§ Odontolytes andamanensis W. Kozhantshikov, 1916

Odontolytes andamanensis W. Kozhantshikov 1916: 206 (Andaman Islands - LECTOTYPE)

= Phalangochaeta amazonica Petrovitz 1961: 148 (Brazil (NA)) - Stebnicka 2009a: 29 (syn. nov.)

Distribution. Brazil (NA): Petrovitz 1961: 148 (as Phalangochaeta amazonica); Stebnicka 2002a: 771 (as Auperia amazonica) (NA), 2009a: 29 (as Auperia andamanensis), 2010: 162 (as Auperia andamanensis). Other: W. Kozhantshikov 1916: 206 (Andaman Islands); A. Schmidt 1922b (not mentioned); Blackwelder 1944 (not mentioned); Stebnicka 2002a: 771 (Peru - as Auperia amazonica), 2009a: 29 (Peru, Andaman Islands - as Auperia andamanensis), 2010: 162 (Peru, Andaman Islands - designation LECTOTYPE Odontolytes andamanensis).

Note. According to Stebnicka (2009a: 29), the type specimens of Odontolytes andamanensis were either mislabeled or the species was “occasionally” [to be substituted with “accidentally”?] introduced to the Andaman Islands from South America.