Pseudovates peruviana ( Rehn, 1911 )

Rivera, Julio & Vergara-Cobián, Clorinda, 2017, A checklist of the praying mantises of Peru: new records, one new genus (Piscomantis gen. n.) and biogeographic remarks (Insecta, Mantodea), Zootaxa 4337 (3), pp. 361-389 : 379-380

63. Pseudovates peruviana ( Rehn, 1911) [AN, LA, LI, LL, PI, TU]

Vates peruviana Rehn, 1911

= Phyllovates brevicollis Orofino, Ippolito & Lombardo, 2006 (n. syn.)

Type locality. Rehn (1911): “Despoblado, N. Peru” (= Morropón, in Piura sensu Rivera, 2001).

Examined material. ANCASH : 1 ♂, Casma, Yaután, VII.2000 (C. Rodríguez leg.) ( UNALM). LA LIBERTAD : 1 ♀, Moche, 11.VII.1996 (R. Castillo leg.) (UNALM); 1 ♂, Trujillo, 18.II.1996 (J. Nina leg.) ( UNALM) ; 1 ♀, 8.IX.1993 (J. Amaya leg.) (UNALM), 1 ♀, 26.VII.1979 (C. Vergara leg.) ( UNALM). LAMBAYEQUE : 1 ♂, Lambayeque, 19.VIII.1987 (M. Bravo leg.) ( UNALM) ; 1 ♂, Lambayeque, 5.VIII.1983 (E. Deza leg) ( UNALM) ; 1 ♂, Lambayeque, 29.X.1982 (O. Córdova leg.) ( UNALM) ; 1 ♀, Mochumí, 4.VII.1968 (D. Ojeda leg.) (UNALM); 2 ♂, Chiclayo, Cayaltí (on bushes) 10.VII.1967 (D. Sánchez leg.) ( UNPRG). LIMA : 1 ♂, Canta, Santa Rosa de Quives, 28.XI.2005 (I. Deustua leg.) (UNALM); Chosica, 1 ♂, 7.XII.1963 (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); 1 ♂, Chosica 1964 (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); 1 ♂, Chosica, 15.IV.1964 (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); 1 ♀, Chosica, 5.III.1964 (at light) (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); Chosica, 1 ♀ 15.II.1964 (at light) (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); 1 ♀, Huarochirí, [San Jerónimo de] Surco [2000 m], 5.IV.1978 (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM). PIURA: 1 ♂ (HOLOTYPE) “Despoblado, N. Peru” (ANSP); 1 ♀, Valle de los Incas (on a branch of a tree known as ¨algarrobo¨: Prosopis sp), 2.X.2001 (J. Rivera leg.) (UNALM); 1 ♂, Sullana, Coto de Caza “ El Angolo ”, Sauce Grande, dentro de vivienda (at light), 500 m., en Bosque Seco [dry forest], 9-10. VIII.2002 (J. Chumpitaz leg.) ( UNALM). TUMBES : 1 ♀, Tumbes, Campus UNT, Facultad de Agronomía, 30.III.1998 (H. Seminario leg.) ( UNT).

Remarks. Male genitalia of P. brevicollis ( Orofino et al., 2006: Figs 87–88, 92–93) strongly resemble that of P. peruviana , the latter distributed in the Pacific coastal river valleys from Tumbes as far south as central Lima, in Peru ( Rivera, 2001). Orofino et al. (2006) described P. brevicollis on the basis of a single male specimen with type locality in Santa Rosa de Quives, a small town only a few kilometers north of Lima city (approximate coordinates: 11˚41’43”S, 76 ˚50’49”W), and where P. peruviana is also found. Pronotal proportions and conformation of male genitalia in P. brevicollis fall within the range of variation observed across multiple populations of P. peruviana we examined ( Rivera, 2001). Given this evidence and the sympatric range or both species we are convinced that they are conspecific and therefore we establish this new junior synonym. Patel & Singh (2016a) overlooked Rivera (2001) and continued to report this species under Vates .