Dichotomius ocellatopunctatus (Felsche, 1901)

Pinotus ocellatopunctatus Felsche, 1901: 141 (original description). Type locality: Venezuela: Mérida. Name-bearing type: lectotype (SMTD), designated by Vaz-de-Mello & Nunes (2016), examined by FZVM.

Pinotus ocellatopunctatus – Gillet 1911b: 61 (catalogue). — Luederwaldt 1929: 74 (key). — Blackwelder 1944: 207 (list). — Pereira 1947b: 318, 319 (key, comments).

Dichotomius ocellatopunctatus – Roze 1955: 44 (cited, checklist for Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 586 (key). — Krajcik 2012: 91 (list). — Vaz-de-Mello & Nunes 2016: 297 (redescription, new combination). — Valois et al. 2022: 119‒120, 123 (revision, key).

Material examined

Paralectotype VENEZUELA • 1 ♀; “PARALECTOTYPE / Pinotus ♀ / ocellatopunctatus / Felsche / des. F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014 [yellow label]”; “staatl. Museum für / Tierkunde Dresden”; “ Coll. C. Felsche / Kauf 20, 1918 [green label]”; “ Merida [white label]”; CEMT-00078242.

Distribution

Venezuela (endemic).

Literature records

Gillet 1911b: 61 (Venezuela). — Luederwaldt 1929: 74 (Venezuela). — Blackwelder 1944: 207 (Venezuela). — Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 586 (Venezuela). — Krajcik 2012: 91 (Venezuela). — Vaz-de-Mello & Nunes 2016: 297 (Venezuela: Mérida). — Valois et al. 2022: 123 (Venezuela).