Platymessa ectroxantha (Mello-Leitão, 1941) comb. nov., species inquirenda

Brachylibitia ectroxantha Mello-Leitão, 1941: 166, fig. 1; Kury 2003: 38. Cynorta ectroxantha: Goodnight & Goodnight 1953: 38 .

Type data. Type (s) (whereabouts unknown, probably once in MNRJ, now lost), COLOMBIA, Boyacá, La Uvita (6°17’N; 72°30’W) .

Etymology. From Greek ἐκτρανόω (signify clearly) + ξανΘός (yellow).

Remarks. The type material of this species is lost. Mello-Leitão’s original description is enough to recognize this as a Platymessa as defined here and a different species from P. h-inscriptum, although a search for topotypes is needed to allow the assessment of many characters. Therefore, the comparative diagnosis as given here is severely limited to what can be squeezed from the original description.

Diagnosis. Scutal area I unarmed, area V with two acuminate tubercles. Ladder-blot with rungs only, no rails. Tarsus III heptamerous. Length of legs ca. 9/15/11 / 15 mm.