Ploeogaster gesana Kirkaldy, 1909

(Fig. 51)

Ploeogaster gesana was a new specific name given by Kirkaldy (1909) to replace Reduvius geniculatus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825, which was preoccupied by Reduvius geniculatus Latreille, 1811 (currently, Panstrongylus geniculatus, Triatominae). In the original description by Lepeletier & Serville (1825), the species was recorded from “Amérique méridionale” [= South America]. Further authors repeated this record (e.g. Amyot & Serville 1843, Stål 1872, Lethierry & Severin 1896; Wygodzinsky 1949 as South America), without providing a more specific location (Maldonado 1990). The present record of the species from French Guiana therefore represents a new country record (Fig. 51).

Material examined. FRENCH GUIANA, Sinnamary, PK 90, 8.xii.1996, attracted by light, leg. H. Gaspard, 2 males (MNRJ) .