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General Catalogue of the Homoptera 
1945 Alcestis surinamensis Metcalf, Zoologica 30: 133 [Described, 
illustrated] 1 * 2 * 3 
1945 A[lcestis] surinamensis Fennah, Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 
95: 481 [Comparative note] 
Genus Alphesiboea Schmidt 
Orthotype Alphesiboea similis 1932 Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 93: 37. 
Alphesiboea 1932 Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 93: 37 [gen. n.] 
1939 Neave, Nomenclator Zoologicus 1: 126 [Catalogued] 
1947 Metcalf, Jour. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 62: 164 
[Geographic distribution] 
fulgurans Melichar 
1914 Alcestis fulgurans Melichar, Monographie der ^spirito 
Tropiduchinen 1914: 65; Fig. 19 [n. sp., illus- Santo 
trated] 1 :62 [Key] 2 :141 [Listed] 2 2 Brazil 
1915 Alcestis fulgurans Melichar, Verh. Naturf. Ver. Briinn 53: 146; 
Fig. 19 [n. sp., illustrated] 1 :143 [Key] 2 :222 [Listed] 2 
1932 Alphesiboea fulgurans Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 93: 37 [Note] 
granulata Melichar 
1914 Alcestis granulata Melichar, Monographie der ^spirito 
Tropiduchinen 1914: 66 [n. sp.] 1 :62 [Key] 2 :141 Santo 
[Listed] 2 2 Brazil 
1915 Alcestis granulata Melichar, Verh. Naturf. Ver. Briinn 53: 147 
[n. sp.] 1 :143 [Key] 2 :222 [Listed] 2 
1932 Alphesiboea granulata Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 93: 37 [Note] 
melichari Schmidt 
1914 Alcestis surinamensis [nec Schmidt] Melichar, Surinam 
Monographie der Tropiduchinen 1914: 63; Fig. 2 Para 
16 [Described, illustrated] 1 * 2 :62 [Key] 1 * 2 :141 3 Brazil 
[Listed] 1 * 3 4 British 
1915 Alcestis surinamensis [nec Schmidt] Melichar, Guiana 
Verh. Naturf. Ver. Briinn 53: 144; Fig. 16 
[Described, illustrated] 1, 2 :143 [Key] 1 * 2 :222 
[Listed] 1 * 3 
1932 Alphesiboea melichari Schmidt, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 93: 37. Nom. 
nov. for Alcestis surinamensis Mel. [nec Alcestis surinamensis 
Schmidt] 
1945 [Alcestis] melichari Fennah, Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 47: 143 
[Comparative note] 
1945 Alcestis surinamensis Metcalf, Zoologica 30: 133; PL II, Figs. 
8, 15; PI. Ill, Figs. 1,6, 10 [Described, illustrated] 4 
