Adira Gordon & Almeida, 1986 Epilachna (Dira) Mulsant, 1850: 849. Dira: Gordon, 1975: 199; 1987: 7, 33. Adira Gordon & Almeida, 1986: 365; Jadwiszczak & Węgrzynowicz, 2003: 13; Szawaryn et al., 2015: 13; Tomaszewska & Szawaryn, 2016: 9. Type species: Coccinella obscurocincta Klug, 1829; by subsequent designation of Gordon (1975). Distribution by States in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Pernambuco; Bahia; Sergipe. Species from the Northeast Region of Brazil. Adira obscurocincta (Klug, 1829) [new record] (Fig. 20). Material examined. Adira obscurocincta: “ Brasil, Pernambuco,\ Camaragibe, Aldeia, km\ 8.5, - 7.965°S /- 35.007°W,\ 114m, 01.iii.2016, em\ Aristolochia sp., Grossi leg.” “ Adira / obscurocincta / (Klug, 1829)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [CERPE 1803]; “ BRASIL, PE [Pernambuco], Camaragibe,\ Aldeia, Km 8.5, 100m \ 01/III/2016, Aristolochia sp. \ P. Grossi col.” “ Adira / obscurocincta / (Klug, 1829)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 2 ex. [DZUP 092769, 092770]; “ BRASIL, PE [Pernambuco], Camaragibe\ Aldeia, Km 8.5, 01/ III/2016,\ 100m em Aristolochia sp.,\ P. Grossi col.” “ Adira / obscurocincta / (Klug, 1829)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [DZUP 092768]; “ Brasil, Pernambuco / Camaragibe, PE 027 km14/ 01-31.v. 2018, 140m, luz/ - 7.929°S, - 35.038°W / Grossi & Parizotto legs.” “ Adira / obscurocincta / (Klug, 1829)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [CERPE 1804]; “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Camaragibe, PE 027, km 14,/ 01-30.iv. 2018, 140m - 7.929°S,/ - 35.038°W,, luz, P. C. Grossi” “ Adira / obscurocincta / (Klug, 1829)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [CERPE 1805]; “ Brasil, Pernambuco,/ Camaragibe, Aldeia, PE / 027, Km 14, iv. 2019, 140m,/ - 7.929°S, - 35.038°W,/ P.C. Grossi leg.” “ Adira / obscurocincta / (Klug, 1829)/ J. Duarte-de-Mélo det. 2023” [white label] 1 ex. [CERPE 1806]. Comments. Three of the nine species of Adira occur in Brazil (Gordon 1975). Adira is a new record for NE Brazil, due to the occurrence of Adira obscurocincta (Klug, 1829) in the region.

Published as part of Duarte-De-Mélo, Jefferson, Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De & Lima, Iracilda Maria De Moura, 2025, A diversity panorama of Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from Northeastern Brazil, pp. 451-495 in Zootaxa 5728 (3) on page 468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5728.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/17894971