Amazunculus sp.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Guyane. 1 ♀, Mitaraka, different sites nr base camp and along trails, tropical moist forest (different sites), 1-6.III.2015, SLAM, leg. Julien Touroult & Eddy Poirier, sample code: MITARAKA/195, MNHN .

REMARKS

Amazunculus specimens can only be morphologically identified to species level when male specimens are present in the samples. They are not common and few species are known, mainly from the Amazon Basin. The genus is recorded from French Guiana for the first time.