Cryptostetha pereirai Bechyně, 1958

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 : 308-310

Cryptostetha pereirai Bechyně, 1958

( Figs. 11 –23)

Cryptostetha pereirai Bechyně, 1958a: 531 (descr.); Sekerka & Sampaio, 2023 (check.).

Type locality: Brazil — Paraíba: Jo ã o Pessoa .

Distribution: BRAZIL — Paraíba: Jo ã o Pessoa.

Aedeagus: Symmetrical, elongated, sclerotized, and curved. Basal lobe almost continuous with the median lobe. Curved median lobe, in lateral view. Apical orifice wider than long. Apical end dorsally flattened and with a rounded tip. Endophallus with long, wavy flagellum, with two spiniform projections—one on each side—at the apex.

Spermatheca: Short, sclerotized, and hook-shaped. Cornu is slightly curved, with a rounded apex and obtuse internal angle. Elongated nodulus, slightly wider than cornu; and as wide as the middle part, except the basal region which is narrower. Spermathecal duct is thin and slightly S-shaped.

Material examined (5 specimens): BRAZIL. Paraíba: João Pessoa , 1 specimen ( MIZA 0060480 — paratype), 04. V. 1953, [no data] ( MIZA) ; 1 specimen ( MZSP 49102 — paratype), 06. VI. 1954, [no data] ( MZSP) ; 3 specimens ( MPEG. HCO 01051367–69 ), 22. I. 1981, 45 m, Ginter Ekis leg. ( MPEG) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–16. 1–2, Calligrapha curvilinea Stål, 1859, 1, dorsal view, 2, ventral view; 3–4, Calligrapha matronalis Erichson, 1847, 3, dorsal view, 4, ventral view; 5–6, Calligrapha polyspila (Germar, 1821), 5, dorsal view, 6, ventral view; 7–8, Cosmogramma (Chromodora) fulvocincta Stål, 1859, 7, dorsal view, 8, ventral view; 9–10, Cryptostetha notatifrons (Stål, 1863), 9, dorsal view, 10, ventral view; 11–12, Cryptostetha pereirai Bechyně, 1958, 11, dorsal view, 12, ventral view; 13–16, paratype of C. pereirai, 13, dorsal view, 14, ventral view, 15, spermatheca, 16, labels. Scale bar: 1 mm and 0,2 mm (spermatheca).