The publication date of one of the works by Louis Alexandre Auguste Chevrolat is corrected. New records are provided for the following species and, in some cases, also with taxonomical notes: Cosmoplatidius lycoides (Gurin-Mneville, 1844); Eburodacrys notula Gounelle, 1909; Paranyssicus conspicillatus (Erichson, 1847); Argyrodines aurivillii (Gounelle, 1905); Hemilissa cornuta Bates, 1870; Isthmiade ichneumoniformis Bates, 1870; Chevrolatella tripunctata (Chevrolat, 1863); Oxymerus basalis (Dalman, 1823); Tropidion flechtmanni Santos-Silva, Nascimento & Biffi, 2019; Atrypanius remissus (Erichson, 1847); Nyssodrysternum amparense (Melzer, 1934); Nyssodrysternum rubiginosum Monn, 1975; Aegoschema moniliferum (White, 1855); Hippopsis quinquelineata Aurivillius, 1920; Callia fulvocincta Bates, 1866; Drycothaea angustifrons (Breuning, 1943); Drycothaea anteochracea (Breuning, 1974); Allocarterica buquetii (Thomson, 1860); Aerenea sulcicollis sulcicollis Melzer, 1932; Desmiphora (Desmiphora) lenkoi (Lane, 1959); Cacostola zanoa Dillon & Dillon, 1946; Sternycha diasi Martins & Galileo, 1990; and Anobrium punctatum Galileo & Martins, 2002. Correction of the Brazilian state of the type locality or previous records of the following species is provided: Chrysoprasis hypocrita Erichson, 1847; Coccoderus longespinicornis Fuchs, 1964; Compsibidion fairmairei (Thomson, 1865); Cycnidolon obliquum Martins, 1969; Dioridium hirsutum Zajciw, 1961; Eburodacrys rubicunda Monn & Martins, 1992; Engyum aurantium Martins, 1970; Oxymerus basalis (Dalman, 1823); Pachypeza phegea Dillon & Dillon, 1945; Aerenea brunnea Thomson, 1868. A forgotten record of Poeciloxestia minuta Fragoso, 1978 is pointed out. Trachyderes variegatus Perty, 1832 is considered a junior synonym of Andraegoidus nigrofasciatus (Gory, 1831). A new species of Acanthocinini (Lamiinae), Lophopoeum paiolai sp. nov., is described from Brazil and French Guiana.