primitiva (Walker) comb. nov.

Anthrax primitiva Walker, 1849: 257 .

Villa primitiva: Johnson 1924: 87 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 166 [checklist].

Villa (Chrysanthrax) primitiva: Painter & Painter 1974: 262 [redescription]; Painter et al. 1978: 47 [catalogue].

Chrysanthrax primitivus: Evenhuis & Greathead 1999: 428 [catalogue]; Traveset et al. 2013: 5 [biology].

Distribution. Endemic. Galápagos: San Cristóbal.

Remarks. This species is here transferred from Chrysanthrax to Hemipenthes (J.H. Kits pers. comm.).