Pseudoryssomus Gordon, 1974

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 : 461-462

Pseudoryssomus Gordon, 1974

Pseudoryssomus Gordon, 1974: 149 ; Almeida & Santos, 2014: 52 .

Type species: Pseudoryssomus formosus Gordon, 1974 ; by original designation.

Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pernambuco.

Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pseudoryssomus brulei Almeida & Santos, 2014 [ new record for Brazil] ( Fig. 12 ).

Material examined. Pseudoryssomus brulei : “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Camaragibe, Aldeia, PE/ 027, km 14, 01- 31.xii.2017,/ - 7.929ºS,- 35.038°W, 140m / luz, P.C. Grossi leg.” “ Pseudoryssomus / brulei / Almeida & Santos, 2014 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327238]; “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Camaragibe, Aldeia, Cond./ Casa Nova d’Aldeia, 01-/ 31.i. 2018, 140m, - 7.929ºS,/ - 35.038°W luz, P.Grossi leg.” “ Pseudoryssomus / brulei /

Almeida & Santos, 2014 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [ DZUP 327239]; “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Camaragibe, PE 027, km/ 14, 01-31.vii. 2019, 140 m/ - 7.929ºS, - 35.038°W, luz,/ P.C. Grossi leg.” “ Pseudoryssomus / brulei / Almeida & Santos, 2014 / J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 3 ex. [ CERPE 1811–1813].

Comments. This is the first record of Pseudoryssomus for Brazil, due to the occurrence of P. brulei in NE Brazil, a species documented before only for French Guiana ( Almeida & Santos 2014).

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.