Revision of some types of the South American tribes Nycteliini, Praocini, and Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with new synonymies Author Flores, Gustavo E. text Zootaxa 2009 1985 21 33 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274647 af5f02d9-635b-453c-8706-1557b7d45435 1175-5326 274647 Nyctelia kulzeri Marcuzzi ( Fig. 19 ) Nyctelia kulzeri Marcuzzi, 1977 : 141 ; Flores 1997 : 9 (list). Diagnosis. See Marcuzzi (1977) . Discussion. Kulzer (1963) did not see the type of Nyctelia blapoides described by Fairmaire (1905) and in his redescription of this species, Kulzer (1963) based his observations on misidentified specimens that represented a new species at that time, later described by Marcuzzi (1977) as N. kulzeri without knowing that fact. Recently Flores & Carrara (2006) in describing Nyctelia nevadoensis , presented a comparative note with N. blapoides but such specimens of N. blapoides identified with the key of Kulzer (1963) really belong to N. kulzeri . Using the key of Kulzer (1963) for Nyctelia , specimens of both species N. blapoides and N. kulzeri actually key out at couplet 6(5) of the group 5 for N. blapoides . Nyctelia kulzeri has pronotum smooth, without punctures, lateral margin arcuate towards anterior, widest at base ( Fig. 19 ); elytra with terminal apophysis semicircular, with 11–13 deep, rugose, transverse grooves, lateral margin sinuate, not crenulated, marked by transverse grooves ( Fig. 19 ); on the other hand, N. blapoides exhibits pronotum with abundant, large and small punctures, lateral margin concave, widest at mid-point ( Fig. 18 ); elytra without terminal apophysis, with 7–9 shallow, almost straight, transverse grooves, lateral margin straight, crenulated, not marked by transverse grooves ( Fig. 18 ). Type material. Holotype : [Neuquén/ Pilmatué/ 12-V-64 (pro 1964)] [ Holotypus ] [ Nyctelia / kulzeri / mihi] [ Holotypus / Nyctelia / kulzeri / Marcuzzi, 1977 ] [Museo Genova/ coll. G. Marcuzzi/ (acquisto 2000)] ( MSNG ). Other material examined. ARGENTINA : Neuquén: Dto. Loncopué: Loncopué, IX-1959 , M. Gentili, (11 IADIZA , 1 MACN ), VII-1959 , J. Bertezene, 1 ( IADIZA ); Dto. Picunches: 14 km N Bajada del Agrio, 11- I-2003 , G. Flores , 3 ( IADIZA ). Distribution. Known only from a restricted area of central-western Neuquén province of Argentina , in the Patagonian biogeographic province, Payunia district ( Morrone et al ., 2002 ).