Adelopsis, (Portevin, 1903 a: 167)

Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (“ Latin America ”: Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), Zootaxa 4741 (1), pp. 1-114 : 55-56

P. simoni ( Portevin, 1903a: 167)

( Catops ), 1914a: 193 comb. (to Pseudonemadus ); Jeannel, 1936: 66 comb. (to Adelopsis , not stated as taxonomic change) [but see Notes 1 and 3]; Szymczakowski, 1968: 14 [but see Notes 1 and 4]; Gnaspini, 1996: 538 comb. ( holotype seen); Gnaspini & Peck, 2019: 49 ( holotype and topotypes seen).

Holotype female [a single specimen in original description, assumed as holotype] in MNHN [original description refers to [probably] Grouvelle collection; Jeannel, 1936 refers to Pic collection].

Type locality: Colonia Tovar [as “Towar” in Jeannel, 1936], [ Aragua State], Venezuela.

Distribution: Venezuela: Aragua State: known only from type locality.

Note 1: Specimens and records of Jeannel (1936: 66) BMNH ( Brazil: São Paulo) and Szymczakowski (1968: 14) MNHN ( Venezuela: Aragua: Rancho Grande) and NMPC ( Mexico: Coatepeque) actually belong to three different species (Gnaspini, 1996: 540). They refer to P. jeanneli, P. aragua, and P. coatepec ( Gnaspini & Peck, 2019: 50, 53, 54, 55).

Note 2: The record in Szymczakowski (1963: 671) (NMPC specimens, Brazil: São Paulo) was considered a misidentification of P. claudicans (Szymczakowski) [1980] in Gnaspini (1996: 540), but Gnaspini & Peck (2019: 50, 52) discuss that it may refer to a different (probably undescribed) species, but it is certainly a misidentification.

Note 3: Jeannel, 1936 Figs. 79 and 97 refered to the illustrated male as “from Venezuela ”, but he had 1 female from Venezuela and 1 male from Brazil; therefore at least Fig. 97 (if not both) refers to the male from Brazil, and not from Venezuela, as already mentioned in Szymczakowski (1968: 14). This male illustrated does not belong in P. simoni (see Note 1). It refers to P. jeanneli ( Gnaspini & Peck, 2019: 50, 55).

Note 4: Szymczakowski (1968: 14) also adds a discussion about the high variability in P. simoni, which is due to misidentification (as discussed in Gnaspini, 1996, and highlighted in the Notes above). None of the figures refers to P. simoni (see Notes 1 and 2).

Note 5: The record in Salgado, 2014a: 16 ( Peru) was considered a misidentification in Gnaspini & Peck (2019: 50). It refers to P. consuelo ( Gnaspini & Peck, 2019: 50, 55).