Chloronia hieroglyphica ( Rambur, 1842 )

Andrade, Iury Cesar Pires De, Fernandes, André Silva & Krolow, Tiago Kütter, 2020, The Megaloptera (Insecta) of Tocantins State, Brazil, Zootaxa 4816 (1), pp. 144-148 : 147

Chloronia hieroglyphica ( Rambur, 1842)

Fig. 2 P–R

Diagnosis, male. Head light yellow with one dark spot on each side of dorsolateral part of occiput ( Fig. 2P ). Antennae yellow with tip dark ( Fig. 2P ). Pronotum light yellow with four dark spots, an anterior and a posterior pair ( Fig. 2P ). Legs uniformly yellow ( Fig. 2P ). Gonostyli IX distinctly narrowed and projected in form of sharp apical tooth ( Fig. 2 Q–R).

Female. Morphologically similar to the male, except for the genital characters.

Material examined. BRAZIL, Tocantins, Porto Nacional, 10°42’12.4” S, 48°23’26.8” W, 25.v.2005, leg. Rodrigues F.M. (1♀ CEUFT); Palmas, Vale do Vai Quem Quer , 10°23’38.9” S, 48°07’56.1” W, 13-14.xi.2017, leg. Krolow, T . K. e Equipe (5♀, 4♂ CEUFT); idem, 10°23’38.9” S, 48°07’56.1” W, 04-07.xii.2018, leg. Fernandes, A.S. e Equipe (33#, 24♂ CEUFT); Pedro Afonso, Rio Sono , 8°58’58.5” S, 48°09’05.3” W, 11-12.x.2018, leg. Krolow, T . K. e Equipe (1♂ CEUFT) ;.

Distribution. Argentina, Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins; French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico?, Panama, Peru, Venezuela ( Heckman 2017, Rafael & Câmara 2020).

AC = Acre, AM = Amazonas, AP = Amapá, BA = Bahia, ES = Espírito Santo, GO = Goiás, MG = Minas Gerais, MT = Mato Grosso, PA = Pará, PR = Paraná, RS = Rio Grande do Sul, RO = Rondônia, RR = Roraima, SC = Santa Catarina, SP = São Paulo, TO = Tocantins.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Megaloptera from Tocantins State, Brazil. Corydalus affinis (A–E): A, male habitus; B, female habitus; C, male genitalia (dorsal view); D, male genitalia (ventral view); E, male frons. C. batesii (F–J): F, male habitus; G, female habitus; H, male genitalia (dorsal view); I, male genitalia (ventral view); J, male frons. C. diasi (K–O): K, male habitus; L, female habitus; M, male genitalia (dorsal view); N, male genitalia (ventral view); O, male frons. Chloronia hieroglyphica (P–R): P, male habitus; Q, male genitalia (dorsal view); R, male genitalia (ventral view).