Bittacus aripuanensis
Description
Bittacus aripuanensis (Penny, 1977)
(Figs. 2a, 8b, 12a)
Neobittacus aripuanensis Penny, 1977:423; Penny & Byers, 1979b:370; Penny & Arias, 1982:271.
Bittacus aripuanensis Machado et al., 2009:31; Machado, 2018.
Holotype male, Mato Grosso: INPA (examined). Species also known from Rondônia (new record) (Fig. 12a).
Bittacus aripuanensis and B. blancheti were the two species previously placed in the genus Neobittacus, which was characterized by the large number of costal crossveins in the forewing. This character, however, is quite variable, as discussed by Machado et al. (2009), who synonymized it with Bittacus. For the same reason, Navás (1929) had synonymized Neobittacus with Thyridates. The species seems to be restricted to the southern border of the Amazon and can be easily identified by the maculation pattern of the wings and the general shape of the male epandrium.
Examined specimens. Brazil: Rondônia: Nova Mamoré, Parque Estadual Guajará-Mirim, Rio Formoso, 10 o 19’26’’S– 64 o 33’88’’W, 20–27.i.1995, luz [light], JA Rafael & AL Henriques (1♀ INPA).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- INPA
- Event date
- 1995-01-20
- Verbatim event date
- 1995-01-20/27
- Scientific name authorship
- Penny
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Mecoptera
- Family
- Bittacidae
- Genus
- Bittacus
- Species
- aripuanensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Bittacus aripuanensis (Penny, 1977) sec. Machado, Mendes & Rafael, 2018
References
- Penny, N. D. (1977) Two new species of Bittacidae (Mecoptera) from the Amazon Basin. Acta Amazonica, 7 (3), 423 - 427. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 1809 - 43921977073423
- Penny, N. D. & Byers, G. W. (1979 b) A check-list of the Mecoptera of the world. Acta Amazonica, 9 (2), 365 - 388. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / 1809 - 43921979092365
- Penny, N. D. & Arias, J. R. (1982) Notes on Amazonian Bittacidae (Mecoptera) with the descriptions of two new species. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 77 (3), 263 - 274. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 0074 - 02761982000300005
- Machado, R. J. P., Godoi, F. S. P. & Rafael, J. A. (2009) Neotropical Mecoptera (Insecta): new generic synonymies, new combinations, key to families and genera, and checklist of species. Zootaxa, 2148, 27 - 38.
- Machado, R. J. P. (2018) Bittacidae. Catalogo Taxonomico da Fauna do Brasil. PNUD. Available from: http: // fauna. jbrj. gov. br / fauna / faunadobrasil (accessed 20 February 2018)
- Navas, L. (1929) Insectos exoticos neuropteros y afines del Museo civico de Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 53, 354 - 389.