Paroectropsis decoratus Cerda, 1953

(Figs. 150–158)

Paroectropsis decoratus Cerda, 1953: 138 .

Type locality — Holotype male: Chile, Ñuble: Chillán (Las Trancas) (MNNC).

Distribution — Chile (Maule, Ñuble, Biobío).

Material examined. CHILE, Biobío: Mulchén, 1 paratype female, XII.1942, Cerda col. (MZSP) . Maule: El Pantanillo (Constitución), 1 female, 29.XI.1981, Peña col. (MZSP) ; Alto Vilches (Talca), 1 male, XII.1979, Peña col. (MZSP) .

Acknowledgmets

We express our sincere thanks to Eugenio H. Nearns (USNM) for the information on the holotype of Calolamia bicordifera; and to Herbert Schmid (Austria) for the help with literature; to Larry G. Bezark (California, USA) for sending his photographs of the holotype of Tropidocoleus bicarinatus, and paratype of Pseudosparna luteolineata; to Taxonline Project (Projeto Taxonline—Rede Paranaense de Coleções Biológicas) for sending some slides used in this work, which belong to the Coleção de Imagens de material-tipo J.S. Moure (CITIMOURE) of the entomological collection Pe. J.S. (DZUP); to Francisco Eriberto de Lima Nascimento and Juan Pablo Botero (MZSP) for sending and permission to use their photographs published in previous works; to Juan Pablo Botero (MZSP) for his help in the literature and providing some of the pictures used; to James E. Wappes, Juan Pablo Botero and an anonymous reviewer for the valuable corrections and suggestions in the manuscript.