Lithodytes lineatus (Schneider 1799)

Holotype (s): “Musei Lampiani” (= the “collection de Lampi” according to Daudin 1802: 105, and Daudin 1803, 8: 188).

Type locality: Not stated.

Distribution: Regions 1, 4, 5, 6. East of Andes from northwestern Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru to northern Bolivia. In Venezuela, disjunct populations south of Orinoco River, eastern slopes of Andes and Maracaibo Basin (west of Andes).

Remarks: Fouquet et al. (2007) found genetic divergence in two populations of Lithodytes from Brazil and Peru. Disjunct populations of Lithodytes in Venezuela may represent undescribed species.

Selected references: Ginés (1959); Rivero (1961, 1964b); Lynch (1979b); Barrio-Amorós (1999d); Barros and Barrio (2001); Señaris et al. (2009, 2014); Barrio-Amorós et al. (2011b).