Despirus

Despirus
Despirus parvulus (Roewer, 1927), male from Floresta da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Photo (c) AB Kury.
Suborder	Laniatores
Superfamily	Gonyleptoidea
Family	Gonyleptidae
Subfamily	Mitobatinae

Despirus Roewer, 1929 is a monotypic genus of Mitobatinae from SE Brazil.

Taxonomy

• Despirus Roewer 1929: 269; Mello-Leitão 1932: 224; Mello-Leitão 1935a: 29; Mello-Leitão 1937a: 287 [junior subjective synonym of Discocyrtoides Mello-Leitão, 1923 by B. Soares (1943c: 225); synonymy disclaimed by Mello-Leitão (1949: 22); type species: Discocyrtus parvulus Roewer, 1927a, by monotypy].
• Ibarroides Mello-Leitão 1932: 223; B. Soares 1944i: 167 [= Discocyrtoides Mello-Leitão, 1923]; Mello-Leitão 1949: 22 (revalidated) [junior subjective synonym of Despirus Roewer, 1929 by Kury (2003a); type species: Ibarroides minutus Mello-Leitão, 1932, by original designation].
• Discocyrtoides [part]: B. Soares 1943c: 225.
• Segadasius Mello-Leitão 1949: 23; Kury 1994c: 352 [junior subjective synonym of Despirus Roewer, 1929 by Kury (2003a); type species: Segadasius monticola Mello-Leitão, 1949, by original designation].

Included species

Despirus parvulus (Roewer, 1927)

Formerly included species

• Despirus ustus Mello-Leitão 1937a: 287, fig. 9 = Discocyrtoides nigricans (Mello-Leitão, 1922).
• Despirus piracicabensis Piza 1938b: 121, fig. 7 = Discocyrtoides nigricans (Mello-Leitão, 1922).
• Despirus montanus Mello-Leitão 1941c: 439 = Encheiridium montanum (Mello-Leitão, 1941).
• Despirus ruschii Mello-Leitão 1942a: 159 = Encheiridium ruschii (Mello-Leitão, 1942).
• Despirus heliacus B. Soares 1942: 2, fig. 1 = Longiperna concolor (Mello-Leitão, 1923).
• Despirus zonatus Mello-Leitão 1935a: 29, fig. 22 = Longiperna concolor (Mello-Leitão, 1923).