Genus Brada Stimpson, 1853

Brada villosa (Rathke, 1843)

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Fauvel 1934; Vatova 1935; Kiseleva 1964; Katzmann 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Katzmann 1973a, 1973f; Amoureux 1979; Zavodnik 1979; Avčin & Vrišer 1983; Fassari 1983; Katzmann 1983; Požar- Domac 1983; Stjepčević et al. 1984; Zavodnik et al. 1985; Gillet 1986; Požar-Domac 1986; Orel et al. 1987; Špan et al. 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995, 1997; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Cantone & Di Pietro 2002; Solis- Weiss et al. 2004; Castelli et al. 2008.

NEW RECORDS: BM13, BM21, BM22, BM26, BM27, BM28, BM52, BM53, BM54, BM65, BM66, BM91, BM96, BM97, BM98, BM99.

REMARKS: Several specimens collected by the author from 2003-2005 in the NA (station BM52) and previously determined as B. villosa, actually differ from that species in several characters and belong whether to Brada parthenopeia Lo Bianco, 1893, or to some other yet undescribed species (S. Salazar-Vallejo, pers. comm.).