Ptericoptus caudalis Bates 1880

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Ptericoptus caudalis Bates, 1880: 111; 1885: 345; Aurivillius, 1922: 295 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1946: 598 (checklist); Breuning, 1960: 177 (cat.); 1971: 273; Chemsak et al., 1992: 116 (checklist); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 189 (checklist); Monné, 1994: 18 (cat.); Noguera & Chemsak, 1996: 404 (distr.); Turnbow et al., 2003: 22 (distr.); Monné, 2005: 307 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 228 (checklist); Hovore, 2006: 375 (distr.); Monné, 2018: 416 (cat.); Bezark, 2019: 263 (checklist).

Pterocoptus caudalis; Lameere, 1883: 61 (cat.).

Ptericoptus caudalis m. griseotarsalis Breuning, 1971: 274.

Bates (1880) described P. caudalis based on a single male from Guatemala (Escuintla). Bates (1885) recorded the species from Mexico (Vera Cruz), and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango and Suchitepéquez. Turnbow et al. (2003) listed the species from Honduras.

Material examined. MEXICO, Nayarit (New state record): El Venado (50 m), 1 female, 20.VII.1998, G. Nogueira col. (DHCO) .