Berecynthus hastator (Fabricius, 1798) [Fig. 58]

Distribution. Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Surinam, Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.

Distribution in Colombia. Amazonas, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cesar, Cundinamarca, Meta, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca.

Remarks. Berecynthus is a monotypic genus. Grazia & Hildebrand (1982) cited in the examined material six specimens deposited in AMNH (3 males and 3 females) from “ Magdalena ” but the specific localities (Valledupar, Curumani, and Becerril) correspond to the Cesar department.

References. Grazia & Hildebrand 1982; Silva et al. 2018; Dellapé 2021b.

Examined material. COLOMBIA: 1♀, Caldas, La Dorada, 23 iii 1970, C. Riveros / ICN _055825 (ICN); 1♀, Caquetá, Florencia, 26 i 1969, J. Norato / ICN _055778 (ICN); 1♂, Casanare, Orocué, 7 v 1974, M.L. Bueno / ICN _055779 (ICN); 4♂, 4♀, Cundinamarca, Fusagasugá, 10 vi 1974, J. Cogua / ICN _ 055780 (ICN); Guaduas, 3 xii 1972, G. Emira / ICN _ 055769 (ICN); Sasaima, 6 iii 1976, C. Córdoba / ICN _ 055758 (ICN); Tocaima, 30 vi 1972, Jimenez Ronetta / ICN _ 055759 (ICN); 24 x 1970, Rubby G.M. / ICN _055785 / ICN_ 055831 (ICN); Tolemaida, La Naranjala, 28 v 1968, G. Aguirre / ICN _ 055823 (ICN); Villeta, 799 m, 16 vi 1976, R . M. Gómez / ICN _055822 (ICN); 6♂, 8♀, Meta, Puerto López, Alto Menegua, 288 m, 10 iv 1984, E. Aya / ICN _055774 / ICN_ 055776 (ICN); Vereda Menegua, 280 m, 12 iv 1984, R . Restrepo / ICN _055757 / ICN_ 055782 (ICN); Vda. Menegua, 288 m, 17 iv 1984, R . Restrepo / ICN _ 055775 (ICN); 290 m, 1 iv 1984, M. Fergusson / ICN _ 055773 (ICN); 16 iv 1984, E. Cárdenas / ICN _ 055770 (ICN); P. Lasso / ICN _ 055772 (ICN); 17 iv 1984, L. Salazar / ICN _055768 (ICN); R. Pardo / ICN _ 055781 (ICN); Vereda la Balsa, Hda. Mozambique. 230 m, 29 vii 1983, A. Becerra / ICN _ 055783 (ICN); Villavicencio, 11 x 1970, C. Princo / ICN _ 055824 (ICN); 27 xi 1970, P. Rodríguez / ICN _ 055784 (ICN); Km 8 entre Villavicencio y Restrepo, 510 m, 11 ix 1976, N. Pinzón / ICN _055777 (ICN); 1♂, Tolima, Nilo, 22 vii 1972, G. Hurtado / ICN _055767 (ICN).