Abstract
In this contribution to the subfamily Pseudophyllinae in the Neotropics, we focus on reviewing the status of the genus Dasyscelidius and its three species. After this revision, the genus remains monotypic, including only Dasyscelidius atrifrons (type species), adjusting the diagnosis, limiting it to the characteristics of the only known species for the genus. D. atrifrons, is recorded for the Bogotá Savanna, previously in its original description its locality was only Colombia, without additional data on this species in other later contributions. Dasyscelidius brasiliensis is placed into the new genus Pepumiri n. gen., which is similar to Pleminia, including only Pepumiri brasiliensis n. comb., from the middle and highland plateaus of the Brazilian Cerrado. Dasyscelidius minimus is designated as nomen dubium, since the only type specimen is lost, and its original description or later data are very poor and do not allow a good identification. Finally, this contribution contributes to the differentiation between brachypterous taxa of the tribes Pleminiini and Platyphyllini, which in several cases may be similar and difficult to place in each tribe.
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