Choleva fastidiosa, (Fairmaire & Germain, 1859: 352)

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N. fastidiosa ( Fairmaire & Germain, 1859: 352)

(Choleva); Portevin, 1914a: 193 comb. (to Eunemadus ); Jeannel, 1936: 160 comb. (as fastidiosus ; type male illustrated), 1957: 54, 1962: 521 (as fastidiosus ; redescription); Salgado, 2002b: 508 (as fastidiosus ; redescription), 2006: 107 (as fastidiosus ), 2011b: 97 (as fastidiosus ), 2017a: 86 (as fastidiosus ). Note: Spelling here corrected. No information about types in original description;

Syntypes (2 specimens, sex not given, in Jeannel, 1936, who illustrated a “type male”) in MNHN [in Jeannel, 1936].

Type locality: Quillota, [Quillota Province], Chile.

Distribution: Argentina: Chubut ( irretusus ), Neuquén (also irretusus ), and Río Negro ( irretusus ) Provinces; Chile: Aconcagua, Aisén, Arauco ( irretusus ), Biobío, Cautín, Chiloé (also brevicollis , irretusus ), Coihaique, Concepción (also irretusus ), Elqui, Llanquihue, Magallanes, Maipo, Malleco, Ñuble, Osorno, Palena, Quillota, Santiago (also irretusus ), Talca, Última Esperanza, Valdivia, and Valparaíso Provinces.

Note: The records in Szymczakowski, 1965: 246 ( Argentina: Chubut and Río Negro Provinces) are a misidentification of N. barbarae Szymczakowski [1968] ( Szymczakowski, 1968: 23) .

= N. brevicollis Jeannel, 1962: 522 ; Szymczakowski, 1965: 246 (as Hemadiopsis [sic] brevicollis ) syn. (of N. irretusus ), 1968: 22 syn. (of N. irretusus ; types of both species seen); secondary synonymy by Salgado, 2002b: 509 (not stated as taxonomic change). Holotype male [a single specimen in original description, assumed as holotype] in MNNC. Type locality: Chepu, 42º03’ S, Isla de Chiloé, [Chiloé Province], Chile.

= N. irretusus Szymczakowski, 1962: 123, 1965: 246 , 1968: 22, 1970: 330, 1976: 433; Salgado, 1992b: 176, 2002b: 509 syn. Holotype male in MGFT [now in NHMB]. Type locality: Contulmo, Arauco (as Concepción, in original description and Salgado, 1992b, 2002b) Province, Chile.