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Genus ELASMOTROPIS Stal 



Elasmotropis Stal 1874, p. 54— Horvath 1906a, pp. 14, 56 (key).— 

 Muzik 1907, pp. 50, 57.— Oshanin 1908, p. 426; 1912, p. 44.— Stichel 

 1926, pp. 104, 110 (key); 1935, p. 349; 1938a, p. 406; 1960a, p. 304; 

 1960b, p. 395; 1960c, p. 1 34.— Kiritshenko 1951, pp. 242, 248 

 (key).— Drake and Runoff 1960a, p. 55. 

 Phyllontochila [sic] {Elasmotropis): Lethierry and Severin 1896, p. 16. 

 Type Species: Monanthia {Phyllontocheila) echinopsis Fieber= Tingis testacea 

 Herrich-Schaeffer. 

 Elasmotropis abimva (Schouteden) 



Elasmognathus abimva Schouteden 1953d, p. 169 [Congo]. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Abimva, Belgian Congo; Cent. Afr. Mus. 

 Distribution: Congo. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Note: From the description, the species seems to belong to Elasmotropis 

 rather than Elasmognathus and is here so transferred. 

 Elasmotropis burgeoni (Schouteden) 



Elasmognathus burgeoni Schouteden 1953d, p. 167 [Congo]. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Yebo Moto, Belgian Congo; Cent. Afr. Mus. 

 Distribution: Congo. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Note: From the description, the species seems to belong to Elasmotropis 

 rather than Elasmognathus and is here so transferred. 

 Elasmotropis distans (Jakovlev) 



Monanthia {Platychila) distans Jakovlev 1903a, p. 2 [Mongolia]. 

 Elasmotropis distans: Horvath 1906a, p. 59.— Wu 1935, p. 449. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Khangai, Mongolia; Leningrad Inst. 

 Distribution: Mongolia Republic. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 

 Elasmotropis motoensis (Schouteden) 



Elasmognathus motoensis Schouteden 1953d, p. 168 [Congo]. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Yebo Moto, Belgian Congo; Cent. Afr. Mus. 

 Distribution: Congo. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



Note: From the description, the species seems to belong to Elasmotropis 

 rather than Elasmognathus and is here so transferred. 

 *Elasmotropis selecta (Horvath) 



Phyllontocheila testacea var. selecta Horvath 1891, p. 79. 

 Elasmotropis selecta: Horvath 1906a, p. 58 [Russia; Armenia]. — Oshanin 

 1908, p. 426 [Transcaucasus].— Kiritshenko 1951, p. 248.— Stichel 

 1960a, p. 304. 

 Type: Unknown. 



Distribution: U.S.S.R. (Armenia; Transcaucasus). 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



