Neoathyreus (Neoathyreus) lanuginosus (Klug, 1845)

Athyreus lanuginosus Klug 1845: 28 (Colombia - LECTOTYPE)

Distribution. Suriname: MHCN - NEW COUNTRY RECORD (Suriname, Sipaliwini, Puketi, (4°07′30″N, 54°37′30″W). 16/ 21-VII-2013. A. J. Hielkema. In FIT in forest.); NZCS. French Guiana: Howden 1985: 58; Boilly 2011b: 30; Brûlé et al. 2011a: 183, 2014: 174; MHCN. Brazil (NA): Klug 1845: 28 (as Athyreus lanuginosus); Howden 1985: 58 (NA). Venezuela (EO): Howden 1985: 58 (EO). Other: Klug 1845: 28 (Colombia - as Athyreus lanuginosus); Howden 1985: 58 (Argentina, Bolivia, Nov. Valencia [= Colombia] - designation LECTOTYPE Athyreus lanuginosus, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru); Boilly 2011b: 30 (Argentina, Mexico).

Note. In Boucomont (1912: 5) and Blackwelder (1944: 219), the present species Neoathyreus lanuginosus is treated as a synonym of Athyreus excavatus (now Neoathyreus excavatus). The records are mentioned in the treatment of N. excavatus .