Membracis flavofasciata Sakakibara

Membracis flavofasciata Sakakibara 1971a: 142, Figs. 3,7 [line drawings: lateral view, male genitalia]. Membracis celsa Walker; Sakakibara, 1992a: 93 [= Membracis flavodorsata Sakakibara, new synonymy]; Sakakibara and Evangelista, 2010a: 2140.

2 female paratypes from BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: “ STA. VITÓRIA \ MG. II-1970 \ F.M. Oliveira ”, “[red label, Sakakibara’s handwriting] PARATYPUS \ Membracis \ flavofasciata \ A. M. Sakakibara 19 71 ”. First female: pinned through right side of body, right pro- and mesothoracic leg broken distal to coxa, right metathoracic leg missing; left metathoracic leg broken distal to trochanter; tip of pronotum broken, lacking distal tip of posterior process. Second female: pinned through right side of body, left mesothoracic leg broken distal to femur, left metathoracic leg partially detached at trochanter, lacking tarsomeres.

Female paratype from BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Ibiá, “IBIÁ – MG \ BR – 11-X -1965 \ C[laudionor]. Elias leg.”, “[red label, Sakakibara’s handwriting] PARATYPUS \ Membracis \ flavofasciata \ A. M. Sakakibara 19 71 ”. Pinned through right side of body, in excellent state of preservation.

Remarks. One female paratype was subsequently donated to MZSP by Dr. A. M. Sakakibara.