Copobaenus tristis Fairmaire et Germain, 1863 (Fig. 2) The specimens figured by Telnov & Degiovanni (2021: 122 figs 46–54) in fact represent two species, T. tristis (figs 48–49 of the mentioned paper) and a species new to science described herein (figs 46–47 & 50–54 of the same paper). The aedeagus as figured by Telnov & Degiovanni (2021: 122 figs 50–51) does not correspond with that of the lectotype of C. tristis as figured by Abdullah (1969: 337 fig. 16). Type material examined. Lectotype ♂ MNHN: 273 ♂ [handwritten] // Chili Germain [handwritten, label greenish] // CHILI Copobaenus tristis. [handwritten] // HOLOLECTOTYPE Copobaenus ♂ tristis Fairmaire + Germain, 1863 [handwritten]. Additional material. 2 specimens DTC: CHILE:Malleco 17kmWAngol, 800m 8.XII.84-16.II.85 S&JPeck,FIT mixedNothofagus // Copobaenus tristis det. D.S.Chandler; 7 specimens MZUF & 1 specimen DTC: CHILE, prov. Arauco, P.N. Nahuelbuta, Pichinahual, 1200m, 22-Nov-2004, leg. J.E. Barriga T., fogging, s/ N. dombeyi, 1200 m, 37°47’S 73°00’ W // Coleccion J.E. BARRIGA CHILE 137484 // Copobaenus tristis Fairm & Germ Det.J.E. Barriga Tuñon 2008 // Coll. ANGELINI Num. mag. 2957 (this material already quoted in Telnov & Degiovanni 2021: 145).

Published as part of Telnov, Dmitry, 2024, On the taxonomy of some South American and Australo-Pacific Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 (Coleoptera) with new subfamily and tribe-rank synonymies, pp. 401-424 in Zootaxa 5501 (3) on pages 406-408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13628165