Melathemma polita Bates, 1870

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Type locality. Brazil, Amazonas: Ega [Tefé]. (MNHN). Distribution. Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas).

Melathemma polita Bates, 1870: 258; Fragoso, 1981: 186, 7 figs.; 1982: 144, figs. 3B, D; Monné, M.A., 2005a: 68 (cat.); Martins & Monné, M.A., 2005: 182, figs. 334–339; Monné, M.A. & Hovore, 2005: 39 (cat.).

Known in Brazil only from the type locality, Amazonas: Tefé. We add a new state record for Acre.

Specimen examined. BRAZIL, Acre: Rio Branco, female, 25.X–08.XI.1991, F. Ramos, A. Henriques, I. Gorayeb & N. Bittencourt col. (MNRJ).