Punctozotroctes inhamum Martins, Galileo & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2009

(Fig. 5)

Punctozotroctes inhamum Martins, Galileo & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2009: 241; Monné, 2016: 339 (cat.). Punctozotroctes hovorei; Martins & Galileo, 2007: 188 (misidentification).

Martins & Galileo (2007) recorded Punctozotroctes hovorei Tavakilian & Néouze, 2007 from Brazil (Pará, Cachimbo) based on a single male (Fig. 5). A recent examination of this specimen reveals that it is a male of P. inhamum Martins, Galileo & Limeira-de-Oliveira, 2009, described from Brazil (Maranhão, Caxias). The holotype of the later is deposited in the MZSP collection and allows us to be sure about the identity of the specimen mistakenly confused with P. hovorei . According to Martins & Galileo (2007) (translated): “The color pattern that is closest to Punctozotroctes inhamum sp. nov. is that of P. hovorei Tavakilian & Néouze, 2007 . P. inhamum differs by the elytral punctation being much finer and only slightly distinct dorsally from middle to apex; by only a few black elytral bands in P. inhamum, while they are abundant in P. hovorei . Furthermore, the prothorax is more deeply constricted at the base in P. hovorei than in P. inhamum .” Lastly, P. hovorei has a more robust body shape than P. inhamum .

Accordingly, P. hovorei (Fig. 6) is formally excluded from the Brazilian fauna and remains known only from French Guiana.