Bdelyrus grandis Cook, 1998

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Bdelyrus grandis Cook, 1998 Plate 5B

Bdelyrus grandis Cook, 1998: 649 (original description. Type locality: Colombia, Amazonas, Leticia).

Bdelyrus grandis : Cook 2000: 553-554 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 137 (cited for Colombia); 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); Chamorro et al. 2018: 91 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Bdelyrus grandis Cook, 1998. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CNCI ( Cook 1998: 650). Locality: Colombia, Amazonas, Leticia, not examined. One paratype is deposited in MQCAZ. Locality: Napo [= Sucumbíos], Cuyabeno, examined.

Paratype (sex unknown): "ECUADOR / NAPO Cuyabeno / IV - 1986 / legit G. