Acanthoscelides donckieri (Pic, 1934) . Combination confirmed.

Bruchus (Pachybruchus) donckieri Pic, 1934b: p. 29 . From label: “Jatahy / prov. Goyas. Brésil / Sept. a Nov. 97” [Brazil]. Syntype male deposited in the MNHN. There is a male specimen with a “ Lectotype ” label affixed by Kingsolver. But this was never published, so this remains a syntype.

Acanthoscelides donckieri: Blackwelder (1946), p. 759 (catalog, comb. nov.); Udayagiri & Wadhi (1989), p. 45 (catalog); Johnson (1990), p. 375 (mentioned); Romero-Nápoles et al. (2021 a), p. 212 (catalog).