Pangaeus (Pangaeus) xanthopus Signoret

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Pangoeus [!] xanthopus Signoret, 1882: 254 .

Pangaeus uhleri xanthopus: Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 70 . Pangaeus (Pangaeus) xanthopus: Froeschner, 1960: 481 .

Material examined: 3 specimens, PI, Teresina, Jan-1953, Oliveira col., MNRJ; 1♂, BA, Paulo Afonso, Estação Ecológica do Raso da Catarina, 06-Aug-1982, Smith col., MNRJ ; 2 specimens, MT, Porto Estrela, 01-Dec-1984, Magno col., MNRJ; 2♀, Rio Paraná, “ Riacho do Herv. ”, Dec-1952, Dirings col., MCNZ; 1♀, SP, Balsamo, Seringueira, 27-Oct-1988, EC Bergmann col., UNIFESP; 1♀, Ibitinga, Seringueira, 29-Nov-1989, AM de Faria col., UNIFESP; 4♂ 4♀, RS, Cachoeirinha, 22-Dec-1980, M.H. Galileo col., MCNZ; 1♀, Porto Alegre, Ipanema, Oct-1956, M. Palova col., MCNZ ; 1♂ 2♀, Porto Alegre, Vila Assunção, 07-Feb-1965, L. Buckup col., MCNZ ; 339♂ 439♀, Santa Maria, 14-Dec-1971, D. Link col., MCNZ .

Distribution: Brazil (BA, CE, PI new rec., MT, SP new rec., PR, RS), Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina.

Remarks: Both male and female presents bicolored tibiae with the basal part lighter than the distal, which makes its identification easy within the genus. First record for RS in Brazil in Link (2003).