Pteroplatus pulcher Buquet, 1840

(Figs. 16–17)

Pteroplatus pulcher Buquet, 1840 a: 287 .

Pteroplatus atroviolaceus Kirsch, 1889: 39 .

Pteroplatus dimidiatipennis Buquet, 1841b: 153 .

Pteroplatus elegans Buquet, 1841b: 152 .

Pteroplatus fasciatus Buquet, 1841b: 151 .

Pteroplatus nigriventris Brême, 1845: 310 .

Pteroplatus transversalis Brême, 1845: 309 .

Pteroplatus suturalis Buquet, 1840: 287; 1841a: 387; White, 1853: 82; Strauch, 1861: 127; Lacordaire, 1869: 165; Gemminger,

1872: 2966 (cat.); Thomson, 1878: 17 (type); Aurivillius, 1912: 455 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1946: 588 (checklist); Linsley, 1961: 632 (mimet.); Monné, 1994: 49 (cat.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 133 (checklist); Martínez, 2000: 90 (distr.); Monné, 2005: 452 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 114 (checklist); Monné, 2019: 663 (cat.); Bezark, 2019 b: 153 (checklist). Syn. nov.

Recently, Botero et al. (2019) revised the genus Pteroplatus Buquet, 1840, and listed new junior synonyms of P. pulcher Buquet, 1840 . However, they forget to include P. suturalis Buquet, 1840 as a new synonym of P. pulcher . Examination of the photograph of the holotype (Fig. 16) sent by Gérard L. Tavakilian (MNHN), as well as the original description, provide evidence for the synonymy.