Exoplectra Chevrolat, 1836

Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5728 (3), pp. 451-495 : 460-461

Exoplectra Chevrolat, 1836

Exoplectra Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 437; Chevrolat in D’Orbigny, 1845: 545; Mulsant, 1850: 916; Berg, 1874: 292; Crotch, 1874: 284; Gemminger & Harold, 1876: 3801; Gorham, 1895: 213; Korschefsky, 1932: 227; Blackwelder, 1945: 450; Gordon, 1987: 34, 36; Costa et al., 2008: 366.

Type species: Coccinella coccinea Fabricius, 1801 ; by subsequent designation of Korschefsky (1932).

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Maranhão; Ceará; Pernambuco; Bahia; Alagoas; Sergipe.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Exoplectra batesii ( Crotch, 1874) [ new record] ( Fig. 9 ); Exoplectra calcarata ( Germar, 1824) ; Exoplectra columba Costa, Almeida & Corrêa , 2008 [ new record] ( Fig. 10 ); Exoplectra heydeni Mulsant, 1850 .

Material examined. Exoplectra batesii : “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Camaragibe, PE 027, km/ 14, 01-30.xi. 2018, 140 m,/ - 7.929°S, - 35.038°W, luz,/ P.C. Grossi leg.” “ Exoplectra / batesii / ( Crotch, 1874)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 2 ex. [ CERPE 1800–1801]; “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Paudalho, Acerolândia,/ ix. 2017, 160 m, - 7.850°S,/ - 35.250°W, P. Grossi &/ D. Parizotto legs.” “ Exoplectra / batesii / ( Crotch, 1874)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327204]. Exoplectra columba : “ Brasil, Pernambuco, Paudalho/ Acerolândia, 01-30.xi.2016,/ - 7.934899°S, - 7.934899°W [ -7.934899, -35.137135?]/ 160 m, P. Grossi & D./ Parizotto legs., manual” “ Exoplectra / columba / Costa, Almeida & Corrêa , 2008 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ CERPE 1802]; “Maceió – AL [ Alagoas]/ 03.XI.97/ Lima, I.M.M.” “alimentando-se em afídeo sobre Lagerstroemia speciosa ” [handwritten white label] “ Exoplectra / columba / Costa, Almeida & Corrêa , 2008 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 2 ex. [ DZUP 188280, 188285]; “ Brasil, AL [ Alagoas], Rio Largo,/ Centro de Ciências/ Agrárias da UFAL / 05.III.2019,/ Folha de algodão, M.S. Lima col.” “ ♀ ” “ Exoplectra / columba / Costa, Almeida & Corrêa , 2008 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327247]; “Muritiba-Ba [ Bahia]/ São José-Citros/ M. branca e ortézia” “ Exoplectra sp. / Churata S., J. & Almeida, L. M. det 2019” “ Exoplectra / columba / Costa, Almeida & Corrêa , 2008 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 246619].

Comments. Of the fourteen species of Exoplectra that occur in Brazil, four occur in NE Brazil, with E. batesii and E. columba being the third and fouth records for this region ( Costa et al. 2008).

Figures

FIGURES 8–13. New records of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) for the Northeast Region of Brazil. 8: Coeliaria castanea Churata- Salcedo & Almeida, 2017. 9: Exoplectra batesii (Crotch, 1874). 10: Exoplectra columba Costa, Almeida & Corrêa, 2008. 11: Gordonoryssomus everardoi Almeida & Santos, 2014. 12: Pseudoryssomus brulei Almeida & Santos, 2014*. 13: Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892)*. *New records for Brazil. Scale bars = 1 mm.