COLETINIINAE

Mendes 1 Eduardo, Luis F., Fox, G. P., Solis, Daniel R. & Bueno, Odair C., 2009, New Nicoletiidae (Zygentoma: Insecta) from Brazil living in fire-ant (Hymenoptera: Insecta) nests, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49 (34), pp. 467-475 : 468

Subfamily COLETINIINAE

* Coletinia brasiliensis Mendes & Ferreira, 2002 – BA (TB in “Toca do Morrinho” Cave) ( Mendes & Ferreira, 2002).

Subfamily CUBACUBANINAE

* Anelpistina spelaea ( Galán, 2001) – BA (TB in “Toca da Boavista” Cave) ( Galán, 2001 as Cubacubana ). See Note 3.

Subfamily NICOLETIINAE

Nicoletia phytophila Gervais, 1844 (females only) – PA ( ED) ( Picchi, 1972 as N. meinerti ). Silvestri (1912) suggested N. meinerti as a synonym for N. phytophila and Wygodzinsky (1980) (no precise data, probably the Picchi’ material from Pará) registered the presence of N. phytophila in the Brazilian Amazon, confirming Silvestri’s synonymic proposal. Also present in the rain forests of AM (unpublished data).

Subfamily SUBNICOLETIINAE

* (?) Hematelura convivens Escherich, 1906 – PA (TE – non-identified termites) ( Escherich, 1906). Species described from a single female holotype which is almost certainly lost; incomplete description lacking details puts the validity of this species in question.

Trichatelura borgmeieri Silvestri, 1933 – GO (MY – army ants: Eciton crassicorne , E. diana , E. dulcis , E. minense , E. praedator and E. sclechtendali , Dorylinae ) ( Wygodzinsky, 1943b).

Trichatelura manni (Caudell, 1925) – GO (MY – army ants: Eciton crassicorne and E. praedator , Dorylinae ) ( Wygodzinsky, 1943b).

Note 1: The validity of Nicoletia neotropicalis Silvestri, 1901 – MT ( ED) ( Silvestri, 1901b,c; Escherich, 1905) warrants investigation; the con-specificity of samples from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay recorded under this name needs to be revised (they hardly pertain to Nicoletia , and they may not even belong to Nicoletiinae ).

Note 2: Nicoletia armata Silvestri, 1901 ( ED), probably a Cubacubaninae in need of revision, was reported by Escherich (1905) to occur in Brazil: “…Silvestri fand sie in Brazilien, Uruguay und Paraguay …”. In fact, this enigmatic species was registered by Silvestri (1901b,c) from Argentina, Paraguay (Paraná) and Uruguay, but never from Brazil.

Note 3. We never studied this species but Espinasa (pers. comm.) believes that its description is incorrect and that it will be no more than Coletinia brasiliensis ; so, the correct nomenclature of these species remains debatable, as it is the real occurrence of the Cubacubaninae in Brazil.