Sigara (Tropocorixa) forciceps (Spinola, 1852)

Corixa forciceps Spinola, 1852: 234 .—HT: #, Chile; MIZT.

Arctocorisa forciceps (Spinola, 1852); Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno (1909: 195).

Sigara forciceps (Spinola, 1852); Jaczewski (1927: 58).

Sigara (Sigara) forciceps (Spinola, 1852); Jaczewski (1928a: 214).

Sigara rehi Jaczewski, 1931: 147 (syn. Bachmann 1987: 34).—HT: #, [Argentina], “ Buenos Aires ”; ZMUH.

Sigara (Tropocorixa) forciceps (Spinola, 1852); Hungerford (1948: 776).

Sigara (Tropocorixa) rehi Jaczewski, 1931; Hungerford (1948: 779).

Sigara (Tropocorixa) argentiniensis chichinal Bachmann, 1960: 38 (syn. Bachmann 1979: 336).—HT: Argentina, Río Negro, charcos en el lecho del Río Negro frente a Fuerte General Roca; MACN.

Distribution. Argentina (Jaczewski 1931); Chile (Maule) (Bachmann 1987).

Note. The identity of S. (T.) forciceps was uncertain until Bachmann (1987) examined Spinola’s type deposited in the MIZT. The species was misidentified and incorrectly recorded by most older authors, and its known distribution is restricted to the regions mentioned above .