Stolas scrobiculata ( Boheman, 1850 )

Simões, Marianna V. P. & Monné, Marcela L., 2014, Taxonomic Revision of the genus Mesomphalia Hope, 1839 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae), Zootaxa 3835 (2), pp. 151-197 : 195

Stolas scrobiculata ( Boheman, 1850) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 154–155 )

Mesomphalia scrobiculata Boheman, 1850: 231 ; 1856: 39; 1862: 105; Gemminger & Harold, 1876: 3635; Wagener, 1881: 64; Spaeth, 1901: 339; 1914: 33; Blackwelder, 1946: 738; Borowiec, 1999: 117.

Remarks. This species belongs to the genus Stolas based on the prosternal collar lacking lateral projections at apical margin and without a median transverse sulcus. This is a new combination: Stolas scrobiculata ( Boheman, 1850) , comb. nov.

Geographical distribution. Described from “ Brasília ( Boheman, 1850) . We record the first specimens from Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Material examined (11). BRAZIL: No locality: (Ex Coll. J. S. Baly 1905–54) (2 exs., BMNH); (Ex Musaeo Thorey) (Ex Coll. R. Oberthür 1952) (2 exs., MNHN); (Ex Musaeo Mniszech) (Ex Coll. Oberthur) (1 ex., MNHN); Espírito Santo: Linhares, (Reserva Biologica de Sooretama), (2 exs., MNRJ); V–1953, P. A. Teles (2 exs., MNRJ); XII.1968, B. Silva (2 ex., MNRJ).

Figures

FIGURES 148 – 155. Mesomphalia species: 148 – 151, Mesomphalia nudoplagiata Spaeth, 1901: 148, male, dorsal view; 149, female, dorsal view; 150, lateral view; 151, syntype, dorsal view; 152 – 153, Cyrtonota pyramidata (Boheman, 1850): 152, dorsal view; 153, lateral view; 154 – 155, Stolas scrobiculata (Boheman, 1850): 154, dorsal view; 155, lateral view.