Bdelyrus pecki Cook, 1998

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Bdelyrus pecki Cook, 1998 Plate 6B

Bdelyrus pecki Cook, 1998: 652 (original description. Type locality: Ecuador, Pastaza, 25 km N of Puyo).

Bdelyrus pecki : Cook 2000: 553-554 (characters in key); Donoso et al. 2009: Appendix II. 16 (catalog of types MQCAZ); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 52 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 78 (figure 1H), 79 (figure 2A), 91 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Bdelyrus pecki Cook, 1998. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the HAHC (ex. coll. H. Howden) (see Cook 1998: 653) [= name-bearing types now in CMCN]. Locality: Ecuador, Pastaza, 25 km N of Puyo, 1000 m, not examined. One paratype is deposited in the MQCAZ. Locality: Napo, Hollín 1100 m, examined.

Paratype (sex unknown): "ECUADOR / NAPO / HOLLIN 1100m / 7 –12– 91 / F.CACERES [p]", "PARATYPE Bdelyrus / pecki Cook [p, yellow label]".

Distribution.

Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

NAPO: Pacto Sumaco, 1620 m (2 specimens MUTPL). Reventador (2 specimens CEMT); Sc Reventador, 1100 m (1 specimen CEMT). SUCUMBÍOS: Reventador (1 specimen CEMT). ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: RVS El Zarza campamento las Peñas conseción El Zarza, Cordillera del Cóndor, 1530 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

NAPO: km 7.3 road Sarayacu-Loreto, 1200 m ( Cook 1998: 553); 12 km southwest of Tena, 500 m ( Cook 1998: 553); Hollín, 1100 m ( Cook 1998: 553; Donoso et al. 2009: Appendix II. 16); Río Hollín, 1100 m ( Cook 1998: 553). PASTAZA: 25 km N of Puyo, 1000 m ( Cook 1998: 553); 22 km southeast of Puyo, 900 m ( Cook 1998: 553); Llandia 17 km N of Puyo, 1000 m ( Cook 1998: 553); Puyo ( Cook 1998: 553).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, May, June, July, September, November, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits the evergreen foothill forests and evergreen lower montane forests of the Amazon region from 1000-1620 m a.s.l. Collected with flight interception traps and canopy fogging methods.