Strophia picta Maynard, 1889

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Synonymy

Strophia picta Maynard, 1889a:18-20,pl.2,figs.6,6B.; Harasewych et al., 2007:378-379, fig. 6.

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Geographic Distribution: Little Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Type Locality: West end of Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. [19° 39.55' N, 80° 5.03' W]

This species occurs in a very limited area, on the west end of Little Cayman. Near the southern termination of the western path that extended across the key, or rather near its junction with the main path, was a patch of guinea-grass; in this, were numerous open spots, and in them, or on their borders, these Strophias lived, occupying in all about a half acre.

The habits of the Painted Strophias are rather more social than those of the Pictured, as they occur in small groups of a half dozen or more, but are nowhere common." (Maynard, 1889:18-20)

Type Material: Lectotype, MCZ 247019

Clench (1964:368) designated MCZ 247019 as lectotype. The other syntype became a paralectotype. The remaining 73 specimens have no status as types (Harasewych et al., 2007:378).

Remarks

Clench (1964:368) regarded this taxon as a synonym of Cerion pannosum (Maynard, 1889).

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