Bittacus angrensis Souza Lopes & Mangabeira, 1942

Machado, Renato Jose Pires, Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello & Rafael, José Albertino, 2018, The genus Bittacus Latreille (Insecta: Mecoptera) in Brazil: key to species, distribution maps, new synonym, and three new species, Zootaxa 4526 (3), pp. 303-330 : 304-305

Bittacus angrensis Souza Lopes & Mangabeira, 1942

( Figs. 1a , 8a , 12a )

Bittacus angrensis: Souza Lopes & Mangabeira, 1942:336 ; Penny & Byers, 1979b:367; Machado et al., 2009:36; Machado, 2018. Thyridates angrensis: Willmann, 1983:50 , Collucci & Amorim, 2000:7.

Holotype male: MNRJ (examined). Probably destroyed in the fire of 2.ix.2018. Species also known from: Paraná (new record), Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo (new record) ( Fig. 12a ).

Bittacus angrensis , B. brunipennis and B. geniculatus form the group of Brazilian species with the apical region of the forewing falcate, referred to as “group angrensis ” by Collucci & Amorim (2000). The relationship between B. angrensis and B. brunipennis needs further investigation; they are very similar and males of the latter are still unknown.

Examined specimens. Brazil: Paraná: São Luiz do Purunã , 950 m, 28.x.1986, Mielke & Casagrande (1♀ INPA) ; São Paulo: Salesópolis, Estação Biológica Boracéia , 23.6543 o S 45.8896 o W, 885m, 26.xi.2008, Grossi, Parizotto, Fernandes & Paladini (1♂ INPA) .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Bittacus adult habitus images. a) B. angrensis; b) B. brasiliensis, lectotype; c) B. flavescens, holotype; d) B. geniculatus, holotype. Scale bars = 1 mm. Type specimen photos provided by Michael Ohl (ZMHB).

FIGURE 8. Brazilian Bittacus male epandria, dorsal view. a) B. angrensis; b) B. aripuanensis; c) B. blancheti; d) B. boraceiensis; e) B. brasiliensis; f) B. cruzi sp. n.; g) B. diversinervis; h) B. femoralis; i) B. ferreirai sp. n.; j) B. flavescens; k) B. froehlichi; l) B. genicutalus; m) B. latreillei; n) B. maculosus; o) B. omega; p) B. pintoi; q) B. varzeanus sp. n.

FIGURE 12. Distribution records of Bittacus species in Brazil. a) B. angrensis, B. aripuanensis, B. blancheti, B. brasiliensis, B. brunipennis; b) B. boraceiensis, B. cruzi sp. n., B. diversinervis, B. femoralis; c) B. ferreirai sp. n., B. flavescens, B. froehlichi, B. latreillei; d) B. maculosus, B. omega, B. pintoi, B. varzeanus sp. n. Bittacus geniculatus is not represented because of its imprecise location.