Pseudoscotaena polistoides (Turner)

(Figs 76–79, 125, 130)

Scotaena polistoides ( Thynnus polistoides, Burmeister) Turner, 1910b: 182–183. BRAZIL: Paraná, 1♂ and 1♀ in copula, december (Burmeister) (MfN, NHM–UK–UK); PARAGUAY: Asunción, 6♂ (Anisits) (MfN, NHM–UK); San Bernardino, 1♂ and 1♀ (Fiebrig) (MfN, NHM–UK).

Elaphroptera diodon . Bréthes, 1910: 221–222.

Scotaena polistoides . Kimsey, 1992: 134. Kimsey & Brown, 1993: 323, Lectotype design, 1♂, PARAGUAY : Asunción (NHM – UK); Paralectotypes: Asunción and San Bernardino, Paraguay, 2♂ and 2♀ (MfN, NHM –UK). Kimsey, 2004a: 511. Carnimeo et al, 2017: 255.

Distribution. Pseudoscotaena polistoides also seem to be an abundant species, being recorded from regions of Chaco, Pantanal and Atlantic Forest. The known localities registered are: Paraná, Brazil (NHM– UK, MfN, MACN). Asunción, Paraguay (NHM– UK, MfN). San Bernardino, Paraguay (NHM– UK, MfN). Villa Monte, Bolivia; Uruguai (MfN). Paraguay (AMNH). Fazenda Rio Grande, Cajuru, São Paulo, Brazil; Parque Estadual de Vila Velha, Paraná, Brazil; 12km SE from Jaíba, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Estação Ecológica de Jataí, Luís Antônio, São Paulo, Brazil; Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (DZUP). Salgadeira, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil (CEMT). Fazenda Floresta, Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso, Brazil (MZUSP). Macaubal, São Paulo, Brazil; Magda, São Paulo, Brazil; Planalto, São Paulo, Brazil (DZSJRP).

Discussion. The type specimen was labelled by Burmeister as Thynnus polistoides, but no description was published. Turner (1910b) then described the species in Scotaena, carrying polistoides as a manuscript name.