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
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2020
Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae
2020-12-26
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667
707
http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2020.048
journal article
10.37520/aemnp.2020.048
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Calliaspis cinnabarina
Boheman, 1850
Published record.
Amparo (Sංආõൾඌ +| Mඈඇඇඣ 2011).
Distribution.
Brazil
(
Bahia
,?
Rio de Janeiro
,?
São Paulo
),
French Guiana
,
Peru
, and
Suriname
.
Remarks.
Sංආõൾඌ +| Mඈඇඇඣ (2011) recorded this species from
Rio de Janeiro
(P.N. Itatiaia) and
São Paulo
for the first time. They also provided a colour photograph of
one specimen
in dorsal view, but it is not known which population they used. The voucher specimens from
São Paulo
were deposited in MNRJ and destroyed by the fire in 2018. Unfortunately, the photograph is of a rather low resolution and does not allow recognition of the species with certainty.
Calliaspis cinnabarina
was described from ‘Cayenna, Brasilia’ and is certainly distributed over the
Guiana
shield and the adjacent Amazon. However, another species,
C. umbonata
, was described from southern
Brazil
(
Santa Catarina
), differing from
C. cinnabarina
in conspicuous postscutellar tubercle with concave posterior slope in la- teral view while
C. cinnabarina
has only slightly irregular elytra in the postscutellar point. Therefore, the specimens recorded by Sංආõൾඌ +| Mඈඇඇඣ (2011) could belong to either of the two species. Judging from the photograph the beetle looks more similar to
C. umbonata
as it has uniformly yellow and longer antennae (usually at least with darkened tips in
C. cinnabarina
) and the reflection in the postscutellar area gives the impression of a higher tubercle but it is merely my feeling rather than reasonable discrimination. Thus, I leave both records within the distribution of
C. cinnabarina
but particularly that from
São Paulo
must be verified by additional material as
C. umbonata
is here recorded as new to
São Paulo
.
Calliaspis cinnabarina
has been recently recorded also from
Bahia
(Aඅൻൾඋඍඈඇං 2017) based on specimens I compared with the
type
material that agreed fairly well.