Alurnus batesii Baly, 1864 (Alurnini)

Sekerka, Lukáš, 2020, Commented catalogue of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with remarks on the collection of Jaro Mráz in the National Museum in Prague, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2), pp. 667-707 : 700

Alurnus batesii Baly, 1864 (Alurnini)

Published record. São Paulo (Sඍൺංඇൾඌ 2013).

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas), Ecuador, and Peru.

Remarks. Alurnus batesii is an Amazonian species distributed in the Upper Amazon Basin and is known to occur in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru (UΗආൺඇඇ 1957, Sඍൺංඇൾඌ 2013). In Brazil, it has been reliably recorded only from the state ofAmazonas and most specimens in collections are old and were collected either near Tefé (= Teffe or Ega in the past) or São Paulo de Olivença (Sekerka, unpubl. data). Sඍൺංඇൾඌ (2013) published a few specimens from the two previous localities and also two specimens with locality data only stating ‘São Paulo’. I did not have the opportunity to study these specimens, but it is very unlikely that the species would occur in the state of São Paulo and I assume that the locality refers to São Paulo de Olivença. Therefore, A. batesii is removed from the fauna of São Paulo.

Alurnus grossus Fabricius, 1775 (Alurnini)

Published record. Campinas (Sඍൺංඇൾඌ 2013).

Distribution. Brazil (Pará), Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Suriname.

Remarks. Sඍൺංඇൾඌ (2013) published one specimen from ‘Campinas’ in Brazil and the record was interpreted as being the well-known Brazilian municipality Campinas in the state of São Paulo (SൾΚൾඋΚൺ 2020). However, A. grossus is distributed on the Guiana shield and within Brazil it has been reported only from the state of Pará (FංඌർΗൾඋ 1935, Sඍൺංඇൾඌ 2013). Therefore, my previous interpretation is erroneous and Campinas (= plains or meadows) is a very common geographical name, used for hundreds of places in Brazil. The locality either refers to a different Campinas, whereabouts of which is unknown to me as no other data were provided, or it has been mislabelled. Consequently, A. grossus is removed from the fauna of São Paulo.