Gorybia apatheia Martins, 1976

Gorybia apatheia Martins, 1976 View in CoL

( Fig. 31–35 View Figures 31–35. 31–34 )

Gorybia apatheia Martins 1976: 355 View in CoL ; Monné 1993: 32 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 64 (checklist); Martins 2003: 166; Monné 2005: 434 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 111 (checklist); Monné et al. 2010: 242 (distr.); Monné et al. 2017: 31 ( holotype); Monné 2018: 639 (cat.).

Gorybia maculosa Martins 1976: 353 View in CoL ; Monné 1993: 33 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 65 (checklist); Martins 2003: 175; Monné 2005: 435 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 111 (checklist); Lingafelter et al. 2014: 94 ( holotype); Monné 2018: 641 (cat.). Syn. nov.

Discussion. Martins (1976) described G. maculosa ( Fig. 35 View Figures 31–35. 31–34 ) based on a single male from Paraguay, and G. apatheia ( Fig. 31–34 View Figures 31–35. 31–34 ) based on 46 specimens (males and females) from Brazil ( Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) in the same publication, and thus have the same priority. According to him, they differ as follows (translated): “Elytral drawing, and sexual punctation differ it [ G. apatheia ] from G. maculosa .” Still according to him, the pronotum in G. apatheia has the anterolateral areas microsculptured, fine and very densely punctate, while in G. maculosa , it does not have sexual punctation. However, based on the antennal length of the holotype of G. maculosa , the specimen is a female, and not a male. Furthermore, the drawing of G. apatheia figured in Martins (1976, 2003) does not represent that species.

Based on the absence of differences, we place G. maculosa as a synonym of G. apatheia . We chose G. apatheia as the valid name, because both sexes are well represented in the type series.

Material examined. Type series deposited at MZSP . BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Mar de Espanha , 1 paratype male, 28.XII.1928, J.F. Zikán col. Espírito Santo: Linhares , 2 paratypes male, X.1972, P.C. Elias col .; 1 paratype male, XI.1972, P.C. Elias col.; 1 paratype female, XII.1967, B. Silva col .; 1 partype male, XI.1967, F.M. Oliveira col . Rio de Janeiro: Represa Rio Grande , 2 paratypes male, 15.X.1960, F.M. Oliveira col; 1 paratype male, XII.1960, F.M. Oliveira col.; 1 paratype female, XI.1960, F.M. Oliveira col. São Paulo: Ilha dos Búzios , holotype male, 1 paratype male, 1 paratype female, 15.X-4.XI.1963, Expedição Departamento de Zoologia col .; Amparo , 1 paratype female, 1925, no other data; 2 paratypes male, no other data; Barueri, 1 paratype female, XII.1966, K. Lenko col .; Itú ( Fazenda Pau d’Alho ), 1 paratype male, 28–29.X.1965, Martins and Biasi col.