Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality. “Asia” (in error).

Distribution. Widespread in South America,known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Plt. 146A). In Brazil, recorded in all ecoregions except in Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 146A), from low to high elevations (Plt. 146B). Observed in the field in forest, gallery forest, and disturbed areas (Giraudo and Scrocchi, 2002; Frota et al., 2005; FranÇa et al., 2006; Freitas, 2008; Hartmann et al., 2009; Forlani et al., 2010).