Octostruma balzani

Distribution
This taxon was described from Bolivia. It is also found in Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Suriname, Paraguay, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 *  balzani. Rhopalothrix balzani Emery, 1894c: 217, pl. 1, fig. 10 (w.q.) BOLIVIA. Combination in Octostruma: Brown, 1949f: 92. Senior synonym of barberi, equilatera, lutzi: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194; of amrishi: Bolton, Sosa-Calvo, et al. 2008: 62..
 * lutzi. Rhopalothrix (Octostruma) lutzi Wheeler, W.M. 1913d: 241 (w.q.) DOMINICA. Combination in Octostruma: Brown, 1949f: 92. Junior synonym of balzani: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194.
 * barberi. Rhopalothrix (Octostruma) barberi Mann, 1922: 42 (w.) GUATEMALA. Combination in Octostruma: Brown, 1949f: 92. Junior synonym of balzani: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194.
 * equilatera. Rhopalothrix (Octostruma) equilatera Weber, 1934a: 52, fig. 10 (w.) NICARAGUA. Combination in Octostruma: Brown, 1949f: 92. Junior synonym of balzani: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194.
 * amrishi. Pyramica amrishi Makhan, 2007a: 1, figs. 1, 2 (w.) SURINAM. Combination in Octostruma: Bolton, Sosa-Calvo, et al. 2008: 62. Junior synonym of balzani: Bolton, Sosa-Calvo, et al. 2008: 62.