Pyragropsis thoracica (Audinet-Serville, 1838)

Girod, Christophe & Matzke, Danilo, 2020, Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (4), pp. 57-76 : 61

Pyragropsis thoracica (Audinet-Serville, 1838) ( Fig. 3A )

Forficesila thoracica Audinet-Serville, 1838: 22 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — French Guiana, female, unknown repository [not examined] .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 14 specimens ( Fig. 3 A ) .

French Guiana • 4 adults, 2 larvas; Arataye (affl. Approuagues ), aval de Saut Pararé ; 12.VII.1988; P. Grandcolas & L. Desutter leg.; MNHN • 1 ♀; Kaw ( Route de Kaw, PK 34); IV.1985; G. Tavakilian leg.; MNHN • 4 adults; Maripasoula, contreforts du Mitaraka; crique Alama; 2°14’2”N, 54°27’0”W; 25.III.2015; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 (APA-973-1) com.; MNHN (2); coll. CGIR (2) • 1♀; Roura ( Piste Coralie , PK 11); 21.III.1990; P. de Toulgoet leg.; MNHN • 1 adult; Montsinéry-Tonnégrande; Montagne des Chevaux ( Montagne Yéyé ), RN2 PK22; 100 m a.s.l.; 4°44’34.3”N, 52°25’53.51”W; 2.VIII.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 adult; Régina; Nouragues , Camp ; 4°5’N, 52°41’W; 10.VII.2008; C. Girod leg.; coll. CGIR.

DISTRIBUTION. — Surinam, French Guiana, Panama ( Steinmann 1986).

REMARK

Cited from French Guiana by Brindle (1968b). This species occurs frequently in palm trees.

Figures

FIG. 3. — A, Pyragropsis thoracica (Audinet-Serville, 1838); B, Carcinophora percheroni (Guérin & Percheron, 1838); C, Doru gracilis (Burmeister, 1838). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.