Eburodacrys nemorivaga Gounelle, 1909

(Figs. 21–23)

Eburodacrys nemorivaga Gounelle, 1909: 623; Napp & Martins, 1980: 85, fig. 12; Martins, 1997: 61; 1999: 299, fig. 178; Martins & Galileo, 2002: 8 (distr.); Di Iorio, 2004: 26 (distr.); Monné, 2005: 160 (cat.); Wappes et al., 2006: 9 (distr.); Galileo et al., 2008: 16, 77 (distr.); Wappes et al., 2013: 5 (distr.); Nascimento et al., 2016: 556, 565 (distr.).

Eburodacrys curialis Gounelle, 1909: 624; Napp & Martins, 1980: 85, 86, fig. 13; Martins, 1997: 61; 1999: 301, fig. 179; Monné, 2005: 157 (cat.); Wappes et al., 2006: 9 (distr.); Galileo et al., 2008: 16 (distr.); Martins et al., 2015b: 291 (distr.); Nascimento et al., 2016: 556 (distr.). Syn. nov.

Eburodacrys hesperidis Chemsak & Linsley, 1970: 304; Napp & Martins, 1980: 85, 86; Chemsak et al., 1992: 35 (cat.); Maes et al., 1994: 12 (distr.); Chemsak & Noguera, 1995: 58 (distr.); Noguera & Chemsak, 1996: 397 (cat.); Martins, 1997: 62; Maes, 1998: 890 (distr.); Toledo et al., 2002: 525 (distr.); Turnbow et al., 2003: 7 (distr.); Monné, 2005: 158 (cat.); Audureau, 2008: 6 (distr.); Galileo et al., 2008: 16 (distr.); Noguera et al., 2009: 87 (distr.); Maes et al., 2010: 126, 4 figs (distr.). Syn. nov.

Geographical distribution. Mexico (Sinaloa, Jalisco, Sonora), Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia (Meta), Venezuela, Brazil (Rondônia, Goiás, Piauí, Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo), Bolivia (Santa Cruz), Paraguay. New state records from Pará, Mato Grosso, and Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil) are added.

Type material examined. Holotype male of Eburodacrys curialis Gounelle, 1909 (Fig. 22 —MNHN), Holotype male of Eburodacrys hesperidis Chemsak & Linsley, 1970 (Fig. 23 —CASC), and Eburodacrys nemorivaga Gounelle, 1909 (Fig. 21 —MNHN).

Specimens examined. COLOMBIA, Meta: Remolinos (Centro Cafam Llanos, 55 km de Puerto Gaitán, 165 m, 4°27’N, 72°54’W), male, 11-15.III.2013, J. Gutierrez leg. (MPUJ); female, no date indicated, L. Nova leg. (MPUJ) . VENEZUELA, Maracay, female, V.1977, no collector indicated (MZSP) . BRASIL, Pará: Afuá (Ilha do Pará, Igarape Juntinta), male and female, XI.1995, Magno & C. Alvarenga leg. (MNRJ) ; Mato Grosso: Sinop (12°31’S 5°37’W, BR 163 Km 500 a 600), 2 males, X.1976, Roppa & Alvarenga leg. (MNRJ); Vera (12°56’S 5°36’W), female, X.1973, Alvarenga & Roppa leg. (MNRJ) ; Mato Grosso do Sul: Coxim, female, X.1969, no collector indicated (DZUP) ; Piauí: Corrente, female, 23-27.XI.1991, Amarante, Brandão, Concello, Martins & Ponte leg (MNRJ) ; Minas Gerais: Passos, female, X.1963, C. & T. Elias leg. (DZUP) ; São Paulo: Ibitinga, female, 1.XI.1989, Bergmann, E.C. leg. (“seringueira”) (MNRJ); Porto Cabral ( Rio Paraná); male, 1-10.XI.1941, L. Travassos Filho leg. (MNRJ).

Remarks. Eburodacrys nemorivaga and E. curialis were described by Gounelle (1909) in the same paper. According to the author, E. nemorivaga is easily differentiated from the other species (with three callosities) by the number, form, and disposition of the black areas on the pronotum and elytra and E. curialis is differentiated by the posterior eburneous callosities nearly absent. Both species were described from Brazil (Goiás: Jataí). Martins (1999), in his revision of the South American Eburiini, commented on a possible synonymy of these species, asserting that the differences between them may represent intraspecific variability. The study of the material examined, the comparison of the original descriptions and photos of the holotypes of each name confirm the variability of the characters and support the synonymy of E. nemorivaga with E. curialis .

As E. nemorivaga and E. curialis were described in the same work (Gounelle, 1909) and in this case the Principle of Priority does not apply, I, as First Reviser, select the name Eburodacrys nemorivaga Gounelle, 1909 as the valid name because it is a name with more citations and with widest geographical distribution.

Eburodacrys hesperidis was described by Chemsak & Linsley (1970) from Mexico and compared with E. sticticollis, a Central American species, but not compared with any South American species. The study of a photograph of the holotype, the original description and the material studied allow me propose the new synonymy between Eburodacrys hesperidis Chemsak & Linsley, 1970 and Eburodacrys nemorivaga Gounelle, 1909 .