caroline S., 2000, Revision And Phylogeny Of The Caribbean Genus Elytrogona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 54 (3), pp. 379-394 : 385-386

Key to Species of Elytrogona

1 Body outline continuous ( Figs. 15, 18–19 ) -------------------------------------------------------- 2

1̍ Body outline discontinuous ( Figs. 16–17 ) ---------------------------------------------------------- 3

2 Elytral punctation fine, elytral explanate margin lobed, scutellum not ap­ parent ( Fig. 16 ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E. bulla

2̍ Elytral punctation coarse, elytral explanate margin tapered, scutellum ap­ parent ( Fig. 17 ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. gemmata

3 Elytral maculation absent, elytra uniform brown ( Fig. 15 ) ---------- E. bacca

3̍ Elytral maculation present ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4

4 Elytral disc black, with brown margin ( Fig. 19 ) ---------------- E. nigrodorsata

4̍ Elytral disc with discoid maculation (10–14), highly variable in size ( Fig. 18 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. quatuordecimmaculata

Figures

Figs. 15–19. Habitus, scale bar = 1 mm. 15) E. bacca; 16) E. bulla; 17) E. gemmata;