Ceraspis obscura Blanchard, 1850

Ceraspis obscura Blanchard 1850: 94 (French Guiana - NEOTYPE)

Distribution. Suriname: Blanchard 1850: 94; Dalla Torre 1913: 337; Blackwelder 1944: 234; Evans and Smith 2009: 218. French Guiana: Frey 1962: 50 (designation NEOTYPE Ceraspis obscura); Evans and Smith 2009: 218.

Note. Frey (1962: 50) mentions the male neotype of Ceraspis obscura from Cayenne [= French Guiana] in the BMNH, but does not indicate by whom or when it was designated. The labels on the relevant specimen in the BMNH, with collection number NHMUK013655398, make clear that he designated it himself in 1961.