coerulescens (Olivier), 1811: 83 (Mydas). Type locality: “South America ”. Neotype-locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia. HT lost. NT M (MZUSP) [des. by Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989: 14]. Distr.: Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo). Refs.: Wiedemann, 1831: 33 (Mydas); Westwood, 1841: 50 ( Midas); Gertaecker, 1868: 95 ( Mydas; syn. of Mydas giganteus Thunberg, 1818); Becher, 1882: 146, ( Mydas); Hunter, 1901: 154 (cat.; Mydas); Kertész, 1909: 37 (cat.; Mydas); d´ Andretta, 1951: 10, ( Mydas); Papavero & Wilcox, 1968: 7 (cat.; Mydas); Wilcox, Papavero & Pimentel, 1989: 14 (comb.; syn. of Mydas argyrostomus Gerstaecker, 1868); Artigas & Papavero, 1990: 41-42 (spermathecae); Papavero & Artigas, 1990: 125 (cat.); Papavero et al., 2002: 3 (cat.); Papavero, 2009: 12 (cat.); Papavero & Artigas, 2009: 37, (Man. Neot. Dip.).

giganteus Thunberg, 1818: 246, ( Mydas, as gigantea). Type locality: “ Brazil ”. ST (UUZM). Distr.: Brazil (Minas Gerais). Refs.: Wiedemann, 1821: 116 ( Midas, as gigantea), 1824: 60 ( Mydas, as gigantea), 1828: 239 ( Mydas); Latreille, 1829: 172, ( Mydas); Wiedemann, 1831: 36, 38, ( Mydas); Macquart, 1834: 274 ( Mydas); Westwood, 1841: 50 ( Midas); Macquart, 1838: 126 ( Mydas); Walker, 1848: 228 ( Mydas); Rondani, 1850: 184 ( Mydas); Walker, 1854: 363 ( Mydas).

argyrostomus Gerstaecker, 1868: 94 (Mydas) . Type locality: “ Colombia ”. HT M (BZM). Distr.: Colombia, Brazil (Pará: Óbidos). Refs.: Hansen, 1883: 13 –21 ( Mydas); Hunter, 1901: 153 (cat.; Mydas); Kertész, 1909: 35 (cat.; Mydas); D´ Andretta, 1951: 28, 38, 117, 140, 153.