Lochmaea, Weise, 1883

Grosso-Silva, José Manuel, 2011, Lochmaea suturalis (Thomson, 1866) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), new species for Portugal., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 5, pp. 79-81 : 80

Lochmaea scutellata (Chevrolat, 1840)

Material examined: Boticas: Granja (29TPG1909), 26-04-2008 (1 ♂).

Comments: Previously recorded from seven Portuguese localities positioned in six 10 km UTM squares (Map 2): Coimbra, Guarda, Leiria,

Manteigas, Montargil (Ponte de Sôr), Vale de Azares (Celorico da Beira),

and Vale de Estrela (Guarda) ( OLIVEIRA, 1891, 1893; BEENEN, 1996;

TEUNISSEN, 2002). The new record is a northern expansion of this

Map 2.- Distribution of SPecieS’ known PortugueSe rAnge, AS Shown in MAP 2. The collecting DAte of Lochmaea scutellata the specimen studied is in accordance with the spring adult records of

(Chevrolat, 1840) in continental Portugal. BEENEN (1996) and TEUNISSEN (2002), from the 20 th of May and 5 th of April, respectively.