22. Neotheronia tolteca (Cresson, 1874)

Theronia tolteca Cresson 1874: 396 [♀ ♂ (ANSP), Mexico, Veracruz, Orizaba].

References. Cameron 1886: 264 [ Theronia; Mexico (Veracruz, Yucatán), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama]. Krieger 1905: 293 [Panama, Mexico]. Morley 1914: 55 [Mexico (Tabasco), Ecuador, British Guiana, Jamaica, Dominican Republic (misidentification, in part, see Gauld 1991: 469)]. Cresson 1916: 59 [lectotype ♀ (ANSP) designated; Mexico, Veracruz]. Townes & Townes 1966: 35 [catalogue; Theronia (Neotheronia) nigrolineata tolteca; Mexico]. Gauld 1991: 468 [description; Mexico (Veracruz), Costa Rica, Panama; remarks]. Gauld et al. 1998: 133 [in key; Costa Rica]. Kumagai & Graf 2002: 450 [Brazil (Paraná)]. Kumagai 2002: 192 [Brazil (Minas Gerais)]. Ruíz-Cancino et al. 2002: 645 [checklist; Mexico].

Remarks. Neotheronia tolteca is probably a synonym of N. nigrolineata (see Gauld 1991: 469 and Gauld et al. 1998: 133). Examined female from Oaxaca differs well from the latter species by its entirely orange-brown body and legs (only hind tarsus infuscate) without any black markings.

Material examined. MEXICO. Veracruz: San Andrés, Biological Station Los Tuxlas, 150–210 m, selva alta perennifolia, Malaise trap, 2013, coll. M. Madora (all in UNAM): 13.v–16.vi (2 ♂), 24.vii–16.viii (1 ♂), 17.ix–15.x (1 ♀). 1 ♂ (ZISP) same locality and trap, 4–8.x.2014, coll. A.I. Khalaim. 1 ♀ (ZISP) same locality, date and collector, sweeping . Oaxaca: 1 ♀ (EMEC) Temascal, 23.x.1963, coll. K.H. Janzen. COSTA RICA. 1 ♀ (UAT) Puntarenas Prov., Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve, 3 km SW of Rincon de la Osa, i–ii.1990 (?), coll. I.D. Gauld (det. I.D. Gauld) .

Distribution. Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca,? Tabasco,? Yucatán), Cuba, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,? Brazil.