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*Phymacysta mcelfreshi (Drake) 



Leptostyla mcelfreshi Drake 1918a, p. 176 [Haiti]. 

 Gelehossa mcelfreshi: Drake and Bruner 1924a, p. 149. 

 Phymacysta mcelfreshi: Hurd 1946, p. 476. 

 Type: Holotype cf, macropterous; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Drake Coll. 

 (USNM). 

 Distribution: Haiti. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Phymacysta praestans (Drake) (emendation) 



Gelehossa praestantis Drake 1927b, p. 116 [Mexico]. 

 Phymacysta praestantis: Monte 1942d, p. 107. 

 Type: Holotype 9, macropterous; Montana de Sumidero, Chiapas, 

 Mexico; Drake Coll. (USNM). 

 Distribution: Mexico. 

 Host Plant: Unrecorded. 



*Phymacysta tumida (Champion) 



Leptostyla tumida Champion 1897, p. 14, pi. 1, figs. 17, 17a [Guate- 

 mala]. — Van Duzee 1907, p. 19 [Jamaica]. 

 Leptostyla malpigheae Drake 1922b, p. 38 [Cuba; Malpighia urens]. 

 Gelehossa malpigheae: Drake and Bruner 1924a, p. 149. 

 Gelehossa tumida: Drake and Bruner 1924a, p. 150 [Haiti; Trinidad; 



cherry]. — Gowdy 1926, p. 35. 

 Leptopharsa walcotti Drake 1928a, p. 55. 

 Leptopharsa cub ana Drake 1928 a, p. 56. 



Leptopharsa tumida: Monte 1939b, p. 75 [Brazil; Venezuela; Adeno- 

 calymma bracteatum]; 1940d, p. 105 [Malpighia punicifolia]; 1941e, 

 p. 119. 

 Phymacysta tumida: Monte 1942d, p. 106, fig. 2.- — Drake and Hambleton 

 1945, p. 362 [Peru; Ecuador; Panama].— Hurd 1946, p. 477 [Mal- 

 pighia glabra]. — Drake and Cobben 1960, p. 85, fig. 85 [Tex.; Mexico; 

 Aruba; Curacao; Bonaire; St. Eustatius]. — -Drake and Runoff 

 1962a, p. 156. 

 Phymacysta malpigheae: Monte 1942d, p. 107. 

 Phymacysta cubana: Monte 1942d, p. 107. 

 Phymacysta walcotti: Monte 1942d, p. 107. 



Leptopharsa malpigheae: Bruner, Scaramuzza, and Otero 1945, p. 105. 

 Phymacysta malpighae [sic]: Drake and Hambleton 1945, p. 362. 

 Type: Sex unknown; Pantaleon, Guatemala; British Mus. 

 Distribution: Brazil; Ecuador; Venezuela; Peru; Panama; Guatemala; 

 Mexico; U.S. (Tex.); Jamaica; Haiti; Trinidad; Cuba; Netherlands 

 Antilles (Aruba; Bonaire; Curagao); Leeward Islands (St. Eustatius). 



Host Plants: Adenocalymma bracteatum; Malpighia glabra; Malpighia punici- 

 folia; Malpighia urens; cherry. 



