Microctenochira quadrata (Degeer, 1775)
Cassida quadrata Degeer, 1775: 188 (TE in ?); Goeze, 1777: 212; Fabricius, 1801: 395; Olivier, 1790: 393; Schönherr, 1817: 218.
Thyreaspis quadrata: Hope, 1840 b: 90.
Coptocycla quadrata Boheman, 1855: 512, 1856: 202, 1862: 485.
Ctenochira quadrata: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3664; Wagener, 1877: 70; Spaeth, 1914 g: 152, 1926 b: 94, 1942 b: 42; Blackwelder, 1946: 757; Freude, 1949: 128.
Microctenochira quadrata: Borowiec, 1996 a: 200, 1999 d: 391, 2002 a: 101, 2009 f: 684; Chaboo and Borowiec, 2003: 76; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 267.
Coptocycla aprica Boheman, 1855: 514 (TE in ?), 1856: 203, 1862: 485; Spaeth, 1926 b: 94 (as syn.).
Ctenochira aprica: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3663; Wagener, 1877: 70; Spaeth, 1914 g: 150; Blackwelder, 1946: 755.
Ctenochira apricans Lacord.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3664 (nomen nudum).
Ctenochira discoidalis Chevrol.: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3664 (nomen nudum).
Distr.: quadrata: Surinam; aprica: Cayenna. Brazil: Goias, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Santa Catarina; Colombia: Rio Negro; French Guyana; Guyana: Essequibo; Panama; Paraguay: Alto Parana, Caacupe, Cordillera, Villa Hayes; Surinam; Trinidad; Venezuela: Bolivar, Distr. Federal, Maracay, Miranda.
figure: habitus in colour (two forms)
figure: habitus in colour - form from Panama
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