taxonID	type	description	language	source
230EB076FFB5FFA0B1F7A9B1B124FD6E.taxon	description	(Fig. 1 – 8)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB5FFA0B1F7A9B1B124FD6E.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Brazil: Ceará: Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa. Type material (Figs. 1 – 8). Holotype: ♂, point-mounted: ‘ Brasil, Ceará, Serra do | Baturité, Guaramiranga, | RPPN Sitio Lagoa 30. XI- | 07. XII. 21 M. L. Monné [w, p, cb] || [QR CODE] | MNRJ-ENT 7 - 45725 [grey, p, cb] ’ (MNRJ). Paratypes: 8 ♀, point-mounted, same data as holotype but with numbers 45724, 45727, 45729, 45736 (MNRJ), 45728, 45735 (MHNC), 45734 (LSC), and 45743 (SMF). All specimens provided with an additional label: ‘ HOLOTYPE [or PARATYPE respectively] || Charidotis rochai sp. nov. | M. Simões & L. Sekerka des. 2024 [r, p, cb] ’.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB5FFA0B1F7A9B1B124FD6E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species belong to the Charidotis species group characterized by frontoclypeal plate not shortened, broader than long, smooth and yellow; disc of elytra regularly convex and regularly and coarsely punctate, intervals narrow and not carinate; explanate margins of elytra and pronotum uniformly yellow; disc of elytra, scutellum and basal half of pronotal disc uniformly dark coloured; antennomere VI not longer than IV or V. According to Spaeth’s (1936) key, Charidotis rochai sp. nov. runs to the couplet 228 next to C. turbida Spaeth, 1936, which differs in dorsum with a thin black ring, with a central red spot (vs. uniformly black with a blue tint), finer punctation of elytra with broader intervals. The most similar species is, however, C. circumtexta Boheman, 1862, which was misplaced in the key by Spaeth. The new species was compared with a series of topotypic specimens perfectly matching the type of C. circumtexta. Charidotis circumtexta is similar in size, body shape, and coloration, but differs as follows: dark coloration of elytra black centrally exceeding marginal row of punctures (vs. with conspicuous bluish metallic tint in C. circumtexta); elytra more sculptured with distinct postscutellar and principal impressions and low but distinct postscutellar elevation (vs. nearly regularly convex without postscutellar impressions and with barely visible principal impressions); rows of punctures impressed and intervals elevated forming low ribs (vs. rows less impressed and intervals not forming ribs); antennomeres VIII – X approximately as long as wide, X and XI black (vs. antennomere X distinctly longer than wide, only tip of XI black). It is also externally similar to the sympatric species C. furunculus (Boheman, 1855), which differs in having a shortened frontoclypeal plate, less convex elytra, and very dark pitch-brown coloration of the disc with a weak metallic tint, which is never blue.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB5FFA0B1F7A9B1B124FD6E.taxon	description	Description. Measurements (n = 1 ♂, 8 ♀). Length of body: 4.5 – 4.7 mm, width of body: 4.1 – 4.3 mm, length of pronotum: 1.2 – 1.3 mm, width of pronotum: 2.8 – 2.9 mm. Body broadly subcircular (Figs. 1, 6). Body yellow with large discal black spot with conspicuous bluish tint covering basal half of pronotum, scutellum, and disc of elytra; latter only narrowly yellow below humeral calli and on apical slope. The ventral side uniformly yellow, only the tips of the antennae black (Figs. 2, 6). Pronotum broadly oval, transverse, 2.2 – 2.3 × as wide as long, widest around mid-length. Anterior margin regularly convex, lateral sides broadly rounded, basal margin smooth. Whole surface of pronotum shagreened more conspicuously on dark part of disc, smooth and strongly shiny. Disc moderately convex, gradually rising and not sharply delimited from explanate margin; on dark part very finely and very sparsely punctate; punctation barely visible on yellow parts; oblique and shallow impression on each side, of lateral basal area. Explanate margin translucent with distinct honeycomb structure, smooth and shiny, without perceptible punctures. Extreme anterior outer margin slightly bent upwards. Scutellum subpentagonal, strongly shagreened, semiopaque, impunctate, centrally impressed and with three transverse carinae. Base of elytra moderately wider than pronotum, basal margin regularly inflexed and smooth. Humeral angles subobtuse, moderately protruding anteriad. Disc of elytra regularly convex, without postscutellar impressions, principal impressions very shallow, thus without postscutellar elevation. Humeral calli normally convex but not delimited from disc by impressions or carinae. Whole surface of disc conspicuously shagreened, somewhat semiopaque, without any wrinkles. Punctures large, deeply impressed and foveolate, arranged in ten regular rows plus short scutellar row