Charidotella (Philaspis) polita ( Klug, 1829 )

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2020, 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, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2), pp. 667-707 : 672

Charidotella (Philaspis) polita ( Klug, 1829)

New record. BRAZIL: Sඞඈ Pൺඎඅඈ: São Paulo, 1 spec. (BMNH).

Distribution. Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul). New to São Paulo.

Remarks. According to KඅඎǤ (1829: 2), the type material was collected (translated): ‘in South Brazil, in the vicinity of Montevideo, Cassapava [= Caçapava do Sul], Porto Allegre by [Friedrich] Sellow’; the locality data were interpreted by following authors only as South Brazil. In the same work, Klug described another 18 species of Cassidinae, most of which are very common and widespread through the entire basin of the Paraná River. Their type specimens are morphologically similar to populations from Rio Grande do Sul while populations from the estuary of the Paraná River (including Montevideo area) are morphologically more or less distinct. Therefore, I assume that the Cassidinae were most likely collected in Porto Alegre or Caçapava do Sul, both located in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.