Platyphora quatuordecimspilota

Sampaio, Aline & Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da, 2023, Catalog of the Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the entomological collections of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) and the Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Brazil, with an illustrated key for the genera occurring in Brazil (except Aeneolucentia,, Zootaxa 5351 (1), pp. 37-71 : 55

Platyphora quatuordecimspilota (Guérin–Méneville, 1844)

( Fig. 93 )

Doryphora 14–spilota Guérin–Méneville, 1844: 299 (descr., distr.).

Chrysomela 14–spilota; Stål, 1862: 61 (distr. redescr.).

Doryphora quatuordecimspilota ; Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3453 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 671 (cat., distr.).

Doryphora (Doryphora) quatuordecimspilota ; Weise, 1916: 23 (cat., distr.).

Stichotaenia 14–spilota; Bechyně, 1950a: 121 (distr.), fig. 1 (left tibia, male); 1954: 647 (distr.), tafel 29, fig. 8 (dorsal view, adult).

Stichotaenia quatuordecimspilota ; Bechyně, 1952: 51 (cat., distr.).

Platyphora quatuordecimspilota ; Sekerka, 2023 (check.).

Type locality: Brazil — Maranh „o: most likely the capital city S„o Luís .

Distribution: BRAZIL — Bahia: Salvador; Ceará: Pacatuba (Monte Alegre and Serra da Aratanha) and Redenç„o; Maranh„o: Caxias and Lago Verde; Paraíba: Cacimba de Dentro and Dami„o; Pernambuco: Buíque and Sertânea; Piauí: Bom Jesus and Teresina (Bioparque Zoobotânico); and Rio Grande do Norte: Baixa Verde. New record: Goiás ( BRAZIL).

Material examined (1 specimen): BRAZIL. Goiás: Araguacema , 1 specimen, 26 – 29. I. 1983, J. A Rafael leg. ( INPA) .

Figures

FIGURES 91–102. 91–92, Platyphora olivenca ab. evittata, 91, ventral view, 92, labels; 93, Platyphora quatuordecimspilota, dorsal view; 94, Platyphora rubropunctata rubropunctata, dorsal view; 95, Platyphora testudo, dorsal view; 96–97, Platyphora undata, 96–97, dorsal view; 98–100, holotype of Platyphora sanguinipennis, 98, dorsal view, 99, front view, 100, labels; 101, Proseicela vittata, dorsal view; 102, Parastilodes striatipennis occidentalis, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm. Figs. 91–92 photographed by Christoph Germann (© 2023 Naturhistorisches Museum Basel). Original photos cropped and background removed. Figs. 98–100 photographed by Keita Matsumoto (© 2023 Natural History Museum London). Original photos cropped and background removed.