Macraspis MacLeay, 1819

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Macraspis MacLeay, 1819

Macraspis andicola Burmeister, 1844 Distribution. Locality data not available ( Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972).

Macraspis bicincta Burmeister 1844 Distribution. Locality data not available ( Soula 1998).

Macraspis catomelaena (Dohrn, 1885) Distribution. Locality data not available ( Blackwelder 1944).

Macraspis chloraspis Laporte, 1840

Distribution. Recorded from 250– 960 m. Tropical east.

Locality Data. 8 specimens examined from BCRC, QCAZ, and USNM: Napo (7): Coca, Loreto, Pozo Daimi , Taracoa , Tena , No data. Zamora Chinchipe (1): Zamora .

Temporal Data. May (3), June (1), September (1), October (1) November (1).

Macraspis chrysis (Linnaeus, 1764)

Distribution. Recorded from 100–2000 m. Tropical northwest, subtropical west.

Locality Data. 5 specimens examined from QCAZ: Esmeraldas (2): Pampanal de Bolívar Valdéz, San Francisco. Pichincha (3): Campamento Río Pitzará , Piedra de Vapor .

Temporal Data. January (1), March (1), May (3).

Macraspis concoloripes (Blanchard, 1851) Distribution. Locality data not available ( Blackwelder 1944).

Macraspis cupripes (Kirsch, 1870)

Distribution. Locality data not available ( Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972, Soula 1998).

Macraspis dechambrei Soula, 1998 *

Distribution. Recorded from 5– 290 m. Tropical northwest.

Locality Data. 6 specimens examined from QCAZ. Additional records from Soula (1998): Bolívar (1): Chimbo. Cañar (1): El Triunfo. Cotopaxi (1): Las Pampas. Guayas (2): Balzar, Guayaquil. Loja (2): Yangana. Manabí (1): Pedernales. Pastaza (1): Puyo. Pichincha (6): Calacalí­ La Independencia (km 165), Campamento Río Pitzará , Nanegalito, Santo Domingo .

Temporal Data. February (2), March (1), April (1), May (6), August (1), December (1).

Macraspis desmaresti (Waterhouse, 1881) Distribution. Locality data not available ( Blackwelder 1944, Soula 1998).

Macraspis festiva Burmeister, 1844

Distribution. Recorded from 220–2060 m. Tropical northwest, subtropical east, tropical east.

Locality Data. 10 specimens examined from QCAZ: Morona Santiago (1): Río Zamora. Napo (6): Coca, Río Blanco, Río Indillana , Santo Domingo, Tena, Tiputini. Pichincha (1): Santo Domingo de Colorados. Pastaza (1): Puyo. Zamora Chinchipe (1): La Unión .

Temporal Data. February (2), April (1), May (1), June (1), October (2), November (2), December (1).

Macraspis jamesi Soula, 1998

Distribution. Recorded at 1500 m. Subtropical west.

Locality Data. No specimens examined. Record from Soula (1998): Bolívar (1):

Chimbo.

Temporal Data. No data.

Macraspis lucida (Olivier, 1789)

Distribution. Recorded from 6–2000 m. Tropical northwest, Subtropical west.

Locality Data. 5 specimens examined from QCAZ: Cotopaxi (1): Otonga. Esmeraldas (2): Montalvo, Ostiones. Imbabura (1): Rocafuerte. Pichincha (1): Alluriquín .

Temporal Data. April (3), December (2).

Macraspis maculata Burmeister, 1844

Distribution. Recorded from 250– 480 m. Tropical east.

Locality Data. 2 specimens examined from BCRC and UNSM: Napo (2): Atahualpa, La Selva Biological Station .

Temporal Data. October (2).

Macraspis martinezi Soula, 1998 *

Distribution. Recorded from 520–1123 m. Subtropical east, tropical east.

Locality Data. No specimens examined. Records from Soula (1998): Napo (1): Tena. Pastaza (1): Mera.

Temporal Data. February (1), October (1).

Macraspis melanaria (Blanchard, 1851)

Distribution. Recorded from 5–1300 m. Tropical northwest, subtropical west, tropical east.

Locality Data. 36 specimens examined from QCAZ and USNM: Cotopaxi (4): La Maná Guasaganda, Las Pampas, Palo Quemado. Esmeraldas (3):Muisne, Quinindé. Loja (1): Olmedo. Guayas (10): Guayaquil. Los Ríos (1): Montalvo. Napo (1): Archidona. Pichincha (14):Mindo, Puerto Quito, Quito­Puerto Quito (km 113), Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo­Chone (km 7), Santo Domingo­Quevedo (km 45). No data (2) .

Temporal Data. January (3), March (1), April (9), May (1), June (1), October (3), November (1), December (4).

Macraspis mystacophora ( Ohaus, 1925) *

Distribution. Recorded at 1000 m. Tropical east.

Locality Data. No specimens examined. Record from Ohaus (1925): Morona Santiago (1): Macas.

Temporal Data. No data.

Macraspis peruviana Ohaus, 1898 Distribution. Locality data not available ( Soula 1998).

Macraspis plagiicollis Ohaus, 1898 Distribution. Locality data not available ( Soula 1998).

Macraspis xanthosticta Burmeister, 1844 Distribution. No data ( Blackwelder 1944, Machatschke 1972).