Charidotis aerosa Spaeth, 1936

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 : 673

* Charidotis aerosa Spaeth, 1936

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Published record. São Paulo (SඉൺൾඍΗ 1936a).

Type material examined. Sඒඇඍඒඉൾඌ: 1 spec. ( Fig. 3 ), glued, ‘ SAÕ PAULO | BRAS. MRÁZ LGT. | MUS.PRAGENSE [w, p, cb, bf] || CO- TYPE [r, cb, hw] || Charidotis | aerosa m. cotyp. [hw by F.Spaeth] | Spaeth det. [w, cb, p]’ ( NMPC); 3 spec., glued, ‘ SAÕ PAULO | BRAS. MRÁZ LGT. | MUS.PRAGENSE [w, p, cb, bf] || COTYPE [r, hw, cb]’ ( NMPC). Each specimen was provided with an additional label: ‘ SYNTYPUS | Charidotis | aerosa | Spaeth, 1936 | L. Sekerka des. 2008 [r, p, cb, bf]’.

Distribution. Brazil (São Paulo).

Remarks. SඉൺൾඍΗ (1936a) described this species based on an unknown number of specimens from São Paulo and stated: ‘coll. Spaeth, Typi; Mus. Prag, Mraz; Mus. Brit., Bryant; Mus. Ithaca, Hammar Coll.’. Because in the original description Spaeth did not select one specimen as the type, all specimens must be considered syntypes.

Figures

Figs 1–7. Dorsal aspects and labels. 1 – Charidotella (s.str.) recidiva (Spaeth, 1926), syntype; 2 – Charidotis mrazi Spaeth, 1936, syntype; 3 – Charidotis aerosa Spaeth, 1936, syntype; 4 – Microctenochira triplagiata (Spaeth, 1926), holotype; 5 – Coptocycla (Podostraba) ruficornis Spaeth, 1936, syntype; 6–7 – typical locality labels for Mráz’s material. Scale bars unless stated = 1 mm.