Platyphora quadrisignata ( Germar, 1823 )

Sampaio, Aline, Viana, Jéssica Herzog & Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da, 2024, Catalog of the Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the entomological collections of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) and the Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Belém, Brazil, Zootaxa 5447 (3), pp. 301-354 : 335

Platyphora quadrisignata ( Germar, 1823)

( Figs. 104, 105 )

Doryphora quadrisignata Germar, 1823: 580 (descr.); Dejean, 1836: 397 (cat., distr.); 1837: 421 (cat., distr.); Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3453 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder 1946: 671 (cat., distr.); Petitpierre et al., 1988: 168 (gen.); 2011: 69, 76 (gen.); Hackett et al., 1996: 906 (cit.).

Doryphora 4-signata; Sturm, 1826: 133 (cat., distr.).

Chrysomela quadrisignata ; Stål, 1862: 85 (distr., redescr.).

Doryphora (Doryphora) quadrisignata ; Weise, 1916: 22 (cat., distr.).

Stichotaenia 4-signata; Bechyně, 1948a: 306 (distr., tax.).

Stichotaenia quadrisignata ; Bechyně, 1952: 51 (cat., distr.); 1953: 6 (distr.); 1954: 654 (distr.); Buzzi, 1979: 47, 48 (biol.).

Platyphora quadrisignata ; Bechyně & Bechyně, 1965a: 97 (distr.); Cox, 1994b: 440, 441 (cit., paras.); Medeiros & Vasconcellos-Neto, 1994: 185–188 (biol., distr., host); Schroder et al., 1994: 237, 238, 239, 240, 242 (biol., distr.), figs. 1 (ovaries, ovarioles, dissected embryo, and larviposited first instar larva), 2 (ovariole); Vasconcellos-Neto & Jolivet, 1994: 304 (biol., host); Medal et al, 1999: 629 (cit.); Olckers, 2000: 507 (biol.); Olckers et al., 2002: 257, 258 (cit., host); Santiago-Blay et al., 2012: 339 (biol., host); Windsor el al., 2013: 75 (biol., host); Chaboo et al., 2014: 2343 (biol.); Sampaio & Monné, 2018: 15 (cat., distr.), figs. 6J (dorsal view, syntype), 6K (labels, syntype); Sekerka & Sampaio, 2023 (check.).

Type locality: Brazil.

Distribution: ARGENTINA — Buenos Aires: (autonomous city); Misiones: Candelaria, Guaraní, Loreto, Oberá (Granja La Lechuza), and San Ignacio. BOLIVIA. BRAZIL — Bahia; Espírito Santo; Minas Gerais: Carmo do Rio Claro, Delfim Moreira ( Barra ), Itaguara, Manhumirim, Ouro Preto, Passa Quatro ( Serra dos Côchos ), Pouso Alegre, Raposos (Espírito Santo), Rio Claro, and Salado; Paraná: Araucária (Barigui), Campininha, Curitiba (Jardim Botânico), Estrada da Lapa (km 40), Ibipor„ (Serraia), Irati, Mato Rico, Pato Branco, Piraquara, Planalto (Valério), Ponta Grossa, Realeza, and Rio Negro; Rio de Janeiro: Itatiaia and Niterói; Rio Grande do Sul: Bom Retiro do Sul (Alto da Bronze), Caraá, Caxias do Sul, Cerro Branco, Cerro Largo (ex Serro Azul), Gramado, Itaara, Pelotas, Porto Alegre, Santa Maria (Camobi) , S„o Francisco de Paula, and S„o Lourenço do Sul; Santa Catarina : Campos Novos (Bela Vista), Concórdia, Corupá, Itapiranga, Mafra, Pinhalzinho, and Seara (Nova Teutônia); S„o Paulo: Alto da Serra, Amparo, Angatuba, Barretos (Jockey Club), Barueri, Bom Jesus dos Perdıes, Cabreúva (Jacaré) , Caçapava, Campos do Jord„o (Eugênio Lefèvre), Cananéia, Cunha (Bangu), Engenheiro Coelho, Ibiúna, Itararé, Jaboticabal, Jacupiranga, Jundiaí ( Serra do Japi), Louveira, Mairipor„, Mauá, Mogi das Cruzes (Sabaúna), Pilar do Sul, Santo André (Jardim Aclimaç„o), S„o Bernardo do Campo, S„o José dos Campos, S „o Bento do Sapucaí, S„o Paulo (Ipiranga), Serra da Bocaina, and Botucatú. PARAGUAY.

Host plant: Solanum variabile Mart. ( Solanaceae )— Vasconcellos-Neto & Jolivet, 1994; and Solanum bonariense L. (ex Solanum fastigiatum Willd. ) ( Solanaceae )— Olckers et al. (2002).

Parasitoid: Myiopharus assimilis (Townsend, 1919) ( Diptera : Tachinidae )— Cox (1994b).

Material examined (1specimen): BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: Pouso Alegre , 1 specimen ( MPEG. HCO01017393 *), I. 1906 , Pereira & Medeiros legs. ( MPEG) .

Figures

FIGURES 98–113. 98–99, Platyphora kollari (Stål, 1858), 98, dorsal view, 99, ventral view; 100–101, Platyphora maculata (Olivier, 1791), 100, dorsal view, 101, ventral view; 102–103, Platyphora modesta (Baly, 1878), 102, dorsal view, 103, ventral view; 104–105, Platyphora quadrisignata (Germar, 1823), 104, dorsal view, 105, ventral view; 106–107, Platyphora quatuordecimspilota (Guérin-Méneville, 1844), 106, dorsal view, 107, ventral view; 108–109, Platyphora rubropunctata rubropunctata (DeGeer, 1775), 108, dorsal view, 109, ventral view; 110–111, Platyphora sapphirina (Forster, 1771), 110, dorsal view, 111, ventral view; 112–113, Platyphora testudo (Demay, 1838), 112, dorsal view, 113, ventral view. Scale bar: 1 mm.