Elytrosphaera xanthoptera xanthoptera (Gistel, 1848)

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Comisteisa xanthoptera Gistel, 1848a: 404 (descr.); 1848b: 123 (redescr.); Monrós & Bechyně, 1956: 1129 (cit.); Bezděk, 2020: 181 (tax.).

Elytrosphaera xanthopyga Stål, 1858: 474 (descr., distr.); Heyne & Taschenberg, 1908: 250 (distr.); Weise, 1916: 54 (cat., distr.); Achard, 1923b: 92 (cit.); Blackwelder, 1946: 677 (cat., distr.); Zikán & Zikán, 1967: 129 (check., distr.); Monrós & Bechyně, 1956: 1129 (syn.); Jolivet, 1986: 164–170 (biol., distr., host), fig. 1 (male and female copulating), 2 (larva), 3 (lateral view, ventral view, pupa), 4 (host plant); 1988: 10 (distr., host), fig. 2a (dorsal view, adult); 1994: 26 (host), fig. 3 (male and female copulating); Santiago –Blay & Fain, 1994: 412 (par.); Pasteéls et al. 2004: 671 (distr., host); Flinte et al. 2017: 9, 11, 12 (check., distr.), fig. 1C (dorsal view, adult); Bezděk, 2020: 181 (tax.).

Chrysomela xanthopyga; Stål, 1863: 146 (distr., redescr.); 1865: 345 (cit.); Redtenbacher, 1868: 209 (cit.).

Elytrosphaera xanthopyga xanthopyga; Bechyně, 1950a: 144 (distr., key); Sekerka, 2023 (check.).

Elytrosphaera (Elytrosphaera) xanthopyga xanthopyga; Bechyně, 1952: 39 (cat., distr.).

Elytrosphaera flavipennis Baly, 1859: 58 (descr., distr.); Stål, 1863: 146 (cit.); 1865: 345 (syn.); Redtenbacher, 1868: 209 (cit.); Heyne & Taschenberg, 1908: 250 (distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 677 (cat., distr.); Bechyně, 1952: 39 (cat., distr.); Bezděk, 2020: 181 (tax.).

Elythrosphaera flavipennis; Motschulsky, 1860: 188 (distr.).

Type locality: Brazil .

Distribution: BRAZIL — Minas Gerais:Caparaó, Mar de Espanha, Passa Quatro (Serra dos Cochos), Viçosa, and Virgínia (Fazenda dos Campos); Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia (Maromba), Petrópolis, Resende (Visconde de Mauá) and Teresópolis (Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órg„os—PARNASO); S„o Paulo: Bocaina, Ilhabela (Praia do Perequê), S„o Paulo (Jabaquara), Serra da Cantareira and Serra do Japi; and Santa Catarina.

Host plant: Adenostemma brasilianum (Pers.) Cass. (Asteraceae) — Jolivet (1986); Calea pinnatifida (R.Br.) Less. (Asteraceae), and Eupatorium sp. (Asteraceae) — Pasteéls et al. (2004).

Parasite: Chrysomelobia elytrosphaerae Fain, 1987 ( Acari: Podapolipidae), Olafithiana joliveti (Fain,1987) ( Acari: Canestriniidae)— Santiago-Blay & Fain (1994).

Note: Cosmisteisa Gistel, 1848 is currently synonymous with Elytrosphaera Blanchard, 1845; for more details on the taxonomic history of the genera, see Bezděk (2020).

Material examined (1 specimen): BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia, 1 specimen, 01. I. 1926, J. F. Zikán leg. (INPA).