Hoplopyga multipunctata (Gory & Percheron, 1833)

Fig. 150 (parameres)

[Gymnetis] Multipunctata. Dej.: Dejean 1833: 169 (catalog; distribution): nomen nudum

[Gymnetis] Parvula. Dej.: Dejean 1833: 169 (catalog; distribution): nomen nudum

[Gymnetis] Congregata. Dej.: Dejean 1833: 169 (catalog; distribution): nomen nudum

[Gymnetis] Confluens. Dej.: Dejean 1833: 169 (catalog; distribution): nomen nudum

Gymnetis Multi-Punctata Dej.: Gory & Percheron, 1833: 362–363 (description; distribution), plate 73, Fig. 2; Burmeister 1842: 276–277 (description; distribution; references, = G. parvula, multipunctata, congregata et confluens Dej.); Lucas 1857: 111 (distribution).

Hoplopyga multipunctata Gory & Perch.: Schenkling 1921: 101 (catalog; distribution; references); Krajčík 1998: 79 (catalog; distribution; reference).

Distribution: CAYENNE (Dejean 1833). BRAZIL (Dejean 1833, Gory & Percheron 1833, Burmeister 1842, Schenkling 1921, Krajčík 1998); Brésil intérieur (Lucas 1857).

Material examined: BRAZIL: “Bras. / Dej.” [handwritten on white paper, not by Burmeister, glued to a hard board], 1 male [HBBA], “ multipuncta- / ta G. & P. / toncea Hbst.” [handwritten by Burmeister, pinned to the bottom of the drawer]; Rio de Janeiro: Barra de São João, 5-I-1990, C.A. Mañko leg., 1 male [ODIC] (black).

Male genitalia: parameres (Fig. 150).

Note 1: According to Gory & Percheron (1833), “Nous avons sous les yeux un individu auquel M. Dejean a donné le nom de Parvula; mais cet individu n'est qu'un mâle, petit à la vérité, de la Multi-Punctata. ... ... Cette espèce vient du Brésil, et fait partie de la collection des auteurs”. This leads to the question if the specimen in the Burmeister Collection, labeled “Bras. / Dej.”, is a type from the Coll. Dejean.

Note 2: The specimen from Rio de Janeiro state is completely black, but its male parameres are identical to those of the male in the Burmeister Collection.