Charidotis mrazi Spaeth, 1936

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 : 674

* Charidotis mrazi Spaeth, 1936

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Published record. São Paulo (SඉൺൾඍΗ 1936a).

Type material examined. Sඒඇඍඒඉൾ ( Fig. 2 ): glued, ‘ SAÕ PAULO | BRAS. MRÁZ LGT. | MUS.PRAGENSE [w, p, cb, bf] || TYPUS [r, p, cb, bf] || Charidotis | Mrazi m. Typus [hw by F. Spaeth] | Spaeth det. [w, cb, p] || SYNTYPUS | Charidotis | mrazi | Spaeth, 1936 | L. Sekerka des. 2020 [r, cb, p bf]’ ( NMPC).

Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo, Santa Catarina, São Paulo).

Remarks. SඉൺൾඍΗ (1936a: 89) based the description on at least two specimens as he mentioned two localities and depositories: ‘ Sao Paulo (Mraz, Mus. Prague), Espirito Santo (coll. Spaeth)’. However, he did not explicitly fix the type, thus both (all) specimens are syntypes.

Figures

Figs 1–7. Dorsal aspects and labels. 1 – Charidotella (s.str.) recidiva (Spaeth, 1926), syntype; 2 – Charidotis mrazi Spaeth, 1936, syntype; 3 – Charidotis aerosa Spaeth, 1936, syntype; 4 – Microctenochira triplagiata (Spaeth, 1926), holotype; 5 – Coptocycla (Podostraba) ruficornis Spaeth, 1936, syntype; 6–7 – typical locality labels for Mráz’s material. Scale bars unless stated = 1 mm.