Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Author Sekerka, Lukáš text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2016 2016-07-15 56 1 275 344 journal article 56063 10.5281/zenodo.5305725 31cb15bf-28f5-4b27-86df-6a1b28cbce41 0374-1036 5305725 E24F1028-C6AC-4323-9ED5-C9B7FF3434ACD Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877 Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877: 61 (original description). Physonota perampla Champion, 1894: 167 (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 ).