of 4 – 7 punctures. Rows slightly impressed, punctures within rows arranged more-or-less regularly and densely, separated by distance usually smaller than puncture diameter or equal to it. Marginal row distinct whole length, its punctures as coarse as those in central parts of disc, deeply impressed and somewhat less regularly spaced than other rows thus interspaces appear partly convex. Intervals narrow, ca. 1 – 1.5 × as wide as puncture diameter, slightly convex, particularly on apical slope of disc; their surface of intervals with several random and fine punctures here and there. Explanate margin broad, moderately declivous, in widest part about 1 / 2 as wide as disc, its surface shagreened, shiny and smooth. Extreme outer margin somewhat incrassate extended and bent upwards. Apex of elytral epipleuron sparsely pubescent in both sexes. Antennae with six slimmer, shiny and sparsely pubescent basal antennomeres and five thicker, opaque, and densely pubescent distal ones. Length ratio of antennomeres: 63: 49: 31: 44: 58: 50: 53: 46: 45: 49: 100. Antennomere III 1.3 × as long as II and only slightly shorter than IV, antennomeres IX – X subequal in length. Eyes large, oval, occupying about 3 / 4 of lateral length of head, gena short, but visible and smooth. Clypeal plate trapezoidal, ca. 1.3 × as wide as long, delimited by fine row of setose punctures, its surface smooth, shagreened, shiny and impunctate, centrally with more or less visible triangular impression. Labrum transverse, smooth, without emargination. Prosternal collar slightly projecting only in front of mouthparts. Prosternal process very broad between coxae with moderately expanded rhomboidal- apex; area between coxae slightly wrinkled, not impressed, apex with fine setose punctures, each bearing long erect seta. Legs unmodified, tarsal claws simple and all micro-pectinate ventrally. Sexual dimorphism weakly manifested, males (Figs. 1 – 2) more circular with slightly broader explanate margin than in females (Figs. 5 – 6). Genitalia uniform, typical for the genus and not diagnostic.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB5FFA0B1F7A9B1B124FD6E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Brazil: Ceará, known from Serra do Baturité.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB5FFA0B1F7A9B1B124FD6E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named after Professor Francisco Dias da Rocha, a Brazilian naturalist who gathered an extensive collection representing animals, plants, and minerals from the Ceará state, which now composes the newly founded Prof. Dias da Rocha Natural History Museum.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB0FFA0B1F7AA3DB735FA36.taxon	description	(Fig. 9)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB0FFA0B1F7AA3DB735FA36.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Argentina (Misiones); Brazil (Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo). (Borowiec & Świętojańska 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI – 07. XII. 2021, M. L. Monné leg., 1 spec. (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 45726). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. This species is superficially similar to C. rochai sp. nov. as both share the same pattern, but C. furunculus can be readily separated by showing a shortened clypeal field and differently colored disc spot.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB0FFA0B1F7ABEDB13AF85A.taxon	description	(Fig. 10)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB0FFA0B1F7ABEDB13AF85A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Argentina, Brazil (Bahia, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo) and Paraguay (Borowiec & Świętojańska 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI – 07. XII. 2021, M. L. Monné leg., 3 spec. (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 45733, 45732, 45738); 29. IV- 27. V. 2022, S. P. Carvalho-Fernandes, leg., 1 spec. (MNRJ). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. This species has a unique pattern among South American species of Microctenochira Spaeth, 1926 formed by yellow elytra with black punctures in combination with the presence of humeral and posterolateral spots on the ventral side of the explanate margin and numerous black spots on the pronotal disc. The only similar species, M. optata (Boheman, 1855), differs in disc of pronotum largely brown to black, elytra with combined brown and black pattern, the humeral and posterolateral spots situated also on upper side of the explanate margin of elytra and often connected (always separated in M. aciculala).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB2FFA2B1F7AE9CB28AFCB6.taxon	description	(Fig. 11)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB2FFA2B1F7AE9CB28AFCB6.