Corresponding author: Hélcio R. Gil-Santana (
Academic editor: Laurence Livermore
Based on the original description and illustration of
Upon description by
While
The type specimen of
The depository institutions of the studied material are the following: American Museum of Natural History, New York (AMNH), Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia (ICN), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (MNRJ).
Given that Perty’s type specimen is lost, we base our conclusions on Perty's original description and illustration of
Both
There is no doubt that a synonymic proposal would be better based on the examination of the type specimens of the taxa involved. However, the identities of the known species in
Neotype designations have to be done carefully (
The taxonomic revision was carried out by accurately examining the differences between male gentalia of the two species involved. These differences are congruent with the color patterns exhibited by each of the species. Therefore, color pattern is an accurate way of identifying species in
Even though we have not examined the type specimens for these two species, the original descriptions (
It is also noteworthy that both taxa were recorded from the Amazon region, in which there is no other species known to us with the same general coloration and body structure, which reinforces the present synonymy. The superficial resemblance of
Finally, in accordance with Article 67 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (
We thank “Biblioteca Brasiliana Guita e José Mindlin”, University of São Paulo (USP), which, in the person of Daniela Pires, kindly furnished a digital copy of the figure of
Dorsal habitus of
Dorsal habitus of