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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Cyrtonota vulnerata
(
Boheman, 1850
)
New record.
BRAZIL
: Sඞඈ Pൺඎඅඈ:
without further data, 1 J, J. Mráz leg. (NMPC).
Distribution.
Brazil
(
Minas Gerais
,
Rio de Janeiro
). New to
Minas Gerais
and
São Paulo
.
Remarks.
Sංආõൾඌ +| Mඈඇඇඣ (2011) published new faunistic records of
Cyrtonota similata
(
Boheman, 1850
)
from Manhumirim (
Minas Gerais
), Itatiaia, and Resende-Serrinha do Alambari (both in
Rio de Janeiro
). All
four specimens
were deposited in the National Museum in Rio and thus destroyed by the fire in 2018. Nevertheless, the authors provided a colour photograph of one representative, which quite clearly shows that the species was misidentified as
C. vulnerata
. The latter is characterized by semiopaque and velvet-like dorsum due to finer punctation and by high postscutellar tubercle, while
C. similata
has very low postscutellar tubercle and shiny and coarsely punctate elytra. It is also considerably smaller than
C. vulnerata
but unfortunately, no scale was provided. Consequently, all three records must be transferred to
C. vulnerata
and removed from
C. similata
, which is thus known only from the
type
locality – the state of
Bahia
(BඈΗൾආൺඇ 1850) as no other records have been published for it.
Cyrtonota vulnerata
was so far reported only from
Rio de Janeiro
(Fඅංඇඍൾ et al. 2009).