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Brazil (Mato Grosso) (Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024, specified here, see Remarks). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI – 07. XII. 2021, M. L. Monné leg., 1 spec. (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 45745). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. This species is recognized by the long antennae, impressed clypeus, explanate margin of elytra third antennal segment only slightly shorter than the second, and elytra with shallow postscutellar impressions (Świetojańska & Borowiec 1995).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB2FFA2B1F7AE9CB28AFCB6.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The species was described based on material from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburg, U. S. A.) and ‘ Chapada, Brazil [Prov. Matto Grosso] ’ was mentioned as the type locality without further details (Świetojańska & Borowiec 1995). The material was collected by Herbert H. Smith (1851 – 1919) during his explorations of interior Brazil. In the period 1882 – 1886 he spent considerable time at Chapada and made extensive collections of natural history objects. The place refers to Sant’Ana da Chapada, nowadays the municipality of Chapada dos Guimarães, and most of the material was collected in the vicinity of the place (Allen 1891, Calvert 1909).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB2FFA2B1F7AD68B6D8FA42.taxon	description	(Fig. 12)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB2FFA2B1F7AD68B6D8FA42.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Brazil (Bahia, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina) (Borowiec & Świętojańska 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI – 07. XII. 2021, M. L. Monné leg., 1 spec. (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 45737). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. This species is recognized by the brown last four antennomeres, ellipsoidal pronotum, humeral angles slightly extending beyond lateral angles of pronotum, rugose surface of the elytral disc (except middle regions), and dark, with humeral spots on explanate margin of elytra and two spots close to the elytral apex. The species is characterized by dorsum largely dark colored with humeral and posterolateral spot on explanate margin on elytra in combination with rugose structure of elytra, and dark coloration of pronotal disc extending also over explanate margin. There are several similar species differing mainly in color pattern only: M. hypocrita (Boheman, 1855) and M. severa (Boheman, 1855) differ in absence of posterolateral spots on explanate margin of elytra while M. anxia (Boheman, 1855) has both marginal spot connected and concealing inside pale spot and yellow colored scutellum (black in M. stigmatica). All species are restricted to Eastern Brazil.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB2FFA3B1F7A824B679FEE2.taxon	description	(Figs. 13 – 14)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB2FFA3B1F7A824B679FEE2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Brazil (Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela (Borowiec & Świętojańska 2024, Sekerka 2020). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI – 07. XII. 2021, M. L. Monné, leg., 4 spec. (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 45731, 45723, 45741, 45742). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. This species is characterized by clypeus with deep rectangular impression, relatively long antennae to body proportion, and smooth and shiny elytra with fine punctation. Other species of the group, M. chapada and M. usta (Boheman, 1855) differs in presence of humeral and posterolateral spots on elytra while M. quadrata has entire explanate margin of elytra and ultimate interval on disc yellow.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB2FFA3B1F7A824B679FEE2.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Microctenochira quadrata has very variable dorsal colouration. Typically colored specimens with ring on disc of elytra and pronotum (Fig. 13), a unique pattern among South American taxa. Besides are reported almost entirely yellow specimens and also dark with pale spots (Spaeth 1926). Here we report a form (Fig. 14) with elytral disc and pronotum largely brown-red, so only the scutellum remains yellow. Despite the considerable colour variability all specimens morphologically matche type material of M. quadrata.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFA3B1F7AF99B631FC06.taxon	description	(Fig. 15)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFA3B1F7AF99B631FC06.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Brazil (Bahia and Pernambuco) (Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI – 07. XII. 2021, M. L. Monné, leg., 3 spec. (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 45740, 45730, 45739); 29. IV – 27. V. 2022, S. P. Carvalho-Fernandes, leg., 1 spec. (MNRJ). