Corydalus affinis Burmeister, 1839

Andrade, Iury Cesar Pires De, Fernandes, André Silva & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2020, The Megaloptera (Insecta) of Tocantins State, Brazil, Zootaxa 4816 (1), pp. 144-148 : 144-145

Corydalus affinis Burmeister, 1839

Fig. 2 A–E

Diagnosis, male. Head moderately pale yellowish brown, unpatterned, with subtle brown postocular band ( Fig. 2A, E ). Mandibles elongate, dark reddish-brown ( Fig. 2A ). Antennae filiform, slender, dark brownish to black ( Fig. 2A ). Genitalia slightly sclerotized; tergite IX short and almost 2X wider posteriorly; tergite X and gonostyli IX long and slender, densely covered with hair and subequal in shape and length ( Fig. 2 C–D). Female. Morphologically similar to the male, except for the shorter mandibles ( Fig. 2B ) and genital characters. Mandibles dark reddish-brown, with three oblique, subequal pre-apical teeth ( Fig. 2B ).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Tocantins, Pium, Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu , 09°58ʹ44.4ʺ S, 50°02ʹ13.1ʺ W, 10- 12.xii.2015, leg. Krolow, T . K. & Equipe (4 ♀, 1♂ CEUFT); idem, 01- 02.xi.2016, Krolow, leg. T . K. & Equipe (1♀ CEUFT); Nova Rosalândia , 10°32’18.2” S, 48°59’28.2” W, 08.xi.2003, leg. Sousa, A.W. (1♀ CEUFT) .

Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil: Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rondônia, Tocantins; Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela ( Ardila-Camacho & Contreras-Ramos 2018; Rafael & Câmara 2020).

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FIGURE 2. Megaloptera from Tocantins State, Brazil. Corydalus affinis (A–E): A, male habitus; B, female habitus; C, male genitalia (dorsal view); D, male genitalia (ventral view); E, male frons. C. batesii (F–J): F, male habitus; G, female habitus; H, male genitalia (dorsal view); I, male genitalia (ventral view); J, male frons. C. diasi (K–O): K, male habitus; L, female habitus; M, male genitalia (dorsal view); N, male genitalia (ventral view); O, male frons. Chloronia hieroglyphica (P–R): P, male habitus; Q, male genitalia (dorsal view); R, male genitalia (ventral view).