Gorybia apatheia Martins, 1976

(Fig. 31–35)

Gorybia apatheia Martins 1976: 355; Monné 1993: 32 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 64 (checklist); Martins 2003: 166; Monné 2005: 434 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 111 (checklist); Monné et al. 2010: 242 (distr.); Monné et al. 2017: 31 (holotype); Monné 2018: 639 (cat.).

Gorybia maculosa Martins 1976: 353; Monné 1993: 33 (cat.); Monné and Giesbert 1994: 65 (checklist); Martins 2003: 175; Monné 2005: 435 (cat.); Monné and Hovore 2006: 111 (checklist); Lingafelter et al. 2014: 94 (holotype); Monné 2018: 641 (cat.). Syn. nov.

Discussion. Martins (1976) described G. maculosa (Fig. 35) based on a single male from Paraguay, and G. apatheia (Fig. 31–34) based on 46 specimens (males and females) from Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) in the same publication, and thus have the same priority. According to him, they differ as follows (translated): “Elytral drawing, and sexual punctation differ it [ G. apatheia] from G. maculosa .” Still according to him, the pronotum in G. apatheia has the anterolateral areas microsculptured, fine and very densely punctate, while in G. maculosa, it does not have sexual punctation. However, based on the antennal length of the holotype of G. maculosa, the specimen is a female, and not a male. Furthermore, the drawing of G. apatheia figured in Martins (1976, 2003) does not represent that species.

Based on the absence of differences, we place G. maculosa as a synonym of G. apatheia . We chose G. apatheia as the valid name, because both sexes are well represented in the type series.

Material examined. Type series deposited at MZSP . BRAZIL, Minas Gerais: Mar de Espanha, 1 paratype male, 28.XII.1928, J.F. Zikán col. Espírito Santo: Linhares, 2 paratypes male, X.1972, P.C. Elias col .; 1 paratype male, XI.1972, P.C. Elias col.; 1 paratype female, XII.1967, B. Silva col .; 1 partype male, XI.1967, F.M. Oliveira col . Rio de Janeiro: Represa Rio Grande, 2 paratypes male, 15.X.1960, F.M. Oliveira col; 1 paratype male, XII.1960, F.M. Oliveira col.; 1 paratype female, XI.1960, F.M. Oliveira col. São Paulo: Ilha dos Búzios, holotype male, 1 paratype male, 1 paratype female, 15.X-4.XI.1963, Expedição Departamento de Zoologia col .; Amparo, 1 paratype female, 1925, no other data; 2 paratypes male, no other data; Barueri, 1 paratype female, XII.1966, K. Lenko col .; Itú ( Fazenda Pau d’Alho), 1 paratype male, 28–29.X.1965, Martins and Biasi col.