Cephaloleia nitida Uhmann, 1930

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 : 688

* Cephaloleia nitida Uhmann, 1930

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Published records. São Paulo (UΗආൺඇඇ 1930, Sඍൺංඇൾඌ +|Gൺඋർටൺ-Rඈൻඅൾ- ൽඈ 2014); Cubatão (UΗආൺඇඇ 1964).

Type material examined. Hඈඅඈඍඒඉൾ: glued, missing terminal antennomeres in both antennae ‘ SAÕ PAULO | BRAS.MRÁZ LGT. | MUS. PRAGENSE [w, p, cb, bb] || HOLOTYP [r, t, s] || PARATYPE [r, hw by Uhmann, s] || Cephaloleia [hw] | nitida Uh. [hw] | UHMANN DET. [p] 29 [hw] [w, p + hw by Uhmann, s]’ ( SDEI); Pൺඋൺඍඒඉൾ ( Fig. 12 ): glued, ‘ SAÕ PAULO | BRAS.MRÁZ LGT. | MUS.PRAGENSE [w, p, cb, bb] || C. nitida | Uhm. cotyp. [w, hw by Spaeth, cb] || CO TYPUS [pink, p, cb] || Collect. | Spaeth [w, p, cb]’ ( NHMW).

Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Sඞඈ Pൺඎඅඈ: without further data, 10 spec., J. Mráz leg. ( NMPC, 2 LSPC).

Distribution. Argentina and Brazil (Santa Catarina, São Paulo).

Remarks. Spaeth was unable to identify this species and retained three specimens for his collection. Later on, he sent at least one to Uhmann for identification but without mentioning existence of other specimens in NMPC. UΗආൺඇඇ (1930) described the species as C. nitida explicitly based on two specimens and stated that the holotype was in his collection (now SDEI) and the paratype in Spaeth’s collection (hispines now in NHMW). However, I assume that Uhmann saw only the holotype as the paratype specimen does not bear his identification labels, while he usually labelled all type specimens he had examined. Moreover, there is a third specimen in Spaeth’s collection, which Spaeth provided with his pink cotype label, but it does not belong to the type series as the species was based on two specimens only. In NMPC, there is a series of specimens belonging to this species, but they were not included in the type series and until now remained identified only as Cephaloleia sp. by Spaeth.

Figures

Figs 8–12. Dorsal aspects. 8–10 – Cephaloleia caeruleata Baly, 1875: 8 – holotype, ♀; 9 – ♀ collected by J. Mráz; 10 – J collected by Mráz and compared to the holotype of C. dilatata Uhmann, 1948; 11 – Cephaloleia impressa Uhmann, 1930, holotype; 12 – Cephaloleia nitida Uhmann, 1930, paratype. Scale bars = 1 mm.