Brasilocerus impressicollis Wittmer, 1970: 56

Ferreira, Vinicius De Souza, 2015, An annotated catalogue of the type material of Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera) deposited in the Coleoptera collection of the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 263-310 : 306

Brasilocerus impressicollis Wittmer, 1970: 56

Holotype: 1 ♂. Estação Biológica de Boracéia, Mun. de Salesópolis, S.P., Brasil, 12.xi. 69; X—Larva; Adult 18 –IV – 70; Brasilocerus impressicollis Wittmer , det. W. Wittmer; [on red] Holotypus. Conservation status: Good condition.

Additional notes: Brasilocerus impressicollis is a junior synonym of Phrixothrix oberthuri Pic, 1955 that was transferred to Brasilocerus by Wittmer (1976: 471). The Current name is Brasilocerus oberthuri (Pic, 1955).