Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) peruanum Paulian, 1938

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Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) peruanum Paulian, 1938 Plate 22D

Deltochilum (Deltochilum) peruanum Paulian, 1939: 2 (original description. Type locality: Pérou [= Peru], Pozuzo-Chanchamayo, Amazones).

Deltochilum (s. str.) peruanum : Paulian 1938: 271 (characters in the key); Balthasar 1941: 345 (cited for Peru); Balthasar 1951: 330 (cited for Peru).

Deltochilum peruanum : Blackwelder 1944: 203 (list of species from Latin America); Krajcik 2012: 88 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru).

Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) peruanum : Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 657 (catalog of species, distribution); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 559 (characters in key); Génier 2001: 2 (comment); Carvajal et al. 2011: 316 (cited for Ecuador); Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 367 (catalog of type NMPC); Chamorro et al. 2018: 94 (cited for Ecuador).

Deltochilum (s. str.) laevigatum Balthasar, 1939f: 7 (original description); Balthasar 1941: 345 (cited for Peru); Balthasar 1951: 330 (cited for Peru); Bezdek and Hajek 2011: 367 (catalog of the types of the NMPC).

Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) laevigatum : Vulcano and Pereira 1964: 656 (catalog of species, distribution); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 558 (characters in key).

Deltochilum laevigatum : Blackwelder 1944: 203 (list of species from Latin America); Génier 2001: 2 (synonym of Deltochilum peruanum Paulian, 1939).

Type specimens.

Deltochilum (Deltochilum) peruanum Paulian, 1938. The lectotype (sex unknown) is deposited at the MNHN. Locality: Chanchamayo Peru, examined.

Lectotype (sex unknown): "Chanchamayo [hw]", “Ex-Musæo / D. Sharp 1890 [p, black margin]", "R. Paulian / Vidit [p, black margin]", "D. peruanum n. sp / Type [hw]", “MUSÉUM PARIS / 1952 / coll. R. Oberthur [p]", "MNHN / EC2492 [p, black margin]", "LECTOTYPE [p, red label]", "DELTOCHILUM / PERUANUM / PAULIAN / LECTOTYPE / Dés. F. Génier, 2000 [p and hw, black margin]".

Deltochilum (s. str.) laevigatum Balthasar, 1939. The lectotype (♂) and one paralectotype are deposited at the NMPC. Locality: Peru Chanchamayo, examined.

Lectotype (♂): "O. PERU / Chanchamayo / 1000 m [p]", "Kolbe determ. / Deltochilum / laevigatum / cotype Kolbe [p and hw]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "laevigatum / m. [hw, green label, black margin]", "1321 / Dok. L Menci, 2001 [p, green label]", "Senckenberg / Museum [p]", "LECTOTYPE [p, red label black margin]", "DELTOCHILUM ♂ / LAEVIGATUM / BALTHASAR / LECTOTYPE [hw] / Des. F. Génier 2000 [p and hw]".

Paralectotype (♀): "Mera / Ecuador [p]", "Typus [p, red label, black margin]", "PARALECTOTYPE [p, yellow label]", "DELTOCHILUM ♀ / LAEVIGATUM / BALTHASAR / Det. F. Génier, 2000 [p and hw]'.

Distribution.

Ecuador and Peru.

Records examined.

PASTAZA: Mera (1 specimen NMPC).

Literature records.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Macas ( Balthasar 1939f: 8; Paulian 1939: 3).

Temporal data.

It is not known when this species was collected.

Remarks.

Inhabits the foothill evergreen forests in the Amazon. The collection method is unknown.