Percolaspis Gestroi

''Percolaspis'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in South America and Central America, though it has also been reported from southern Florida in the United States. It is associated with the plant families Rubiaceae and Fabaceae in Central America.

In Brazil, '' Percolaspis ornata'' is an important pest of '' Theobroma cacao'' (cocoa) in Bahia and Espírito Santo. A species identified as ''Percolaspis'' cf. ''ornata'' was also recently found feeding and damaging soybean, corn and cotton crops in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Species

* '' Percolaspis acuticollis'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961
* '' Percolaspis aeraria'' ( Lefèvre, 1885)
** ''Percolaspis aeraria aeraria'' ( Lefèvre, 1885)
** ''Percolaspis aeraria uytenboogaarti'' ( Bechyné, 1953)
* '' Percolaspis albicincta'' ( Erichson, 1847)
** ''Percolaspis albicincta albicincta'' ( Erichson, 1847)
** ''Percolaspis albicincta formosa'' ( Lefèvre, 1878)
* '' Percolaspis atricha'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961
* '' Percolaspis boliviana'' (Bowditch, 1921)
* '' Percolaspis bucki'' ( Bechyné, 1954) (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF)
* '' Percolaspis compta'' ( Lefèvre, 1877)
** ''Percolaspis compta compta'' ( Lefèvre, 1877)
** ''Percolaspis compta onca'' ( Bechyné, 1950)
* '' Percolaspis concoloripes'' ( Bechyné, 1950)
* ''Percolaspis gestroi'' ( Jacoby, 1899)
* '' Percolaspis hypoxantha'' ( Lefèvre, 1878)
* '' Percolaspis inquinata'' ( Lefèvre, 1878)
** ''Percolaspis inquinata acrocostata'' ( Bechyné, 1957)
** ''Percolaspis inquinata inquinata'' ( Lefèvre, 1878)
** ''Percolaspis inquinata quebracha'' ( Bechyné, 1954)
** ''Percolaspis inquinata venezulae'' ( Jacoby, 1900)
* '' Percolaspis maculipes'' ( Harold, 1875)
** ''Percolaspis maculipes concupiens'' ( Bechyné, 1951)
** ''Percolaspis maculipes diminuta'' Bechyné, 1958
** ''Percolaspis maculipes insignatior'' ( Bechyné, 1954)
** ''Percolaspis maculipes maculipes'' ( Harold, 1875)
** ''Percolaspis maculipes paraibensis'' Bechyné, 1958
** ''Percolaspis maculipes portoalegrensis'' ( Bechyné, 1954)
** ''Percolaspis maculipes sculptissima'' ( Bechyné, 1954)
** ''Percolaspis maculipes sparsata'' Bechyné, 1958
* '' Percolaspis manca'' ( Erichson, 1847)
* '' Percolaspis mapiriensis'' ( Bechyné, 1951)
* '' Percolaspis microtricha'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961
* '' Percolaspis ornata'' ( Germar, 1824)
** ''Percolaspis ornata ornata'' ( Germar, 1824)
** ''Percolaspis ornata subtilis'' ( Weise, 1929)
* '' Percolaspis pumilio'' ( Lefèvre, 1884)
* '' Percolaspis retracta'' ( Bechyné, 1951)
* '' Percolaspis rugosa'' ( Germar, 1824)
** ''Percolaspis rugosa godmani'' ( Jacoby, 1881)
** ''Percolaspis rugosa latipes'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1965
** ''Percolaspis rugosa polychroma'' ( Bechyné, 1954)
** ''Percolaspis rugosa pseudocompta'' ( Bechyné, 1950)
** ''Percolaspis rugosa pseudopulchella'' ( Bechyné, 1950)
** ''Percolaspis rugosa pulchella'' ( Lefèvre, 1877)
** ''Percolaspis rugosa rugosa'' ( Germar, 1824)
** ''Percolaspis rugosa sculpta'' ( Jacoby, 1890)
* '' Percolaspis schizomorpha'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1967
* '' Percolaspis stenopoda'' ( Bechyné, 1951)
* '' Percolaspis traumatologica'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1976
* '' Percolaspis varia'' ( Lefèvre, 1884)
* '' Percolaspis zarah'' ( Bechyné, 1954)

Synonyms:
* ''Colaspis pulchella insolvens'' ( Bechyné, 1950): Synonym of '' Percolaspis rugosa'' ( Germar, 1824)

References

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Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Beetles of Central America
Beetles of South America