Gerstaeckerella gigantea Enderlein, 1910

Gerstaeckerella gigantea Enderlein, 1910, 370; Williner & Kormilev 1958: 15 (diag.); Poivre 1978: 191 (redesc.); Penny 1977: 34 (list.); 1982a: 212 (cit.); Penny & da Costa 1983: 634 (redesc.); Ohl 2004: 152 (cat). Holotype: male, Colombia (MZPW), not studied.

Gerstaeckerella salonii Navás, 1912; Williner & Kormilev 1958: 15 (syn.).

Gerstaeckerella anchietai Navás, 1930; Penny & da Costa 1983: 637 (syn.).

Remarks. Enderlein (1910) described this species from Rio Claro (Colombia), probably from Antioquia. Penny (1982a) and Penny & da Costa (1983) indicate that the record of G. gigantea in Colombia is probably erroneous, because it is the only known outside of southern South America. Salazar (2001) reported P. hagenella as G. gigantea in Antioquia. In this paper we consider that this record must be corroborated.

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay.