Megalostomis grandis (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 grandis (Forsberg, 1821)

( Figs 27–31 )

Clythra grandis Forsberg, 1821a: 263 , 278 (original description).

Type locality. ‘America meridionali’.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: probably ♀, ‘ Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. / Thunbergsaml. nr. 8210 / Typsaml. nr. 1756 / Clythra grandis Forsberg 1821 [r, p] // grandis. / 21 / Amer. merid. [box label, w, h]’ ( UUZM).

Distribution. Brazil and Paraguay ( AGRAIN 2013).

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

Figures

Figs 27–35.27–31 – Megalostomis grandis (Forsberg, 1821) (holotype,?♀, 12.0 mm):27 – dorsal habitus; 28 – lateral habitus; 29 – frontal habitus; 30 – box label; 31 – label of holotype. 32–35 – Megalostomis grossa (Forsberg, 1821) (holotype, J, 12.5 mm): 32 – dorsal habitus; 33 – lateral habitus; 34 – frontal habitus; 35 – box label.