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Species of Tapajosa have been studied from Bahia, Ceara, and Minas 

 Geraes in Brazil, from Venezuela, Curagao, Bolivia, and Argentina. 

 Schroder (1961a: 89) studied specimens from Uruguay. The genus 

 is related to Oncometopia, from which it can be distinguished by its 

 smaller size, its depressed lower proepimeral area, its striate scutellum, 

 its lack of pygofer processes, and its partly fused male plates. 



The type-species is to date without a type specimen. There are two 

 specimens in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, one from 

 Oaxaca, if I have read the poorly written label correcdy, the other 

 labeled North America, which is surely an error. The type locality is 

 Bahia, which is also the type locality of T. marginula (Osborn). A speci- 

 men (HNHM), determined as T. fulvopunctata (Signoret) by Melichar, 

 is conspecific with the paratype of T. marginula illustrated here. The 

 present interpretation of the identity of T. fulvopunctata is based on 

 this Melichar determination; those of T. rubromarginata (Signoret) 

 and T. similis (Melichar) are based on a study of Schroder's lectotypes; 

 that of T. doeringi (Berg), on a study of syntypes of both sexes. 



Tapajosa tucumana (Taschenberg) is placed in synonymy on the basis 

 of a study of the female ho lo type from HS. 



SPECIES OF TAPAJOSA 



[*Type not seen.] 



doeringt (Berg), 1879d:248 {Tettigonia). Argentina. New combination. 

 *Julvopunctata (Signoret), I854c:484 {Tettigonia). Venezuela, E. Brazil. 

 fulvopunctata var. concolor Melichar, 1924a:242. New synonymy. 

 marginula (Osborn), 1926b: 170 {Oncometopia}. New synonymy. 

 ocellata (Osborn), 1926b:169 {Oncometopia). Venezuela, Bolivia, SE. Brazil. 



New combination. 

 rubromarginata (Signoret), 1855d:793 {Tettigonia). N. Argentina. New com- 

 bination. 

 tucumana (Taschenberg), I884a:445 {Tettigonia). New synonymy. 

 similis (Melichzir), 1925a:365 {Cuerna). Argentina. New combination. 

 spinata, new species. Venezuela, Ecuador. 



KEY TO MALES OF TAPAJOSA 



1 . Hindwing with vein Rj^.3 entire . . . T. doeringi (Berg) (fig. 223) 

 Hindwing with vein Ri^a incomplete 2 



2. Aedeagus with processes twice-branched at base. 



T. spinata, new species 

 Aedeagus with processes not as above 3 



3. Aedeagus with processes unbranched. 



T. ocellata (Osborn) (fig. 225) 

 Aedeagus with processes branched 4 



