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
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2
667
707
http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2020.048
journal article
10.37520/aemnp.2020.048
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Sceloenopla bidens
(Fabricius, 1792)
(
Sceloenoplini)
Distribution.
Brazil
(Amazonas),
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
French Guiana
,
Peru
, and
Suriname
.
Remarks.
Cඈඌඍൺ et al. (1988) published description of larva of
Sceloenopla
af.
bidens
(Fabricius, 1792)
based on material collected in Campinas but did not discuss further the identification. Lඈඎඋൾඇඡඞඈ et al. (1991) published biological observations on the same population of
S. bidens
and provided colour photograph of the adult. Regarding identification, they wrote following: ‘Specimens were sent in 1984 to Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA and identified by Dr. R. E. White as
S. bidens
or very close species. In 1989, Dr. Cleide Costa compared these specimens to the
holotype
of
S. bidens
in MNHN and concluded that they are the same species.’ I have repeatedly tried to locate the type of
S. bidens
in MNHN and failed; however, it was described from
Suriname
and the species is common in the
Guiana
shield. The specimen figured by Lඈඎඋൾඇඡඞඈ et al. (1991) shows high and broad costae on the elytra matching another species,
S. rectelineata
. I had at disposal numerous specimens of
S. bidens
from French Guiana and historical material from MNHN and BMNH identified as this species; they have distinctly lower and narrower costae in comparison to the
holotype
of
S. rectelineata
. Therefore
S. bidens
is removed from the fauna of São Paulo and the respective records are transferred to
S. rectelineata
. True
S. bidens
is with certainty distributed in the
Guiana
shield, other records should be verified.