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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Chlamydocassis
(s. str.)
perforata
(
Boheman, 1850
)
Published record.
São Paulo
(BඈΗൾආൺඇ 1862).
Distribution.
Argentina
,
Bolivia
,?
Brazil
(
Rio Grande do Sul
,
São Paulo
), and
Peru
.
Remarks.
Presence of
C. perforata
should be verified by more material and examination of the published specimens. In general, species of
Chlamydocassis
Spaeth,
1952
in HංඇർΚඌ (1952) are morphologically very variable and some populations are hard to identify correctly. Moreover, many species have quite a wide range through southern parts of tropical and subtropical South America, and local populations are distinct. The genus needs a complex revision, which should combine morphology with molecular methods to delimit the borders among species.
Chlamydocassis perforata
is the most common species of the genus in Bolivian savannas (Chiquitania, which is also its terra typica) and very likely reaches to the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul but based on the present material the species would not have a particularly wide range: Vංൺඇൺ (1964b) did not recognize the species in the material he studied despite having a very large sample of Argentinean
Chlamydocassis
, and the presence of
C. perforata
in
Argentina
is based on a single specimen from the province of
Chaco
(Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ 1996).
Chlamydocassis
(
Ceratocassis
)
laticollis