Eira barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:46.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Brasilia," restricted by Lönnberg (1913) to " Pernambuco."

DISTRIBUTION: Sinaloa and Tamaulipas (Mexico), south to Argentina, including: Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Surinam, and Trinidad.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix III (Honduras).

SYNONYMS: bimaculata Martinez, 1873; biologiae Thomas, 1900; brunnea Thomas, 1907; canescens Lichtenstein, 1825; gulina Schinz, 1821; ilya Hfamilton], Smith, 1842; irara J. A. Allen, 1904; kriegi Krumbiegal, 1942; leira F. Cuvier, 1849; madeirensis Lönnberg, 1913; peruana Nehring, 1886; poliocephalus Traill, 1821; senex Thomas, 1900; senilis J.A. Allen, 1913; sinuensis Humboldt, 1812; tucumana Lönnberg, 1913.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Thomas (1900) and Lönnberg (1913).