Coeleburia pedestris Botero & Santos-Silva & Bezark 2026, comb. nov.

Coeleburia pedestris (White, 1853) comb. nov. Eburia pedestris White, 1853: 88. Remarks. White (1853) described E. pedestris based on syntypes from Honduras and Jamaica. According to Gahan (1895): “ The specimen from Jamaica (Gosse coll.), which White described as the male of pedestris, really belongs to consobrina, Duv., which may be distinguished by the structure of its antennae. ” Since then, the male syntype of E. pedestris has been considered a “ synonym ” of E. consobrina (synonymy by Gahan (1895) — see Tavakilian and Chevillotte (2025) and Monné (2024)), while the female syntype is regarded as a distinct species (E. pedestris). Gahan (1895) noted that only part of the type series belonged to E. consobrina, and, following his reasoning, there is only one male and one female syntype. It is more than evident that this was not a synonym, especially because a synonymy involves a nominal taxon, not a specimen. Without designating a lectotype for E. pedestris, it is not possible to determine which syntype (s) correspond to this name. White (1853) suggested that E. pedestris might be the same as Eburia quadrimaculata Linnaeus. If the specimen from Jamaica is designated as the lectotype, then the name might eventually be synonymized with E. consobrina or E. quadrimaculata. However, if the specimen from Honduras is designated as the lectotype, it will be necessary to determine whether the name is a junior synonym of an older species or a valid species. However, it is absolutely impossible for the male syntype to be the same as Eburia consobrina, although, apparently, it belongs to the same genus.