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. This species is distinguished by its yellow body, featuring a black pronotum disc adorned with two yellow spots, a black scutellum, and a basal 2 / 3 elytral disc black, with five yellow spots on each side, three spots parallel to the elytral margin, followed by two smaller outer spots. Additionally, the elytra displays parallel longitudinal rows of consistent sized fine punctuation. Due to its irregularly shaped yellow spots on elytra, it is a very distinctive species among all Plagiometriona Spaeth, 1899 as all other species with this type of pattern have spots regularly shaped.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFA3B1F7AA31B346F936.taxon	description	(Fig. 16)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFA3B1F7AA31B346F936.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Brazil (Amazonas, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) and Paraguay. (Borowiec & Świętojańska 2024).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFA3B1F7AA31B346F936.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 15 – 22. III. 2020, M. L. Monné, leg., 4 spec. (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 45720, 45718, 45721, 45722). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. It belongs to the S. chalybaea group characterized by strongly convex elytra with postscutellar tubercle and each elytron with three spots of dense pubescence and can be easily separated from all other species of the group by the presence of unique large black and shallow dimples on elytra. Also, S. chalybaea (Germar, 1823) and S. conspersa are the only species of the group having a very smooth, velvet-like texture of elytra. Lastly, some specimens of S. impluviata (Boheman, 1850), which is often occur sympatrically, have similar size, coloration, and have dimples on elytra as S. conspersa but differ in elytra without postscutellar tubercle. The studied material belongs to the form baturiteana Spaeth, 1940 characterized by smaller size, black-green dorsum (turquoise to blue in the typical form), smaller spots of pubescence, and smaller dimples on elytra presently considered a synonym of S. conspersa.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFACB1F7A921B1C2FEE2.taxon	description	(Fig. 17)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFACB1F7A921B1C2FEE2.taxon	distribution	Distribution Argentina, Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo) (Borowiec & Świętojańska, 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFACB1F7A921B1C2FEE2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI – 07. XII. 2021, M. L. Monné, leg., 1 spec. (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 45719); 1 spec., (MHNC: MNRJ-ENT 7 45744). Collecting method. Malaise trap.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFB3FFACB1F7A921B1C2FEE2.taxon	diagnosis	Species diagnosis. This species is unique among the genus Polychalca Chevrolat, 1836 due to its large emerald green and strongly convex body, and densely coarsely punctate elytra.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBCFFACB1F7AC60B6FCFBB2.taxon	description	(Fig. 18)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBCFFACB1F7AC60B6FCFBB2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina (Monné 2024 a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil.	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBCFFACB1F7AC60B6FCFBB2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. BRAZIL, Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 16. III. 2020, 04 ° 12 ʹ 25.56 ʹʹ S, 38 ° 58 ʹ 15.3 ʹʹ W, 1012 m., M. L. Monné leg., 1 female (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 - 47342). Collecting method. Manual collecting. Species diagnosis. Tegument brownish; pronotum shining and densely, rugosely punctate with yellow pubescence; each elytron with two irregular yellowish maculae bordered by a darker color; elytral apex with the spine at the outer angle (Lingafelter et al. 2017: 56; Martins 2005; Monné & Monné 2017).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBCFFACB1F7AA69B085F9AA.taxon	description	(Fig. 19)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBCFFACB1F7AA69B085F9AA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Uruguay (Monné 2024 a; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL, Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 16. III. 2020, 04 ° 12 ʹ 25.56 ʹʹ S, 38 ° 58 ʹ 15.3 ʹʹ W, 1012 m., M. L. Monné, leg., 1 male (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 - 47343). Collecting method. Manual collecting. Species diagnosis. Tegument shining reddish-orange; antennae unarmed or with a minute spine (male) or with a very short spine at antennomeres III – VI (female); elytral apex with black spine at outer angle; femora distinctly clavate (Martins 2005; Galileo & Santos-Silva 2016).