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
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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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Stolas hermanni
(Spaeth, 1911) (Mesomphaliini)
Published record.
Itapecirica da Serra (Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ +|TൺΚංඓൺඐൺ 2011).
Distribution.
Ecuador
and
Peru
.
Remarks.
Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ +| TൺΚංඓൺඐൺ (2011) recorded
two specimens
of
S. hermanni
from
São Paulo
,
Brazil
; however, I find it quite unlikely that they truly were collected in E
Brazil
and in my opinion, they were erroneously labelled.
Stolas hermanni
belongs among the species characterized by usually more or less visible pubescence on elytra, disc of elytra usually black and explanate margin with more or less developed yellow/red/orange pattern. There are several species-groups with these characters, and all are restricted to the Andes and sub-Andean zones, particularly in
Ecuador
and
Peru
. So far, the easternmost of these species is
S. agenysiformis
Borowiec, 2011
from Rondônia. Therefore,
S. hermanni
is removed from the fauna of São Paulo. The same case is
S. pleurosticha
and
S. scoparia
recorded in the same publication; all three species are common in
Peru
. Moreover, all three were recorded from the same locality and collecting date and are the only published from this locality by Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ +|TൺΚංඓൺඐൺ (2011); thus, I am quite sure they must have been mislabelled.