Petalops ambiguus Brailovsky, 1991

Brailovsky, Harry, 2021, Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes, Zootaxa 4985 (4), pp. 564-573 : 569

Petalops ambiguus Brailovsky, 1991

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Petalops ambiguus Brailovsky, 1991: 454–458 .

General distribution. Previously known only from Colombia (Villavicencio and Meta) ( Brailovsky 1991, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2019, ITIS 2019 ) .

Material examined. New country records: ECUADOR: 1 female, Sucumbios, Cuyabeno , 300 m, 25-XII- 1994, I. Wart ( CMNH) ; 1 female, Sucumbios, Rio Aguarico, Sacha Pacha , IX-1991, E. S. Ross ( CASC) ; 1 male, Napo, Yasuni , 250 m, 29-XI-1997 ( PUCE) . PERU: 1 female, Loreto Prov., Explorama Inn , 25 mi NE Iquitos, 25- VI-1990, S. Dunkle ( UNAM) .

Figures

FIGURES 3–10. Dorsal view of Petalops spp. 3, P. azureus (Burmeister) (female). 4, P. bellator Brailovsky (male). 5, P. lautus sp. nov. (female). 6, P. necopinus sp. nov. (male). 7, P. occulta Brailovsky (female). 8, P. thoracicus Montandon (male). 9, P. ambiguus Brailovsky (female). 10, P. distinguendus Breddin (female).