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 nitida
Uhmann, 1930
(
Fig. 12
)
Published records.
São Paulo
(UΗආൺඇඇ 1930, Sඍൺංඇൾඌ +|Gൺඋർටൺ-Rඈൻඅൾ- ൽඈ 2014); Cubatão (UΗආൺඇඇ 1964).
Type material examined.
Hඈඅඈඍඒඉൾ: glued, missing terminal antennomeres in both antennae ‘
SAÕ PAULO
| BRAS.MRÁZ LGT. | MUS. PRAGENSE [w, p, cb, bb] || HOLOTYP [r, t, s] ||
PARATYPE
[r, hw by Uhmann, s] ||
Cephaloleia
[hw] |
nitida Uh.
[hw] | UHMANN DET. [p] 29 [hw] [w, p + hw by Uhmann, s]’ (
SDEI
); Pൺඋൺඍඒඉൾ (
Fig. 12
): glued, ‘
SAÕ PAULO
| BRAS.MRÁZ LGT. | MUS.PRAGENSE [w, p, cb, bb] ||
C. nitida
| Uhm. cotyp. [w, hw by Spaeth, cb] || CO TYPUS [pink, p, cb] || Collect. | Spaeth [w, p, cb]’ (
NHMW
).
Additional material examined.
BRAZIL
: Sඞඈ Pൺඎඅඈ:
without further data,
10 spec.
, J. Mráz leg. (
NMPC
, 2
LSPC
).
Distribution.
Argentina
and
Brazil
(
Santa Catarina
,
São Paulo
).
Remarks.
Spaeth was unable to identify this species and retained
three specimens
for his collection. Later on, he sent at least one to Uhmann for identification but without mentioning existence of other specimens in NMPC. UΗආൺඇඇ (1930) described the species as
C. nitida
explicitly based on
two specimens
and stated that the
holotype
was in his collection (now SDEI) and the
paratype
in Spaeth’s collection (hispines now in NHMW). However, I assume that Uhmann saw only the
holotype
as the
paratype
specimen does not bear his identification labels, while he usually labelled all type specimens he had examined. Moreover, there is a third specimen in Spaeth’s collection, which Spaeth provided with his pink cotype label, but it does not belong to the type series as the species was based on
two specimens
only. In NMPC, there is a series of specimens belonging to this species, but they were not included in the type series and until now remained identified only as
Cephaloleia
sp.
by Spaeth.