Portelmis gurneyi Spangler, 1980

(Figs. 8; 9; 15; 16; 17)

Portelmis gurneyi Spangler, 1980: 63 .

Diagnosis. Pronotum with sublateral carinae extending until the basal 1/6; pronotal surface without distinct granules. Prosternal process with apex wider than middle; lateral margin convex; apex rounded. Disc of ventrite I densely punctate, without granules. Disc of metasternum with median longitudinal impression extending from posterior to anterior margin. Male genitalia, in ventral view, with short parameres (less than 1/ 2 the length of median lobe), apex rounded; median lobe elongate and abruptly widened in the apical 1/2, apex acute (Spangler, 1980).

Material examined. BRAZIL: Amazonas: Coari municipality, Igarapé Marta Stream, 4°49’38”S, 65°1’55”W, 21/IV/2007, R. L. Ferreira-Keppler leg., 2 males, 2 females (INPA); same data, 1 male, 1 female (DZRJ).

Distribution: This species was previously known only from Ecuador, localities 3 and 4 (Fig. 1). In this study we extend its distributional range to Central Amazonia (Brazil), locality 5 on the map (Fig. 1). Habitat. Specimens of P. gurneyi were collected in the kinon, together with P. kinonatilis sp. nov.