Gymnetis dysoni Schaum, 1848

Figs. 92–93 (aspects)

Gymnetis Dysoni Schaum, 1848: 67 (description; distribution); White 1847: 266 (distribution); Ratcliffe 2004: 8 (lectotype), 17 (Fig. 20); Schenkling 1921: 93 (catalog; distribution; references).

Gymnetis Dysoni var. nigricollis Kraatz 1888: 299 (description).

Gymnetis marmorea subsp. dysoni: Schürhoff 1937: 66 (new status; list; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 262 (catalog; distribution; reference).

Gymnetosoma marmorea ssp. dysoni: Krajčík 1998: 78 (catalog; distribution; reference).

Distribution: VENEZUELA: “Venezuelae, D. Dyzon (sic) Mus. Britain et nostr.” (Schaum 1848; Schürhoff 1937; Blackwelder 1944; Krajčík 1998); Curiaña, 24 miles from La Guayra (White 1843).

Material examined: VENEZUELA: 1 ex. syntypus? [HBBA], “80” [printed], “ Dysonii / Schaum / Venezuela” [handwritten by Burmeister, black frame, originally fastened to the bottom of the drawer], “ Gymnetis dysoni / Schaum / Syntypus?” [handwritten by A. Bachmann on red paper, remainings of a black frame] (Fig. 92).

Further material: 1 male lectotype [MHNG], red lectotype label; 1 male paralectotype [BMNH], “ Venezuela ”, “Type”, “ ♂ ”, yellow paralectotype label ( Ratcliffe 2004).