Ectmesopus Blake, 1940

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Genus Ectmesopus Blake, 1940

Ectmesopus Blake, 1940: 96 (type species Ectmesopus darlingtoni Blake, 1940 , by original designation).

Remarks

This genus contains 16 described species. They are all from the Greater Antilles. See Fig. 104 for a habitus illustration. See Blake (1958) for a key that includes most of the described species. However, realize that four species have been named subsequent to that key ( Blake 1959, 1966a; Zayas 1988).

Figures

Figs 100–108. Dorsal views. 100. Phyllecthris dorsalis (Olivier, 1808). 101. Eccoptopsis costaricensis Blake, 1966. 102. Cyclotrypema furcata (Olivier, 1808). 103. Porechontes wilcoxi Blake, 1966. 104. Ectmesopus darlingtoni Blake, 1940. 105. Oroetes flavicollis Jacoby, 1888. 106. Platymorpha variegata Jacoby, 1888.107. Trachyelytron smaragdipennis (Jacoby, 1888) comb. nov.108. Leptonesiotes cyanospila (Suffrian, 1867).