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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Aporocassida graphica
(Germar, 1823)
Published record.
São Paulo
(BඈΗൾආൺඇ 1854).
Distribution.
Argentina
,
Brazil
(
São Paulo
), and
Uruguay
.
Remarks.
Aporocassida graphica
is one of the most common species of Cassidinae in
Argentina
, where it has been recorded from NW provinces south to
Buenos Aires
and from
Uruguay
(ŚඐංශඍඈඃൺŇඌΚൺ 2002). The record from
São Paulo
was published by BඈΗൾආൺඇ (1854) but was not repeated by subsequent authors (i.e., SඉൺൾඍΗ 1914, Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ 1999, ŚඐංශඍඈඃൺŇඌΚൺ 2002), although Świętojańska listed several specimens vaguely localized as from
Brazil
. The presence of
A. graphica
in
Brazil
(as well as in
Paraguay
) is quite predictable; so far, the closest record is from Resistencia in the province of Chaco (Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ 1996), which is basically at the border with
Paraguay
and circa
300 km
(air distance) from the Brazilian borders of
Rio Grande do Sul
. On the other hand, the occurrence of
A. graphica
in
São Paulo
and thus in
Brazil
should be considered dubious until it is confirmed by new material.