Proseicela vittata (Fabricius, 1781)

Sampaio, Aline & Fonseca, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da, 2023, Catalog of the Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) deposited in the entomological collections of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) and the Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus, Brazil, with an illustrated key for the genera occurring in Brazil (except Aeneolucentia,, Zootaxa 5351 (1), pp. 37-71 : 61

Proseicela vittata (Fabricius, 1781)

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Chrysomela vittata Fabricius, 1781a: 116 (descr., distr.); 1787: 67 (cit.); 1792a: 310 (cit.); 1801a: 424 (cit.); Ḩbner, 1789: 37 (distr., redescr.), tb. 2, fig. 1 (dorsal view, adult); Gmelin, 1790: 1667 (cit., distr.); Panzer, 1798: 33 (cit.), tab. 31, fig. 17 (dorsal view, adult); Olivier, 1807: 511 (distr., redescr.), pl. 4, fig. 47; Scĥnherr, 1808: 240 (cit.); Tigny, 1813: 224 (distr., redescr.); Stål, 1863: 152 (distr., redescr.).

Proseicela vittata ; Dejean, 1836: 398 (cat., distr.); 1837: 422 (cat., distr.); Stål, 1858: 474 (distr., redescr.); Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3445 (cat., distr.); Weise, 1916: 30 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 673 (cat., distr.); Bechyně, 1952: 41 (cat., distr.); 1954: 606 (distr., key), tafel 25, fig. 23 (dorsal view, adult); Bechyně & Bechyně, 1965a: 86 (distr.); Windsor et al. 2013: 75 , 81, 82, 84, 88 (biol., distr., host), fig. 3a (dorsal view, adult), 3b, 3c (adult female and larvae); Chaboo et al. 2019: 710 (cit.); Sekerka, 2023 (check.).

Chrysomela surinamensis Voet, 1806: 41 (descr.).

Proseicela surinamensis ; Gemminger & Harold, 1874: 3445 (cat., distr., syn.); Weise, 1916: 30 (cat., distr.); Blackwelder, 1946: 673 (cat., distr.); Bechyně, 1952: 41 (cat., distr.).

Type locality: America.

Distribution: BRAZIL —Amazonas: Manaus (Campus FUA, MUSA—Museu da Amazônia, and Reserva Florestal Adolfo Ducke) and Tefé; and Pará: Almeirim (Serra de Arumanduba), Colônia Rio Branco, and Óbidos. BRITISH GUIANA. FRENCH GUIANA — Cayenne: Roura (Montagne de Kaw), Réserve Naturelle Régionale Trésor, Macouria, Rémire–Montjoly and Sinnamary. SURINAME.

Host plant: Solanum morii S. Knapp (Solanaceae) — Windsor et al. (2013).

Material examined ( 6 specimens): BRAZIL. Amazonas : Manaus , 1 specimen, 14. VIII. 1969 ( Reserva Florestal Adolfo Ducke), A. Faustino leg. ( INPA) ; 2 specimens, 06. VIII. 1985 ( Campus FUA), Herbert Lima leg. ( CZPB) ; 1 specimen, 12. VII. 1988 ( Campus Universitário), Márcia Castilho & J. Elias Binda legs. ( INPA) ; 2 specimens, 12. VI. 2020 ( MUSA) , L. F. Zeballos & W. G. Lima legs. ( INPA) .

Figures

FIGURES 91–102. 91–92, Platyphora olivenca ab. evittata, 91, ventral view, 92, labels; 93, Platyphora quatuordecimspilota, dorsal view; 94, Platyphora rubropunctata rubropunctata, dorsal view; 95, Platyphora testudo, dorsal view; 96–97, Platyphora undata, 96–97, dorsal view; 98–100, holotype of Platyphora sanguinipennis, 98, dorsal view, 99, front view, 100, labels; 101, Proseicela vittata, dorsal view; 102, Parastilodes striatipennis occidentalis, dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm. Figs. 91–92 photographed by Christoph Germann (© 2023 Naturhistorisches Museum Basel). Original photos cropped and background removed. Figs. 98–100 photographed by Keita Matsumoto (© 2023 Natural History Museum London). Original photos cropped and background removed.