Rhysida longipes (Newport, 1845)

Fig. 14

Terra typica: West Indies (Joshi et al. 2020).

Recent material from Martinique. 1 spm, HC from deadwood on the ground, La Trinité, Pointe Rouge, SF, 32 m a.s.l., lat.14,75887, long. -60,93308, leg. MC, 11.11.2018 (CBGP, FAUN 17325); 1 spm, HC from deadwood on the ground, Marigot, SF, 5 m a.s.l., lat.14,83026, long. -61,03833, leg. MC, 31.01.2019 (CAEC, 164); 1 spm, HC, Le Lamentin, Petit Morne, CIRAD station, BN, 15 m a.s.l., lat.14,62125, long. -60,96914, leg. MC, 18.04.2017 (CAEC, 230); 1 spm, PFT, La Trinité, BN, 30 m a.s.l., lat.14,7095, long. -60,94972, leg. MEJ, 15.15.07.2019 (CAEC, 1348); 1 spm, HC, Le Lamentin, Petit Morne, CIRAD station, BN, 15 m a.s.l., lat.14,62125, long. - 60,969 14, leg. MC, 16.07.2019 (CAEC, 3068); 1 spm, PFT, Le Lamentin, Sarrault, BN, 17 m a.s.l., lat.14,63471, long. -60,97563, leg. IAB, 09.06.2017 (CAEC, 16322); 1 spm, HC, La Trinité, Tartane, GR, 14 m a.s.l., lat.14.7459, long. -60.9436, leg. Regis Delannoye, 15.15.07.2019 (CAEC, 5117); 1 spm, HC, Le Diamant, Rocher du Diamant, 10 m a.s.l., lat.14,44387, long. -61,03797, leg. MC, 22.10.2019 (CAEC, 5192); 1 spm, HC, Fort-de-France, Didier, GR, 105 m a.s.l., lat.14,62116, long. -61,07907, leg. MC, 22.10.2019 (CAEC, 5451); 1 spm, TE, Basse-pointe, Eyma farm, Bourguignon Bas, BN, 73 m a.s.l., lat.14,85655, long. -61,10911, leg. MC, 19.07.2019 (CAEC, 8746); 2 spms, HC, Le Vauclin, Petite Grenade, BN, 9 m a.s.l., lat.14,54774, long. -60,84885, leg. QG, 03.12.2020 (CBGP, 17327); 1 spm, HC, Le Lamentin, Exploitation Petit Morne, BN, 10 m a.s.l., lat.14,60838, long. -60,98023, leg. QG, 14.04.2022 (CAEC, 12110); 1 spm, HC in compost, Fort-de-France, Didier, GR, 105 m a.s.l., lat.14,62116, long. -61,07907, leg. MC, 01.09.2020 (CBGP, FAUN 17326).

Additional material. Vietnam, Dong Nai Province, 1 juv (ZMMU, Rc 6633); Cambodia, Rattanakiri Province, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7003); Indonesia, Maluku Utara Province (North Moluccas), 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7887); Philippines, Cebu Island, 1 sad. (ZMMU, Rc 7163) ; Sri Lanka, Sabaragamuwa Province, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7455); Pakistan / Iran, Makran Coast, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7068) ; Venezuela (?), 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 7018); Peru, Loreto Province, 1 ad. (ZMMU, Rc 6683) .

Diagnosis. See Waldock & Lewis (2014: 77), Siriwut et al. (2018: 1018).

Ecology in Martinique. Not very widespread (as, for example, S. subspinipes), but abundant in man-made habitats (e.g. gardens and cultivated areas), probably due to a later introduction.

Range (after Shelley et al. 2005: 40, Waldock & Lewis 2014: 77, Siriwut et al. 2018: 1017; corrected and supplemented by ZMMU’s data). East (Somalia, Ethiopia, Yemen) and West Africa; Madagascar; Seychelles; Mauritius; Pakistan / Iran (Makran coast); Israel (Golan Hights); China (with no locality); Taiwan; India (Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttra Pradesh, Terai); Ceylon (= Sri Lanka); Malaysia (Perak State); Thailand; Laos; Myanma; Cambodia (Rattanakiri Province); Vietnam (Dong Nai and Lam Dong Provinces); Philippines (Manilla; Cebu Island); Australia (with no precise locality); Papua New Guinea (East New Britain Province); Indonesia (Maluku Islands; Ambon Island; Celebes; Java); Chagos Islands. Introduced into: Caribbean (Haiti; Martinique), Central America, Venezuela (?), Peru (Loreto Region), USA (Florida).

Remarks. Australian records of R. longipes were discounted by Koch (1985). This Old World species is quite widespread in the tropics; it appears to have been brought into the New World by human activity and not by the natural factors; it seems to be acclimatized well in Martinique.