Pleoticus muelleri (Spence Bate, 1888)

(Fig. 3)

Philonicus mülleri Spence Bate, 1888: 275; pl. 39, figs. 1–2.

Material examined. Brazil, São Paulo: 10 ♀, CCDB 4007, Ubatuba, coll . R. Costa, xii.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 4913, Ubatuba, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 16.x.2012 ; 2 ♀, CCDB 3768, Ubatuba, offshore, coll. D. Rosa, 15–17.viii.2011 ; 1 ♂, 11 ♀, CCDB 3776, Ubatuba, offshore, coll. D. Rosa, 17.viii.2011 ; 2 ♀, CCDB 4153, Ubatuba, offshore, coll. D. Rosa, 15–17.viii.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 4151, Ubatuba, offshore, coll. D. Rosa, 15–28.viii.2011 ; 2 ♀, CCDB 320, Uba-tuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 19.xi.1997 ; 2 ♀, CCDB 1110, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 23.vii.2002 ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, CCDB 2211, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 18.viii.2007 ; 2 ♂, 5 ♀, CCDB 2361, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, colls. F. Mantelatto et al., 2.vi.2008 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 2911, Uba-tuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, coll. F. Mantelatto, 12.v.2010 ; 3 ♂, 4 ♀, CCDB 6547, Ubatuba, Enseada de Ubatuba, colls. J. Teles & N.F . França, 11.ix.2019; 12 ♂, 10 ♀, CCDB 3439, Ubatuba, Praia do Cedro, colls. A. Castilho et al., 07.vii.2001 ; 7 ♂, CCDB 172, Ubatuba, Ilha das Palmas, coll. D. Rosa, 22.iv.2011 ; 2 ♂, 18 ♀, CCDB 1521, Santos, colls. A. Castilho et al., 24.x.2011 ; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, CCDB 6437, São Vicente, Bahia de Santos, coll . R. Costa, vii.2008 ; 1 ♂, CCDB 5183, Cananéia, colls . R. Costa et al., 11.iii.2012 ; 13 ♂, 13 ♀, CCDB 3676, Cananéia, colls . R. Costa et al., 09.xi.2011 ; 1 ♀, CCDB 5804, R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 2, 72 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 17.viii.2015 ; 2 ♀, CCDB 5803, R / V Soloncy Moura Expedition, st. 4, 117 m, colls. F. Zara et al., 18.viii.2015 .

Distribution. Western Atlantic— Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, and Argentina (Pérez Farfante & Kensley 1997; Boschi 1989; D’Incao 1995a, 1999; Costa et al. 2003; IBAMA 2011a; Santos et al. 2016).

Remarks. Previous records from the coast of São Paulo include Ubatuba, Santos— São Vicente, and Cananéia (Pires 1992; Costa et al. 2000, 2003, 2004; D’Incao et al. 2002; Fransozo et al. 2002, 2012; Castilho et al. 2008 a, d, 2012; Carvalho-Batista et al. 2011, 2018; Lopes et al. 2014; Mantelatto et al. 2016b; Bochini et al. 2019; Santos et al. 2021). Sequences accession number (GenBank): CCDB 3438—16S (MF490231), COI (MF490134) (Mantelatto et al. 2018).