Placosternus guttatus (Chevrolat, 1860) (Fig. 1B)

Distribution. MEXICO (Tabasco, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz), GUATEMALA, BELIZE, NICARAGUA, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, VENEZUELA, and COLOMBIA.

New record. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: [Passa Quatro], Faz [enda] dos Campos, 1500m, 2 specimens, 11.xii.[19]15, ex-coll. J.F. Zikan. (CEIOC 17031) .

Diagnosis. Integument black; antennae and legs reddish; pedicel with tuft of long and erect reddish setae, with aspect of spine; pronotum with three transverse band with yellow pubescence (Martins & Galileo 2011).