Sphaerion inerme White, 1853

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Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Uruguay (Monné 2024a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil.

New record. BRAZIL, Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 16.III.2020, 04°12ʹ25.56ʹʹ S, 38°58ʹ15.3ʹʹ W, 1012 m., M.L.Monné, leg., 1 male (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT7-47343) .

Collecting method. Manual collecting.

Species diagnosis. Tegument shining reddish-orange; antennae unarmed or with a minute spine (male) or with a very short spine at antennomeres III–VI (female); elytral apex with black spine at outer angle; femora distinctly clavate (Martins 2005; Galileo & Santos-Silva 2016).