Hyperaspis Chevrolat, 1836

Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5728 (3), pp. 451-495 : 470-471

Hyperaspis Chevrolat, 1836

Hyperaspis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 435; Mulsant, 1846: 179; 1850: 649; Thomson, 1859: 161; Crotch, 1874: 213; Chapuis, 1876: 229; Korschefsky, 1931: 177; Blackwelder, 1945: 446; Gordon, 1987: 25–30; Gordon & Canepari, 2008: 286.

Gordoni Duverger, 2001: 226 ; Gordon & Canepari, 2008: 286.

Aliana Duverger, 2001: 226 ; Gordon & Canepari, 2008: 286.

Type species: Coccinella reppensis Herbst, 1783 ; by subsequent designation of Thomson (1859).

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Maranhão; Piauí; Ceará; Rio Grande do Norte; Paraíba; Pernambuco; Bahia; Alagoas.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Hyperaspis camargoi Gordon & Canepari, 2008 ; Hyperaspis conclusa Weise, 1904 [ new record] ( Fig. 23 ); Hyperaspis festiva Mulsant, 1850 [ new record] ( Fig. 24 ); Hyperaspis recordata Mulsant, 1850 ; Hyperaspis scutifera ( Mulsant, 1850) [ new record for Brazil] ( Fig. 25 ).

Material examined. Hyperaspis conclusa : “ BRASIL: BA [ Bahia]: MUCUGÊ/ CAMpo-RupresTE [Campos rupestres]/ 7-10/ XII-1990 / S. T.P. AMARANTE COL” [partially handwritten white label] “ Hyperaspis / conclusa / Weise, 1904 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ MZSP 52576]. Hyperaspis festiva : “ BRASIL, Maranhão,/ 2014-2015,/ Ramos, A. S. J. C. leg.” “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 2 ex. [ DZUP 246590, 326991]; “ BRASIL, Piauí, UFPI, Teresina,/ 05°046’S, 42°78’W, IX. 2019,/ presando Brevicoryne/ brassicae em “couve/ manteiga”, L.C de Melo leg.” “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J.

Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 3 ex. [ DZUP 246371, 246647, 246748]; “S. Araripe CRATO / Ceará Brasil / V-1969 / M.Alvarenga” “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327225]; “Mossoró – RN [ Rio Grande do Norte]/ (Faz. Alagoinha)/ M.C.N. Chagas” [handwritten white label] “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / L.M. de Almeida det. 1985” [partially handwritten white label] 2 ex. [ DZUP 327226–327227]; “ NATAL / R. G. Norte [ Rio Grande do Norte] Brasil / V. 1960 / M. Alvarenga leg.” “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327228]; “ PARAÍBA / 27.X.99/ LINDEMBERG, A” “Amostra 4/ 30.IX.99/ Melão” [handwritten white label] “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / L.M. de Almeida det. 2001” [partially handwritten white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327236]; “PETROLINA/ Pernambuco Brasil / V-1969 / M. Alvarenga” “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327229]; “G. J. Moraes/ Petrolina-PE [ Pernambuco]/ 2-9-80/ BRAZIL ” “feijão/ macassar/ BRAZIL ” [partially handwritten white label] “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327230]; “G. J. Moraes/ Petrolina-PE [ Pernambuco]/ 11-9-80/ BRAZIL ” “ Vigna / BRAZIL ” [partially handwritten white label] “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327231]; “G. J. de Moraes/ Petrolina-PE [ Pernambuco]/ 19-11-81/ BRAZIL ” “ V./ unguiculata / BRAZIL ” [partially handwritten white label] “ Hyperaspis sp. ” [handwritten white label] “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 092641]; “G. J. de Moraes/ Petrolina-PE [ Pernambuco]/ 19- 11-81/ BRAZIL ” “ Vigna / unguiculata / BRAZIL ” [partially handwritten white label] “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327237]; “ LIVR. DO BRUMADO/ BA [ Bahia]- Brasil VII-1961 / S. Laroca leg.” “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 2 ex. [ DZUP 327232–327233]; “MARACÁS – BA [ Bahia]/ BRASIL IX- 65/ F.M.Oliveira” “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327234]; “ Brasil, Bahia, Restinga da/ Praia de Itaquena -\ Trancoso, ix-xi-2009,\ manual, bromélia -\ 16,654°S / - 39,099°W, T./ G. Souza leg. B1208” “ Hyperaspis / festiva / Mulsant, 1850 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327235]. Hyperaspis scutifera : “ Brasil, PB [ Paraíba], S Terezinha./ Fazenda Tamanduá/ 11.X.10 Reserva B2/ Messias. K.D. V.S.” “ Hyperaspis / scutifera / ( Mulsant, 1850)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327243]; “ Brasil, PB [ Paraíba], S Terezinha/ Fazenda Tamnduá [Tamanduá]/ 26.IV.10 Reseva [Reserva] B1/ Messias, K,D,[ V],S.” “ Hyperaspis / scutifera / ( Mulsant, 1850)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327245]; “ Brasil, PB [ Paraíba], S. Terezinha/ Faz. Tamanduá Arm. A2/ 25. VI.2012 F. Ciliar/ R. S. Guedes col.” “ Hyperaspis / scutifera / ( Mulsant, 1850)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327244]; “ Brasil, PB [ Paraíba], S. Terezinha/ Faz. Tamanduá Arm. A2/ 15.IX.2012 F. Ciliar/ R. S. Guedes col.” “ Hyperaspis / scutifera / ( Mulsant, 1850)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327246].

Comments. Hyperaspis is distributed throughout the Americas and the Old World ( Gordon & Canepari 2008). Of the 78 species of this genus recorded for South America, 36 species occur in Brazil ( Gordon & Canepari 2008; Gordon & González 2011). Hyperaspis conclusa and H. festiva represent the third and fourth species to be recorded for NE Brazil. Hyperaspis scutifera represents the fifth documented occurrence for the region and a novel record for Brazil.

Figures

FIGURES 20–25. New records of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) for the Northeast Region of Brazil. 20: Adira obscurocincta (Klug, 1829). 21: Epilachna marginella (Fabricius, 1787). 22: Epilachna spreta Mulsant, 1850. 23: Hyperaspis conclusa Weise, 1904. 24: Hyperaspis festiva Mulsant, 1850. 25: Hyperaspis scutifera (Mulsant, 1850)*. *New record for Brazil. Scale bars = 1 mm.