''Percolaspis'' is a genus of

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s in the subfamily

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. It is distributed in

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and

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, though it has also been reported from southern

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in the

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. It is associated with the plant families

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in Central America. In Brazil, '' Percolaspis ornata'' is an important pest of ''

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'' (cocoa) in

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and

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. A species identified as ''Percolaspis''

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''ornata'' was also recently found feeding and damaging

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and

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crops in

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, Brazil.

Species

* '' Percolaspis acuticollis'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961 * '' Percolaspis aeraria'' (

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, 1885) ** ''Percolaspis aeraria aeraria'' (

, 1885) ** ''Percolaspis aeraria uytenboogaarti'' ( Bechyné, 1953) * '' Percolaspis albicincta'' (

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, 1847) ** ''Percolaspis albicincta albicincta'' (

, 1847) ** ''Percolaspis albicincta formosa'' (

, 1878) * '' Percolaspis atricha'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961 * '' Percolaspis boliviana'' (Bowditch, 1921) * '' Percolaspis bucki'' ( Bechyné, 1954) (note: pages 196–199 are missing in the PDF) * '' Percolaspis compta'' (

, 1877) ** ''Percolaspis compta compta'' (

, 1877) ** ''Percolaspis compta onca'' ( Bechyné, 1950) * '' Percolaspis concoloripes'' ( Bechyné, 1950) * '' Percolaspis gestroi'' ( Jacoby, 1899) * '' Percolaspis hypoxantha'' (

, 1878) * '' Percolaspis inquinata'' (

, 1878) ** ''Percolaspis inquinata acrocostata'' ( Bechyné, 1957) ** ''Percolaspis inquinata inquinata'' (

, 1878) ** ''Percolaspis inquinata quebracha'' ( Bechyné, 1954) ** ''Percolaspis inquinata venezulae'' ( Jacoby, 1900) * '' Percolaspis maculipes'' ( Harold, 1875) ** ''Percolaspis maculipes concupiens'' ( Bechyné, 1951) ** ''Percolaspis maculipes diminuta'' Bechyné, 1958 ** ''Percolaspis maculipes insignatior'' ( Bechyné, 1954) ** ''Percolaspis maculipes maculipes'' ( Harold, 1875) ** ''Percolaspis maculipes paraibensis'' Bechyné, 1958 ** ''Percolaspis maculipes portoalegrensis'' ( Bechyné, 1954) ** ''Percolaspis maculipes sculptissima'' ( Bechyné, 1954) ** ''Percolaspis maculipes sparsata'' Bechyné, 1958 * ''

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, 1847) * '' Percolaspis mapiriensis'' ( Bechyné, 1951) * '' Percolaspis microtricha'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1961 * '' Percolaspis ornata'' ( Germar, 1824) ** ''Percolaspis ornata ornata'' ( Germar, 1824) ** ''Percolaspis ornata subtilis'' (

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, 1929) * '' Percolaspis pumilio'' (

, 1884) * '' Percolaspis retracta'' ( Bechyné, 1951) * '' Percolaspis rugosa'' ( Germar, 1824) ** ''Percolaspis rugosa godmani'' ( Jacoby, 1881) ** ''Percolaspis rugosa latipes'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1965 ** ''Percolaspis rugosa polychroma'' ( Bechyné, 1954) ** ''Percolaspis rugosa pseudocompta'' ( Bechyné, 1950) ** ''Percolaspis rugosa pseudopulchella'' ( Bechyné, 1950) ** ''Percolaspis rugosa pulchella'' (

, 1877) ** ''Percolaspis rugosa rugosa'' ( Germar, 1824) ** ''Percolaspis rugosa sculpta'' ( Jacoby, 1890) * '' Percolaspis schizomorpha'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1967 * '' Percolaspis stenopoda'' ( Bechyné, 1951) * '' Percolaspis traumatologica'' Bechyné & Bechyné, 1976 * '' Percolaspis varia'' (

, 1884) * '' Percolaspis zarah'' ( Bechyné, 1954) Synonyms: * ''Colaspis pulchella insolvens'' ( Bechyné, 1950): Synonym of '' Percolaspis rugosa'' ( Germar, 1824)

References

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