Baryssinus Bates, 1864

Baryssinus Bates, 1864: 43; Thomson, 1864: 323; 1865: 354; Lacordaire, 1872: 779; Bates, 1881: 175; Martins & Monné, 1974: 325; Monné, 1985: 371 (key spp.); 1990: 263; 2005: 25 (cat.); 2012: 67.

Type-species: Baryssinus penicillatus Bates, 1864 (by subsequent designation, Thomson, 1864: 323).

The genus contains 14 species distributed from Mexico to Argentina. Here we add a new species similar to B. bicirrifer Bates, 1872 .