Alveostethus politus (Signoret, 1851) [Fig. 19]

Distribution. Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, and Argentina.

Distribution in Colombia. Unknown. This species was recorded for Colombia by Ruckes (1966b), but without specific locality.

Remarks. Alveostethus politus has the eyes sloping posteriorly over the humeral angles of the pronotum; ocelli in line with mid region of eyes; scutellum very smooth, with a large, piceous, discal spot and conspicuous pale brown apex.

References. Ruckes 1966b, Dellapé et al. 2015.