Acanthoscelides fuscosparsus (Motschulsky, 1874) . Combination confirmed (J.M. Kingsolver, pers. comm.)

Bruchus fuscosparsus Motschulsky, 1874: p. 225 . “Brésil” [Brazil]. Syntype (s) deposited in the ZMUM; examination of types and confirmation of placement in Acanthoscelides from Kingsolver (pers. comm.).

Bruchus fuscosparsus: Pic (1913), p. 27 (catalog); Pic (1927a), p. 33 (mentioned).

Acanthoscelides fuscosparsus: Blackwelder (1946), p. 759 (catalog); Udayagiri & Wadhi (1989), p. 47 (catalog); Romero Nápoles et al. (2021a), p. 212 (catalog).