aurata (Macquart), 1846: 179 (Acanthina). Type locality: “ Colombia ”. Distr.— Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador (Napo (Coca, Napo River)), Panama (Darién (Cerro Pirre)), Peru (Madre de Dios (Avispas)), Venezuela. HT F [BMNH]. Refs.— Kertész, 1914: 489 –490, Figs 28, 30 (desc. of fauna); James, 1971: 65 (desc. of new species, key to species); James et al. 1980: 10 (rev. of middle America fauna, desc. of new species, key to species).

Acanthina aurata Bigot, 1879a: 207 . Type locality: “ Colombia ”. HT F [BMNH]. Preocc., primary homonym of Acanthina aurata Macquart, 1846 .