Stolas hermanni (Spaeth, 1911) (Mesomphaliini)

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 : 702

Stolas hermanni (Spaeth, 1911) (Mesomphaliini)

Published record. Itapecirica da Serra (Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ +|TൺΚංඓൺඐൺ 2011).

Distribution. Ecuador and Peru.

Remarks. Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ +| TൺΚංඓൺඐൺ (2011) recorded two specimens of S. hermanni from São Paulo, Brazil; however, I find it quite unlikely that they truly were collected in E Brazil and in my opinion, they were erroneously labelled. Stolas hermanni belongs among the species characterized by usually more or less visible pubescence on elytra, disc of elytra usually black and explanate margin with more or less developed yellow/red/orange pattern. There are several species-groups with these characters, and all are restricted to the Andes and sub-Andean zones, particularly in Ecuador and Peru. So far, the easternmost of these species is S. agenysiformis Borowiec, 2011 from Rondônia. Therefore, S. hermanni is removed from the fauna of São Paulo. The same case is S. pleurosticha and S. scoparia recorded in the same publication; all three species are common in Peru. Moreover, all three were recorded from the same locality and collecting date and are the only published from this locality by Bඈඋඈඐංൾർ +|TൺΚංඓൺඐൺ (2011); thus, I am quite sure they must have been mislabelled.