Mesosmittia truncata Saether, 1985

Saether, 1985: 51 [Panama; holotype in British Museum of Natural History, Type no.: BM 1979-125]; Spies & Reiss (1996: 77), Ashe & O’Connor (2012: 371).

Material recorded. Panama, Colon, Canal Zone, 1 male (holotype), 2–14 July 1979, canopy fogging, leg E. Broadhead et al. (Saether 1985) .

Distribution in Neotropics. Panama.

Note. Based on material collected in Zuruquí, Costa Rica, Epler (2017) could not separate Mesosmittia truncata from M. patrihortae Saether, 1986 and considered M. truncata to be a junior synonym of M. patrihortae .