Arteurotia demetrius Plötz, 1882

Arteurotia demetrius Plötz, 1882 View in CoL and Pellicia vecina Schaus, 1902 are junior subjective synonyms of Pellicia ( Hemipteris) tyana Plötz, 1882

Genomic analysis reveals that in addition to Pellicia violacea Mabille, 1891 (type locality in Brazil, lectotype sequenced as NVG-15034E05), which is currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Pellicia ( Hemipteris) tyana Plötz, 1882 (type locality in South America, probably in Brazil: São Paulo, lectotype sequenced as NVG-15032D11), lectotypes of Arteurotia demetrius Plötz, 1882 (type locality in Brazil, probably Rio de Janeiro, NVG-15032E12) and Pellicia vecina Schaus, 1902 (type locality Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, NVG-18061C10) cluster closely with the lectotype of Pellicia ( Hemipteris) tyana Plötz, 1882 (type locality in South America, NVG-15032D11) and another specimen from Paraguay identified as P. vecina (NVG-18061E08) ( Fig. 90 View Fig ). All these lectotypes were likely collected in Southeast Brazil. Therefore, we propose that Arteurotia demetrius Plötz, 1882 , syn. nov. and Pellicia vecina Schaus, 1902 syn. nov. are junior subjective synonyms of Pellicia ( Hemipteris) tyana Plötz, 1882 . This is the species that Evans (1953) called P. vecina because he misidentified P. tyana and could not identify A. demetrius , but described an (inaccurate) drawing of it copied from Plötz’s original drawing t. 205 (Godman 1907) and reproduced here as Fig. 91j View Fig . It is unknown if the original drawing was more accurate.