ACANTHOLIBITIA PUSTULOSA MELLO- LEITÃO, 1928

(FIGS 10, 11)

Acantholibitia pustulosa Mello-Leitão, 1928: 10, fig. 2. Acantholibitia armata Mello-Leitão, 1939: 293, fig. 15, syn. nov.

Type data: Syntypes: Brazil. ‘ Matto Grosso’ [Mato Grosso do Sul]: Campo Grande [–20.450189°, –54.560608°], five ind. (MNRJ 1379). Type : Brazil. ‘ Mato Grosso’ [Mato Grosso do Sul]: [Ribas do Rio Pardo], Bálsamo [–20.38248°, –53.94669°], (whereabouts unknown, holotype of A. armata) .

Non-type material: Brazil. Mato Grosso do Sul: Campo Grande, 50 km S Campo Grande [–20.98449°, –54.63616°, 464 m], P Salinas leg., 17.vii.1988, three ind. (AMNH AK 145) .

Diagnosis: Differs from its congeners by having areas I–V armed with paramedian low spines and lateral margins of abdomen with strong rounded tubercles, perceptible in dorsal view (Fig. 11).

Distribution: Known from Cerrado ecoregion in Mato Grosso do Sul State of Brazil (Fig. 10).