Charidotis brevicollis 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 : 673

Charidotis brevicollis Spaeth, 1936

Published record. ‘Mendes [= collector; thus, São Paulo only]’ (Bඈ- උඈඐංൾർ 1996).

Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas,? São Paulo).

Remarks. Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ (1996) published material labelled ‘ Sao Paulo Mendes’ and interpreted Mendes as the name of locality. However, it is most likely a name of collector rather than locality (L. Borowiec, pers. comm. 2020) and thus, the record is here interpreted as São Paulo only.

Charidotis brevicollis was described from the locality ‘S. Gabriel am Rio Negro’, which refers to the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira in the state of Amazonas. Occurrence of this species in São Paulo should be verified by additional material because most Charidotis Boheman, 1854 are forest species, usually quite restrictive concerning their habitat. Of all Brazilian species of Charidotis only the ones widespread and common in the entire tropical America (i.e., C. auroguttata , C. aurofasciata and C. vitreata (Perty, 1832)) are distributed in the Amazon and reaching also to SE Brazil.