Buninotus Maldonado Capriles, 1981

Type species: Buninotus niger Maldonado Capriles, 1981 . By monotypy, two species included.

Diagnosis: First visible labial segment with a pair of spiniform setae; second visible labial segment with a pair of strong setae; anterior pronotal lobe with four protuberances, a pair on each anterior and posterior regions; humeral angles spined; scutellum with a long, inclined process; procoxae, profemora, and protibiae with long spiniform setae; protibiae curved; meso- and metafemora with a pair of spiniform setae at apex; and forewings with three closed cells (Castro-Huertas et al. 2023). In addition, gular region with simple setae; spines of the humeral angles nearly two times longer than its base; subapical posterior region of tergite 9 with a folding; and gonocoxa 8 nearly rectangular, with the medial margin produced.

Examined material: Buninotus niger Maldonado Capriles, 1981: PANAMA: one male, Panama Province, Barro Colorado Is., 14.xi.2012, 9°9’17 ʹʹ N 79°50’53 ʹʹ W, light trap LT-ARM 4- Nov2012 -A,Bobadilla,Rodríguez,Hernández,Pérez/BCI63328 (STRI); one female, Panama Province, Barro Colorado Is., 20.v.2012, 8°59’ N 79°33’ W, light trap LT-WHE 1-MAY2012 -A Bobadilla, Rodríguez, Hernández, Pérez/BCI53469 (STRI); one female, Panama Province, Barro Colorado Is.; 14.xi.2012, 9°9’17 ʹʹ N 79°50’53 ʹʹ W, Light trap LT-ARM 4-NOV2012 -A, Bobadilla, Rodríguez, Hernández, Pérez/BCI63348 (STRI); one female, Panama Province, Barro Colorado Is., 14.xi.2012, 9°9’17 ʹʹ N 79°50’53 ʹʹ W, Light trap LT-ARM 3-NOV2012 -A, Bobadilla, Rodríguez, Hernández, Pérez/BCI62746 (STRI); one female, Panama Province, Barro Colorado Is., 5-6.ix.2013, 8°59’ N 79°33’ W, light trap LT-WHE 1-SEP2013 -B, Bobadilla, Pérez, Bonilla, López/BCI76588 (STRI). Buninotus palikur Castro-Huertas, Forero and Melo, 2022: one female, holotype, FRENCH GUIANA: Saül, 1.vii.2008, PL, SEAG magnolia réc/ Buninotus palikur Castro-Huertas, Forero and Melo 2022 (MNHN); five females, paratypes, FRENCH GUIANA: Kaw, PK 37.5, Malaise, 29.xii.2001, Cerda, J. leg. (MLP); Mt. Chevaux, 11.vii.2009, vitre, SEAG réc (JMB); Mt. des Chevaux, 7.xi.2011, Piège vitre, SEAG réc (JMB); Patawa, PK37, malaise, 3.iv.2002, J. Cerda leg. (JMB); Nouragues I, 23.ii.2011, Vitre Camp, SEAG réc (JMB).