﻿CHRYSOMELID 
  GENUS 
  STRABALA 
  CHEVROLAT 
  — 
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  Aedeagus 
  a 
  simple, 
  curved 
  structure 
  with 
  the 
  tip 
  varying 
  in 
  shape 
  

   from 
  acute 
  to 
  truncate 
  and 
  broadly 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Genotype. 
  — 
  Strahala 
  ferruginea 
  (Olivier), 
  present 
  designation. 
  

  

  Key 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  Strabala 
  

  

  1. 
  Scutellum 
  reddish 
  (Hispaniola) 
  ferruginea 
  (Olivier) 
  

  

  Scutellum 
  dark 
  brown 
  or 
  piceous 
  2 
  

  

  2. 
  Species 
  from 
  the 
  West 
  Indies 
  exclusive 
  of 
  Trinidad 
  3 
  

  

  Species 
  from 
  North 
  America 
  5 
  

  

  Species 
  from 
  South 
  America 
  and 
  Trinidad 
  9 
  

  

  3. 
  Body 
  beneath 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  ferrugineous, 
  hind 
  femora 
  ferrugineous 
  at 
  base, 
  

  

  dark 
  at 
  apex 
  (Cuba) 
  intermedia 
  Jacquelin 
  Du 
  Val 
  

  

  Body 
  beneath 
  except 
  prosternum 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  dark, 
  hind 
  femora 
  entirely 
  

   dark 
  4 
  

  

  4. 
  Aedeagus 
  tapering 
  gradually 
  to 
  a 
  rounded 
  tip 
  (Cuba) 
  ambulans 
  (Suffrian) 
  

  

  Aedeagus 
  tapering 
  gradually 
  to 
  a 
  more 
  acute 
  but 
  still 
  rounded 
  tip 
  (Jamaica). 
  

  

  ambulans 
  jamaicensis, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

   Aedeagus 
  distinctly 
  truncate 
  at 
  tip 
  (Puerto 
  Rico). 
  

  

  ambulans 
  puertoricensis, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  5. 
  Elytra 
  punctate 
  or 
  alutaceous 
  or 
  both 
  (North 
  of 
  Mexico) 
  6 
  

  

  Elytra 
  not 
  distinctly 
  punctate 
  or 
  alutaceous 
  (Texas 
  and 
  southward) 
  7 
  

  

  6. 
  Elytra 
  deep 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  distinctly 
  punctate 
  (New 
  Hampshire 
  south 
  and 
  

  

  westward 
  to 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  Louisiana, 
  Texas, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Gulf 
  to 
  Florida). 
  

  

  rufa 
  (lUiger) 
  

  

  Elytra 
  (in 
  dried 
  specimens) 
  yellow, 
  less 
  distinctly 
  punctate, 
  alutaceous 
  

  

  (Florida) 
  rufa 
  floridana, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  7. 
  Aedeagus 
  well 
  rounded 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  constriction 
  behind 
  the 
  tip 
  

  

  (Mexico 
  to 
  Panamd) 
  rotunda, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Aedeagus 
  gradually 
  narrowing 
  towards 
  the 
  tip, 
  not 
  constricted 
  behind 
  the 
  

   tip 
  8 
  

  

  8. 
  Aedeagus 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  rounded 
  tip, 
  hind 
  femora 
  dark 
  at 
  apex 
  (Texas) 
  . 
  

  

  acuminata, 
  new 
  species 
  

   Aedeagus 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  truncate 
  tip, 
  hind 
  femora 
  entirely 
  reddish 
  brown 
  

  

  ( 
  Mexico) 
  acuminata 
  teapensis, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  Aedeagus 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  broader 
  truncate 
  tip, 
  hind 
  femora 
  varying 
  from 
  

   entirely 
  reddish 
  to 
  reddish 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  apex 
  (Guatemala, 
  Costa 
  Rica) 
  . 
  

  

  acuminata 
  costaricensis, 
  new 
  subspecies 
  

  

  9. 
  Large, 
  6 
  to 
  6 
  mm., 
  aedeagus 
  with 
  an 
  acute 
  tip 
  (Colombia, 
  Venezuela). 
  

  

  colombiana, 
  new 
  species 
  

   Smaller, 
  4 
  to 
  5 
  mm., 
  aedeagus 
  with 
  a 
  somewhat 
  truncate 
  tip 
  (Trinidad). 
  

  

  trinitatis, 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Strabala 
  rufa 
  (Illiger) 
  

  

  Figure 
  17, 
  a 
  

  

  Haliica 
  rufa 
  Illiger, 
  Mag. 
  Insekt., 
  vol. 
  6, 
  p. 
  152, 
  1807, 
  

  

  Illiger's 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  thickly 
  punctate 
  elytra 
  distinguishes 
  

   this 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  of 
  the 
  genus. 
  The 
  coloration 
  is 
  usually 
  

  

  