S. melitophilus (Reitter, 1881: 88)

(in footnote) ( Apharia), 1884: 92 comb. (in key; not stated as taxonomic change); Wasmann, 1904: 485; Portevin, 1907: 81; Hatch in Salt, 1929: 451; Salt, 1929: 452; Peck, 2003a: 73 (redescription). No information about types in original description [based on the description, the author had specimens of both sexes];

? Syntypes in MNHN.

Type locality: Cayenne, [French Guiana] [from Brazil, in error, in Portevin, 1907: 81].

Distribution: Brazil: Pará, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo States; Colombia: Amazonas and Magdalena Departments; Costa Rica: Cartago Province; Ecuador: Pichincha Province; French Guiana; Guyana (British Guiana) [Kamakusa—Note: An old collecting site, on the Mazaruni river, about 40 km E of the Merume mountains (SBP, personal data)]; Panama: Colón, Darién, and Panamá Provinces. Biology: Wasmann, 1904: 482 – 483; Bezerra et al., 2000 (adaptive behavior with host); Peck, 2003a: 73.