Cephaloleia trilineata Uhmann, 1942

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 : 688

* Cephaloleia trilineata Uhmann, 1942

New record. Sඞඈ Pൺඎඅඈ: without further data, 1 spec., J. Mráz leg. (NMPC).

Distribution. Brazil (Rio de Janeiro). New to Minas Gerais and São Paulo.

Remarks. Sඍൺංඇൾඌ +| Gൺඋർටൺ-Rඈൻඅൾൽඈ (2014) published a new record for this species as follows: ‘ BRAZIL: São Paulo- Río Piracicaba, February 1885 (USNM). Total: 1.’ In Brazil, there are at least two Piracicaba Rivers, one in Minas Gerais and the other in São Paulo. Although they did not provide further data, I am quite sure that the specimen was collected by Philibert Germain as I have examined various specimens of Cassidinae with this locality data in MNHN. The exact transcription of the locality label is: ‘Brésil Rio Piracicaba P. Germain Février 1885 ’. According to Hඈඋඇ +| KൺΗඅൾ (1935), Germain collected in Brazil in the state of Minas Gerais. Consequently, the record of C. trilineata is here transferred and the species is recorded as new to Minas Gerais. However, the species is here recorded also for São Paulo as J. Mráz collected one specimen. It differs from the holotype in absence of lateral black stripes, which are only obscurely indicated near humeri; also, the sutural stripe vanishes towards the midlength. Otherwise, the specimen seems to match the holotype fairly well.