Megalostomis analis (Forsberg, 1821)

Bezděk, Jan, 2016, Identity of taxa proposed inClythra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) by Carl Peter Forsberg (1821), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (2), pp. 769-784 : 780

Megalostomis analis (Forsberg, 1821)

( Figs 22–26 )

Clythra analis Forsberg, 1821a: 269 , 289 (original description).

Type locality. ‘America meridionali’.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 8220 / Typsaml. nr. 1762 / Clythra analis Forsberg 1821 [r, p] // analis. / 1 / Amer. merid. [box label, w, h]’ ( UUZM).

Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru ( AGRAIN 2013).

Comments. AGRAIN (2013) considered it as valid species in the recent revision of the genus Megalostomis Chevrolat, 1836 . Although Agrain did not study Forsbergʼs type material, the identity of Megalostomis analis was correctly applied in his revision.

Figures

Figs 17–26. 17–21 – Macrolenes dentipes (Olivier, 1808) (holotype of Clythra crassimana Forsberg, 1821, J, length of elytra 4.0 mm): 17 – dorsal habitus; 18 – lateral habitus; 19 – frontal habitus; 20 – box label; 21 – label of holotype. 22–26 – Megalostomis analis (Forsberg, 1821) (holotype, J, 9.5 mm): 22 – dorsal habitus; 23 – lateral habitus; 24 – frontal habitus; 25 – box label; 26 – label of holotype.