PROTUS QUADRIPUNCTATUS

(ROEWER, 1947) COMB. NOV.

(FIGS 30, 39)

Paraprotus quadripunctatus Roewer, 1947: 32, pl. 12, fig. 105.

Type data: Syntypes: Brazil. Amazonas: Manaus [–2.978°, –60.1435°], 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (SMF RII 1489 /7a–b, examined by photograph) .

Diagnosis: DS beta-type, lenticular in lateral view higher at areas II – III (Fig. 39C). May be differentiated from other Protus by having 10 coloured tubercles in lateral coxa IV near DS (Fig. 39B–D).

Distribution: Only known from the type locality. Uatuma-Trombetas moist forest ecoregion in the Amazonas State of Brazil.