Palaeosepsioides erythromyrmus ( Silva, 1991 )

Silva, Vera C. & Pollet, Marc, 2020, The Sepsidae of the Mitaraka expedition, French Guiana (Diptera), Zoosystema 42 (14), pp. 195-205 : 201

Palaeosepsioides erythromyrmus ( Silva, 1991)

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Palaeosepsis erythromyrmus Silva, 1991: 370 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — French Guiana • 1 ♂, 2 ♀; Mitaraka , MIT-DZ; 02°14’01.8”N, 54°27’01.0”W; 306 m a.s.l.; tropical most forest (different sites) near DZ; 6-10.III.2015; FIT; Julien Touroult & Eddy Poirier leg.; FR-GU/ Mitaraka /2015; sample code MITA- RAKA/198 ; MNHN • 1♀; MIT-DZ; 02°14’01.8”N, 54°27’01.0”W; 306 m a.s.l.; 6.III.2015; FIT; Julien Touroult & Eddy Poirier leg.; FR-GU/ Mitaraka /2015; sample code MITARAKA/216; MNHN • 2 ♀; MIT-DZ; 02°14’01.8”N, 54°27’01.0”W; 306 m a.s.l.; tropical moist forest (plateau-slope – cleared); 6.III.2015; FIT; Julien Touroult & Eddy Poirier leg.; FR-GU/ Mitaraka /2015; sample code MITARAKA/220; MNHN .

UPDATED DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil (Amapá, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima), French Guiana, Venezuela.

REMARKS

The record of this species from Rio de Janeiro listed by Ozerov (2005) is considered erroneous. Silva (1991) recorded the species from Roraima, a record that was not cited by Ozerov (2005), but not from Rio de Janeiro. Obviously, Ozerov (2005) mixed up both Brazilian provinces.

New to French Guiana.

Figures

FIG. 1. — A, Archisepsis armata (Schiner, 1868); B, Archisepsis diversiformis (Ozerov, 1993); C, Meropliosepsis sexsetosa Duda, 1926; D, Microsepsis armillata (Melander & Spuler,1917);E, Microsepsis furcata (Melander & Spuler,1917);F, Microsepsis mitis (Curran,1927); G, Palaeosepsioides erythromyrmus (Silva, 1991); H, Palaeosepsis dentata (Becker, 1919). Scale bars: 1 mm. All pictures are retrieved from Sepsidnet 2013.