Anomiopus brevipes (Waterhouse, 1891)

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Anomiopus brevipes (Waterhouse, 1891) Plate 3A

Onthocharis brevipes Waterhouse, 1891a: 350 (original description. Type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Ega [= Tefé]).

Onthocharis brevipes : Gillet 1911a: 51 (list, distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 204 (list of species of Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 581 (list of species).

Anomiopus brevipes : Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 190 (new combination, cited for Brazil); Canhedo 2006: 362 (characters in key), 444 (redescription); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 28 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 84 (figures 7 E–F), 91 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Onthocharis brevipes Waterhouse, 1891. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the NHML. Locality: Ega, examined.

Holotype (♂): "Type [p, red margin]", "[one face] Ega [opposite face] 56 /. / 84 [hw, light blue label]", "Onthocharis / brevipes, / (Type) Waterh. [hw]", "♂ / V.L.C.1999 [hw]", "Anomiopus / brevipes ♂ / (Waterhouse, 1891) / V.L. Canhedo det. 1999 [p, black margin]".

Distribution.

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Literature records.

ORELLANA: Sacha Río Coca ( Canhedo 2006: 447).

Temporal data.

Collected in June.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region. The collection method is unknown.