GRYNE COCCINELLOIDES (MELLO- LEITÃO, 1935)

(FIGS 48, 49)

Poecilaema coccinelloides Mello-Leitão, 1935: 374, fig. 5.

Gryne coccinelloides B. Soares, 1944: 268 .

Gryne reticulata Piza, 1938: 144, fig. 4M [junior subjective synonym of Poecilaema coccinelloides Mello-Leitão, 1935 by B. Soares (1944: 268)].

Type data: Holotype: Brazil. [Goiás] ‘ Minas Gerais’: Barro Alto [–14.96878°, –48.9102°, 620 m], 1 ♀ (IBSP 27, examined by photograph, Fig. 49) , Paratypes: Brazil. [Goiás] ‘ Minas Gerais’: Barro Alto [–14.96878°, –48.9102°, 620 m], 1 ♀ (MNRJ 42474, lost) . Holotype: Brazil. Goiás: Inhuma, 1 ♂ (MZLQ A0031 / IBSP 10080, holotype de G. reticulata, examined by photograph) . Paratypes: BRAZIL, Goiás: Inhuma, 1 ♂ (Fac. Med. SP, paratype of G. reticulata, not examined) .

Records: Brazil, Goiás, Cana Brava (Mello-Leitão, 1937). Goiás, Nova Roma (B. Soares, 1945, paratype label). São Paulo, Pirassununga: Emas, 600 m (B. Soares 1944; H. Soares, 1966); Santo Antônio da Alegria, Fazenda Bom Retiro (H. Soares, 1966).

Distribution: Known in type localities Inhumas and Barro Alto (GO), Cerrado ecoregion (Fig. 48).

Remarks: This species is superficially similar to G. leprosa, the collection of the National Museum bore several specimens from localities close to the type locality but all that material was destroyed before detailed examination and illustration in the fire of 2 September 2018. In absence of the primary evidence, we refrain from proposing the synonymy with G. leprosa until new material from the type locality is available.