Entocythere elliptica Hoff, 1944

1944a Entocythere elliptica sp. nov. —Hoff: 328, 330, 331, 342–343, 345–349, Plate 2 Figs. 15–21 (D, H, K, R, T).

1947 E. eliptica Hoff. —Tressler: 705, erroneous spelling (C).

1949 Entocythere eliptica Hoff. — Rioja: 327, erroneous spelling (R).

1959 E. elliptica Hoff (1944) .—Crawford: 157 (C).

1959 Entocythere internotalus sp. nov. —Crawford: 150, 151, 152–157, 178, 180, 181, 183, 184, Plate 1 Figs. 1 –9 (A, D, E, H, K, R, T).

1959 Entocythere elliptica Hoff, 1944 .—Hart: 193, 194, 201, 202, Figs. 15, 16; additional detail of clasping apparatus provided (D, H, K, T).

1959 E. elliptica Hoff (1944) .—Walton & Hobbs: 115, 116, 117, Fig. 14 (K).

1959 Entocythere elliptica Hoff 1944 .—Tressler: 728, Fig. 28.183a, b, c (D, H, K, T).

1961 E. internotalus Crawford (1959) .—Crawford: 238 (A).

1962 Entocythere elliptica Hoff. —Hart: 122, 134 (C, D, T).

1962 Entocythere internotalus Crawford. —Hart: 123, 134 (C, D, T).

1966 E. elliptica Hoff (1944) .—Hobbs & Walton: 7 (R).

1967 Entocythere internotalus Crawford. —Hobbs, Holt & Walton: 18 [ E. internotalis, erroneous spelling], 20, 25, 33, 34, 35, [ E. internotalis, erroneous spelling], 38, 41, 43, 44–45, 46, 50, 54, 55, 58, 61, 63, 69, 72–73, 77, 78, Figs. 7b, 11a (A, D, H, K, R, T).

1968 E. internotalus Crawford, 1959 .—Ferguson: 502 (C, D).

1968 E. elliptica Hoff, 1944 .—Hobbs & Walton: 246 (R).

1968 E. internotalus Crawford, 1959 .—Hobbs & Walton: 246 (R).

1969a E. elliptica Hoff, 1944 .—Hart & Hart: 185 (D).

1969a E. internotalus Crawford, 1959 .—Hart & Hart: 185 (D).

1971 Entocythere elliptica Hoff, 1944b:345 .—Hobbs Jr.: 40, 53 (D, K).

1971 Entocythere internotalus Crawford. —Hart, D.G. & Hart: 107 [as Entocythere internotalus Hoff, erroneous authority], 111 (A).

1971 Entocythere internotalus Crawford, 1959 .—Hobbs III: 139 (A, D, H).

1971 Entocythere internotalus Crawford, 1959:152 .—Hobbs Jr.: 40, 53 (D, K).

1974 Entocythere elliptica Hoff, 1944 .—Hart & Hart: 15, 84, 87–88, 91, 93, 202, 227, Pl. XXVI Figs. 1 –2, Pl. LI (D, H, K, R, T).

1974 Entocythere internotalus Crawford, 1959 .—Hart & Hart: 83, 90–91, 93, 202, 228, Pl. XXVI Figs. 5–7, Pl. LII (D, H, K, R, T).

1974 Entocythere internotalus .—Peters: 74 (D, H).

1975 Entocythere elliptica Hoff, 1944 .—Hart & Hart: 32–33 (C, D, H).

1975 Entocythere internotalus Crawford, 1959 .—Hart & Hart: 33–34 (C, D, H).

1975 Entocythere internotalus Crawford. —Peters: 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 [and as E. internnotalus, erroneous spelling], 14, 18, 19, 22, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33–34, 35, 43, Figs. 5b, 7b, 15 (A, C, D, H, K, T).

1977 Entocythere internotalus Crawford. —Hobbs & Peters: iv, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 19, 21, 33, 36, 43, 45, 46, 47, 52–54, 60, 61, 64, 73, Fig. 26a–f, Map 12 (A, D, H, K, T).

1978 E. elliptica Hoff. —Hobbs: 508, 510 (A, D, H).

1981 Entocythere elliptica (Hoff, 1944) .—Hobbs: 71, 231, 295, 312, 399, 403, 431, 450, 498, 499, 500, 501, 541 (A, D, H).

1981 Entocythere internotalus Crawford (1959) .—Hobbs: 97, 231, 337, 350, 356, 498, 499, 500, 501, 541, 543 (A, D, H).

1982 Entocythere elliptica Hoff. —Hobbs & Peters: 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, Figs. 3 [by implication], 8 (A, C, D, H, K, R, T).

1982 E. internotalus Crawford (1959) .—Hobbs & Peters: 314 (D, R, T).

1986 Entocythere internotalus (Crawford, 1959) .—Andolshek & Hobbs: 2 [erroneous authority format], 30, 31; synonymization with E. elliptica (C, D, T).

1986 Entocythere elliptica Hoff. —Andolshek & Hobbs: iii, 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14–15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 30–33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, Figs. 3h, 16a–n, 17 (A, D, H, K, T).

1988 E. internotalus .—Tsukagoshi: 570 (C).

1989 Entocythere elliptica Hoff, 1944 .—Hobbs & Peters: 326, 327, 328, 329 (A, D, H).

1989 E. internotalus .—Hobbs & Peters: 328 (C, D).

1999 E. elliptica Hoff, 1944 .—Peters & Pugh: 346 [and as E. internotalus] (R, T).

2014a Entocythere elliptica Hoff, 1944 .—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 929, 949 (C, H).

2014a Entocythere internotalus Crawford, 1959 .—Mestre, Monrós & Mesquita-Joanes: 949 (C).

Remarks: Entocythere internotalus was synonymized with E. elliptica in Andolshek & Hobbs (1986: 30) . Peters & Pugh (1999) questioned the validity of E. harrisi reported in North Carolina by Hobbs & Peters (1977: 52); these records were based on examination of female specimens alone. Peters & Pugh (1999) deemed the characters used by Hobbs & Peters (1977) to distinguish females of E. harrisi from E. internotalus (= E. elliptica) to be unreliable. By claiming that the only collections representing E. harrisi are from the type locality (Amherst County, Virginia), Texas, and Arkansas, Peters & Pugh (1999) effectively synonymized the North Carolina records with E. elliptica and/or E. reddelli, the females of which the authors also found to be indistinguishable. Additional sampling is needed for confirmation.