Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877

Physonota pellucida Wagener, 1877: 61 (original description).

Physonota perampla Champion, 1894: 167 (original description), syn. nov.

Type localities. Physonota pellucida: ‘ Demerara’ [= former Dutch colony, nowadays part of Guyana]; P. perampla: ‘ Nicaragua: Chontales; Costa Rica: Santa Clara’.

Type material examined. Physonota pellucida: SYNTYPE: 1 ♂, pinned, ‘ Demerara | Schmidt. [w, hw, s] || TYPUS [pi, p, cb] || pellucida | Wag. Typus [w, hw by Spaeth, cb,] || pellucida [hw] | Spaeth det. [w, p, cb] || Manchester Museum | SYNTYPE [blue, p, cb]’ (MMUE).

Physonota perampla: SYNTYPES: 1 ♂, pinned, ‘ Chontales. | Nicaragua. | T. Belt. [w, p, cb] || Type [w, p, s, c, rf] || Physonota | perampla | Ch. [w, hw by Champion, s] || Sp. figured. [w, p, cb] || Godman-Salvin | Coll., Biol. | Centr.-Amer. [w, p, cb]’ (BMNH) ; 1 ♀, pinned, ‘ Chontales. | Nicaragua. | T. Belt. [w, p, cb] || Physonota | perampla, | Ch. [w, hw by Champion, s] || Godman-Salvin | Coll., Biol. | Centr.-Amer. [w, p, cb]’ (BMNH) ; 1 ♀, pinned, ‘ CHONTALES, | E.M.Janson [w, p, cb, bf] || Physonota | perampla, | Ch [w, hw by Champion, s] || 1905—54. [w, p, cb]’ (BMNH) ; 1 ♂, pinned (tenereal specimen missing abdomen and right antenna), ‘ Physonota | perampla, | Ch. [w, hw by Champion, s] || Baly Coll. | 1905—54. [w, p, cb]’ (BMNH) ; 1 ♀, pinned, ‘ CHONTALES | E.M.Janson [w, p, cb, bf] || Physonota | perampla | cotype! Ch [w, hw by Champion, s] || Champion | seripsit [w, hw by Spaeth, cb] || PARATYPUS [red, p, cb] || Manchester Museum | SYNTYPE [blue, p, cb]’ (MMUE).

Remarks. CHAMPION (1894) described Physonota perampla from series of six specimens and stated that Physonota pellucida ‘about equals it in size; but differs in several particulars from the insect here described [ P. perampla]’. Both taxa were only listed in catalogues except BOROWIEC (2002) who recorded P. perampla as new to Colombia. I have examined types of both taxa and they are identical with no difference hence I synonymize P. perampla with P. pellucida .

I was unable to locate the syntype from Costa Rica in the BMNH collections although Champion explicitly stated that it came from the museum material.

Distribution. Colombia (BOROWIEC 2002), Costa Rica, Nicaragua (CHAMPION 1894) and Guyana (WAGENER 1877).