Corydalus batesii MacLachlan, 1868

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 : 145

Corydalus batesii MacLachlan, 1868

Fig. 2 F–J

Diagnosis, male. Head and pronotum pale to dark reddish brown (unpatterned) ( Fig. 2F, J ). Mandibles elongate, with frontal margin on base light yellow ( Fig. 2F ). Antennae filiform, slender; escape and pedicel light yellow, with an apical infuscation ( Fig. 2F ). Genitalia with gonostyli IX elongate and subclavate, expanded apically, with approximately ⅔ the length of the tergite X ( Fig. 2 H–I). Female. Morphologically similar to the male, except for the shorter mandibles and genital characters ( Fig. 2G ). Mandibles typically with proximal ½ reddish brown and darker distal ½ ( Fig. 2G ).

Material examined. BRAZIL, Tocantins, Brejinho de Nazaré, Fazenda Santa Angelina, 11°01’18.6” S, 48°34’15.6” W, 25.i.2003, leg. Nogueira, C.A. (1♀, 1♂ CEUFT); Porto Nacional , Campus UFT, 10°41’21.2” S, 48°22’53.6” W, 20.xi.2013, leg. Krolow, T . K. e Equipe (1♀ CEUFT); idem, Faz. Lajes, 10°78’98.53” S, 48°35’84.57” W, 29.xi.2019, leg. Montanuci, P. S. B. (1♀ CEUFT); Palmas, Roncadeira , 10°18’.226ʹ S, 48°08’.338ʹ W, 20-22.ii.2015, leg. Gomes, O.M. (1♂ CEUFT); idem, 20.x.2017, leg. Fernandes, A.S. e Equipe (1♂ CEUFT); idem, Vale do Vai Quem Quer , 10°23’38.9” S, 48°07’56.1” W, 13- 14.xi.2017, leg. Krolow, T . K. & Equipe (5♀, 3♂ CEUFT); Pium, Centro de Pesquisa Canguçu , 09°58ʹ44.4ʺ S, 50°02ʹ13.1ʺ W, 10-12.xii.2015, leg. Krolow, T . K. e Equipe (1♀ CEUFT); Wanderlândia, Balneário Águas Lindas , 6°52’51.4” S, 47°58’24.7” W, 09-10.x.2018, leg. Krolow, T . K. e Equipe (1♂ CEUFT) .

Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Tocantins; Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela ( Contreras-Ramos 1998; Filho & Junior 2001; Ardila-Camacho & Contreras-Ramos 2018; Rafael & Câmara 2020).

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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).