Acanthoscelides atrosignatus

Acanthoscelides atrosignatus (Pic, 1935). Combination confirmed. Neotype designated. Bruchus atrosignatus Pic, 1935: p. 65. From label: “ Costa Rica, Farm la Caja, 8 km westl. San José; 15.IV.– 20.VI.1924. H. Schmidt leg.” (Pic, 1935, p. 65). Type(s) destroyed in World War II in Hamburg Museum.A Neotype is hereby designated for a specimen identified by Pic in the NMNH with the labels “Turrialba / Costa Rica; voir / atrosignatus / Pic; G115; det. As near / atrosignatus / by Pic / det. / J.M. Kingsolver; Not the Type. / Type probably destroyed / in Hamburg Museum / during world War 2; Acanthoscelides / (pertinax / group) / det. 74 / J.M. Kingsolver”. Acanthoscelides atrosignatus: Blackwelder (1946), p. 758 (catalog, comb. nov.); Wilcox (1975), p. 5 (catalog); Johnson & Kingsolver (1981), p. 414 (catalog); Udayagiri & Wadhi (1989), p. 36 (catalog).