Acanthoscelides bahianus

Acanthoscelides bahianus (Pic, 1930). Combination confirmed. Bruchus bahianus Pic, 1930a: p. 10. From label: “ Brazil / Bahia / 1929 / Dr. G. Bondar / On wild Mimosa / 1450” [Brazil]. Syntype female deposited in the MNHN. There is a “ Holotype ” label affixed to this specimen by Kingsolver. However, the original publication does not designate a holotype nor does it indicate the number of specimens examined. Because no lectotype has been published, this must therefore be considered a syntype. Bruchus bahianus: Bondar (1936), p. 40 (distribution, host association); Pic (1938c), p. 24 (mentioned). Acanthoscelides bahianus: Blackwelder (1946), p. 758 (catalog, comb. nov.); Udayagiri & Wadhi (1989), p. 38 (catalog); Kingsolver & Silva (1991), p. 412 (catalog); Romero-Nápoles et al. (2021 a), p. 211 (catalog).