Synapturanus mirandaribeiroi Nelson and Lescure, 1975

Holotype: MZUSP 49981.

Type locality: “Kanashen (a Waiwai Indian village and mission) in the Upper Essiquibo River, Rupununi District, Guayana.”

Distribution: Region 5. Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Brazil. Only two localities in Venezuela: Eastern slopes of Cerro Santa Rosa, Serranía del Supamo (Barrio and Brewer-Carías 1999) and Piedra de la Virgen, northern slopes of La Escalera, Sierra de Lema, Bolívar (Image 222).

Selected references: Nelson and Lescure (1975); Pyburn (1975); Barrio and Brewer-Carías (1999); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b).