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBCFFAEB1F7A8EDB3C6FEBF.taxon	description	(Fig. 20)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBCFFAEB1F7A8EDB3C6FEBF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. French Guiana, Guyana, Ecuador, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Mato Grosso), Peru, Bolivia (Monné 2024 b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL, Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 17. III. 2020, 04 ° 12 ʹ 25.56 ʹʹ S, 38 ° 58 ʹ 15.3 ʹʹ W, 1012 m., M. L. Monné, leg., 1 male (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 - 47344). Collecting method. Manual collecting. Species diagnosis. Pronotum with two distinct black pubescent spots near anterior margin; elytra recovered by whitish pubescence except for umeri, sparse spots, and two large irregular maculae near lateral margins, black (Lingafelter et al. 2017).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBEFFAEB1F7AB95B6C1F95E.taxon	description	(Fig. 23)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBEFFAEB1F7AB95B6C1F95E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Bolivia (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) (Monné 2024 b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI- 07. XII. 2021, 04 ° 12 ʹ 25.56 ʹʹ S, 38 ° 58 ʹ 15.3 ʹʹ W, 1012 m, M. L. Monné leg., 1 male (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 - 46623). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. Tegument brownish; elytra pale with median fasciae broad and distinct, deeply dentate, yellowish and pink in color; horn of antennal tubercles of male blunt (Dillon & Dillon 1945).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBEFFAEB1F7AF60B372FCB3.taxon	description	(Fig. 21)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBEFFAEB1F7AF60B372FCB3.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia, Mato Grosso, São Paulo, Paraná), French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela (Monné 2024 b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL, Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 17. III- 19. IV. 2020, 04 ° 12 ʹ 25.56 ʹʹ S, 38 ° 58 ʹ 15.3 ʹʹ W, 1012 m., M. L. Monné & M. A. Crozariol, leg., 1 male (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 - 47346). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. Pronotum covered by pubescence brown and except longitudinal bands at sides, white; basal third (with elongated bands extending posteriorly to middle) and elytral apices with whitish pubescence (Lingafelter et al. 2017)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBEFFAEB1F7ADA1B118FAA7.taxon	description	(Fig. 22)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBEFFAEB1F7ADA1B118FAA7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil (Maranhão, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo), Colombia, Venezuela (Monné 2024 b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL, Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 18. III. 2020, 04 ° 12 ʹ 25.56 ʹʹ S, 38 ° 58 ʹ 15.3 ʹʹ W, 1012 m, M. L. Monné leg., 1 male (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 - 47345). Collecting method. Manual collecting. Species diagnosis. Tegument covered by yellow pubescence; elytra with uniform pubescence interrupted by moderately sparse, glabrous punctures (Martins & Galileo 1998).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBEFFAFB1F7A945B344FE2A.taxon	description	(Fig. 24)	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
230EB076FFBEFFAFB1F7A945B344FE2A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Brazil (Pará) and French Guiana (Monné 2024 b; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2024). New species to Ceará State, Brazil. New record. BRAZIL: Ceará, Serra do Baturité, Guaramiranga, RPPN Sítio Lagoa, 30. XI- 07. XII. 2021, 04 ° 12 ʹ 25.56 ʹʹS, 38 ° 58 ʹ 15.3 ʹʹW, 1012 m, M. L. Monné, leg., 1 male (MNRJ: MNRJ-ENT 7 - 46622). Collecting method. Malaise trap. Species diagnosis. Tegument reddish brown with pale gray pubescence; pronotum with five indistinct, glabrous maculae in a transverse row across the middle; elytra with a few large, obtuse granules at the base, the apices of which are directed posteriorly; elytral disk maculate only with large, widely separated, glabrous maculae (Dillon & Dillon 1946).	en	Simões, Marianna V. P., Sekerka, Lukáš, Mota, Adriana Andrade, Nearns, Eugenio H., Monné, Miguel A., Monné, Marcela L. (2024): New records of Cassidinae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Baturité Massif, Brazil, with the description of a new species of Charidotis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Zootaxa 5477 (5): 587-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5477.5.6
