R. tuberculosa Jeannel, 1957: 50, 1962: 513 (redescription); Newton, 1998: 170 (MNHN paratypes seen); Salgado, 2006: 100 (holotype seen), 2015b: 6. ? Holotype male [Note: We interpreted that the male Jeannel illustrated in figures is the holotype; he mentions 4 specimens, sex not given] in MNNC [n° 1321 (SBP, personal data)]. Type locality: Pemehue, 38º00’ S, Biobío Province, Chile. Distribution: Argentina: Río Negro (rugosa) Province; Chile: Aisén (AFN, personal data), Biobío, Cautín, Chiloé, Concepción, Llanquihue, Malleco, Maule (AFN, personal data), Ñuble, Palena (AFN, personal data), Osorno, and Valdivia (AFN, personal data) Provinces. = Topalella rugosa Hlisnikovský, 1964b: 314; Newton, 1998: 79, 170 syn. (holotype seen). Holotype male in HNHM. Type locality: El Bolsón, Río Negro Province, Argentina.

Published as part of Peck, Stewart B., Gnaspini, Pedro & Newton, Alfred F., 2020, Updated catalog and generic keys of the Leiodidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Neotropical region (" Latin America ": Mexico, the West Indies, and Central and South America), pp. 1-114 in Zootaxa 4741 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4741.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3772899