Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Tschudi, 1845)

Type locality. Peru .

Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela (Plt. 320A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia, with marginal records in Chiquitano Dry Forest, upland areas of the Caatinga, and Cerrado (Plt. 320A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 320B). Observed in the field in primary forest (Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Bernarde and Abe, 2006; Martins et al., 2008b).