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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Charidotis brevicollis
Spaeth, 1936
Published record.
‘Mendes [= collector; thus,
São Paulo
only]’ (Bඈ- උඈඐංൾർ 1996).
Distribution.
Brazil
(Amazonas,?
São Paulo
).
Remarks.
Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ (1996) published material labelled ‘
Sao Paulo
Mendes’ and interpreted Mendes as the name of locality. However, it is most likely a name of collector rather than locality (L. Borowiec, pers. comm. 2020) and thus, the record is here interpreted as
São Paulo
only.
Charidotis brevicollis
was described from the locality ‘S. Gabriel am Rio Negro’, which refers to the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira in the state of Amazonas. Occurrence of this species in
São Paulo
should be verified by additional material because most
Charidotis
Boheman, 1854
are forest species, usually quite restrictive concerning their habitat. Of all Brazilian species of
Charidotis
only the ones widespread and common in the entire tropical America (i.e.,
C. auroguttata
,
C. aurofasciata
and
C. vitreata
(Perty, 1832))
are distributed in the Amazon and reaching also to SE
Brazil
.