Hylaeogena circumdata ( Kerremans, 1897 ) Kerremans, 1897

Hornburg, Michael, 2012, Nomenclatural changes in Neotropical Tracheini with the description of Hylaeogena aeneonitens sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Orinoco basin in Venezuela, Zootaxa 3242, pp. 53-61 : 56

Hylaeogena circumdata ( Kerremans, 1897) comb. nov.

Pachyschelus circumdatus Kerremans, 1897: 126 .

Hylaeogena achardi Obenberger, 1925: 145 syn. nov.

From all morphological aspects from the generic diagnosis, Pachyschelus circumdatus belongs to Hylaeogena . During the comparison of the holotype of H. circumdata from BMNH and the syntypes of H. achardi from NMPC, no significant differences were found, and these two species are considered to be conspecific. Specimens examined:

BMNH: 1 ex.: Holo-/ type [round label, red margin, p] | Tijuca (Rio)/ Bresil / E.Gounelle 12.1884 [p] | circumdatus / Kerr./ Type [h] | P. circumdatus / Kerr. Mem. Belg. 1897.126 Rio [h] | Kerremans/ 1903. 59 [p]; 1 ex.: 18309 [h] | Fry/ Rio Jan. [p] | Fry Coll./ 1905–100 [p]

NMPC: 1 ex.: Sao Paulo/ Brs. Mráz [p] | TYPUS [p, red label] | Achardi m. 3 Type [h]/ Det Dr. Obenberger; 1 ex.: Sao Paulo/ Brs. Mráz [p] | TYPUS [p, red label] | Achardi m. Ƥ Type [h]/ Det Dr. Obenberger [p].