Amblycerus atripes

Amblycerus atripes (Pic, 1927). Combination confirmed. Spermophagus atripes Pic, 1927b: p. 13. From labels: “Itaituba / Amazonas” [Brazil]. Male syntype deposited in the MNHN. Kingsolver has affixed a label to the specimen with the following: “This specimen cannot be type of S. atripes Pic; description & locality do not fit. Nov. 1975. J.M. Kingsolver". However, Pic has affixed a type label to this specimen and the locality in the description (Pic, 1927) is simply "Am. méridionale" and is therefore not very specific. There is no head on the specimen so it is impossible to examine the red coloration of the antennae and the head specified. But the black scutellum and black legs both agree with the description. The length is different but given Pic's sloppiness it is likely that he eye-balled this. Amblycerus atripes: Blackwelder (1946), p. 762 (catalog, comb. nov.); Wilcox (1975), p. 1 (catalog); Johnson & Kingsolver (1981), p. 410 (catalog); Udayagiri & Wadhi (1989), p. 7 (catalog); Turnbow et al. (2003), p. 277 (mentioned).