armata (Wiedemann, 1830) (Fig. 81)

Sargus armatus Wiedemann, 1830: 29 . Syntype: female (ZMHB). Type locality: Brazil.

= Sargus fallenii Perty, 1833a: plate 37, fig. 1; Perty 1833b: 184 (description). Syntype: sex not stated (ZSBS). Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais, “in montibus Provinciae Minarum”. Syn. by Pimentel & Pujol-Luz (2001: 13).

= Rhapiocera picta Wulp, 1879: 9 . Holotype: female (IRSNB). Type locality: Brazil. Syn. by Pimentel & Pujol-Luz (2001: 13).

= Rhaphiocera armata var. borgmeieri Lindner, 1931: 310 . Holotype: presumed male (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Espírito Santo.

= Rhaphiocera armata var. hansae Lindner, 1931: 310 . Syntype: sex not stated (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Santa Catarina, Hansa .

= Rhaphiocera armata var. minasensis Lindner, 1931: 310 . Holotype: male (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais.

= Rhaphiocera armata var. stieglmayri Lindner, 1931: 310 . Syntypes: 6 specimens, both sexes, number of each sex not stated (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.

= Rhaphiocera armata var. transhansae Lindner, 1931: 310 . Syntype: sex not stated (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.

= Rhaphiocera armata ssp. zikani Lindner, 1935: 399 . Syntypes: 7 males (SMNS), 1 male, female (sex dubious) (unknown depository institution). Type locality: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Itatiaia, 700 m.

= Basentidema coerulescens James, 1943a: 376 . Holotype: male (AMNH). Type locality: Brazil, Nova Teutonia (= Seara), 27º11’S, 52º23’W. Syn. by Pimentel & Pujol-Luz (2001: 13).

= Rhaphiocera armata ssp. minaensis James, 1973a: 26.33. Incorrect subsequent spelling.

References. James, 1943a: 378 (in key to species, as Rhaphiocera); James, 1973a: 26.23 (cat.); Woodley, 2001: 237 (cat., as Raphiocera); Pimentel & Pujol-Luz, 2001: 12 (in key to species), 13 (redescription, figs 42–52); Woodley, 2011: 407 (cat.).

Material examined. Paraguay: 1 ♂, Guairá, General Eugenio A. [Alejandrino] Garay, Cordillera del Yvyturusu, Cerro Tres Kandu, 25º54’S 56º09’W, 260–842 msnm, 21.i.2022, B. & N. Garcete (MNHNPY; MNHNP-HX2089).

Distribution. Brazil, Paraguay (Guairá: General Eugenio Alejandrino Garay).