Commented catalogue of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with remarks on the collection of Jaro Mráz in the National Museum in Prague
Author
Sekerka, Lukáš
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2020
Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae
2020-12-26
60
2
667
707
http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2020.048
journal article
10.37520/aemnp.2020.048
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Cephaloleia ornata
Waterhouse, 1881 (Imatidiini)
Published record.
Boraceia (Sඍൺංඇൾඌ +| Gൺඋർටൺ-Rඈൻඅൾൽඈ 2014).
Distribution.
Bolivia
,?
Brazil
(Pará),
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
, and
Venezuela
.
Remarks.
Sඍൺංඇൾඌ +|Gൺඋർටൺ-Rඈൻඅൾൽඈ (2014) recorded this species from
Brazil
for the first time but did not formally mention that. They published material from Taperina, which was unassigned to the state, and then from Boraceia in the state of
São Paulo
. I did not have the opportunity to examine this material but based on the presently known distribution, the species is found in the Upper Amazon basin including foothills of the Andes and thus its occurrence in
São Paulo
is very improbable. In general, any species of the group, where
C. ornata
belongs does not occur in eastern
Brazil
. Therefore, the material must have been either mislabelled or misidentified, and
C. ornata
is removed from the fauna of
São Paulo
.
On the other hand, occurrence of
C. ornata
in the Brazilian Amazon is probable. As for the other specimen(s), Taperina is most likely an alternative spelling of Taperinha, which is close to Santarém in Pará. However, Sඍൺංඇൾඌ +| Gൺඋർටൺ-Rඈൻඅൾൽඈ (2014) did not provide any additional data for this specimen(s), thus it would be necessary to verify the labels and identification to confirm the occurrence of
C. ornata
in
Brazil
. For now, I leave the distribution in
Brazil
with a question mark.