Megalostomis grossa (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 grossa (Forsberg, 1821)

( Figs 32–35 )

Clythra grossa Forsberg, 1821a: 269 , 290 (original description).

Type locality. ‘America meridionali’.

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘grossa. / 28 / Brasil. … [illegible] [box label, w, h]’ ( UUZM).

Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay ( AGRAIN 2013).

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

The holotype was overlooked by WALLIN (2001) and was thus not mentioned in his catalogue of the type specimens deposited in UUZM.

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.