Taxonomic and nomenclatural changes in Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Author Sekerka, Lukáš text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2016 2016-07-15 56 1 275 344 journal article 56063 10.5281/zenodo.5305725 31cb15bf-28f5-4b27-86df-6a1b28cbce41 0374-1036 5305725 E24F1028-C6AC-4323-9ED5-C9B7FF3434ACD Microctenochira similata ( Boheman, 1855 ) Coptocycla similata Boheman, 1855: 177 (original description). Coptocycla sellata Boheman, 1855: 178 (original description); SPAETH (1926) : 59 (synonymy), syn. confirm. Coptocycla Napaea Boheman, 1862: 411 (original description), syn. nov. Type localities. Coptocycla napaea : ‘Petropolis Brasiliae’; C. sellata : ‘S:t Paul Brasiliae’; C. similata : ‘Brasilia interior’. Type material examined. Coptocycla napaea : SYNTYPES : 1 spec. , glued, ‘Type [w, p, s, c, rf] || Coptocycla | Napaea Bhn | Type from Bhn [w, hw, cb] || 67·56 [w, p, s]’ ( BMNH ); 1 spec. , pinned (missing pronotum and head), ‘CONSTANC [w, p, cb] || Clark. [w, p, s] || Type. [w, p, s] || NHRS-JLKB | 000022329 [w, p, cb]’ ( NHRS ). Coptocycla sellata : SYNTYPE : pinned, ‘ Brasil [w, p, cb] || M. Wien [w, p, s] || Type. [w, p, s] || NHRS-JLKB | 000022358 [w, p, cb]’ ( NHRS ). Coptocycla similata : LECTOTYPE (designated by BOROWIEC 1999a ): pinned, ‘ Brasil [w, p, cb] || Mhm. [w, p, cb] || Type. [w, p, s] || LECTOTYPE | des. L. Borowiec [r, p, cb] || NHRS-JLKB | 000022356 [w, p, cb]’ ( NHRS ). PARALECTOTYPE: pinned,‘ Brasil [w, p, cb] || Bhn. [w, p, s] || PARALECTOTYPE | des.L.Borowiec [r, p, cb] || NHRS-JLKB | 000022357 [w, p, cb]’ ( NHRS ). Remarks. BOHEMAN (1862) described Coptocycla napaea and compared it with Coptocycla sellata . SPAETH (1926) synonymized the latter with Microctenochira similata and separated M. napaea by the basal spot on pronotum with red (uniformly black in M. similata ) and finer punctation of the central yellow spot on elytra. I have studied types of all three taxa and in my opinion all belong to a single species and represent only colour forms. Moreover, M. napaea was based on a teneral specimen and as a result the punctation of its elytra appears finer. I was able to locate two specimens of M. napaea that belong to the type series. The BMNH specimen, however, does not have a locality label, but is glued and pinned in the same way, on a similar label as other material collected by Clark during his travels in Brazil . Only a small portion of the Cassidinae he collected is provided with original locality labels and if so, frequently only the first specimen in the original series had the label. Therefore I assume the specimen was collected in Petropolis as indicated by BOHEMAN (1862) . Distribution. Argentina : Missiones ( BOROWIEC 2002 , 2009c ); Brazil : Rio Grande do Sul (BOROWIEC 2009c), Rio de Janeiro ( BOHEMAN 1862 , DONCKIER DE DONCEEL 1884 ), Santa Catarina ( BOROWIEC 2002 ), Sao Paulo ( BOHEMAN 1855 , SPAETH 1926 ); Paraguay ( BOROWIEC 1996 ).