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.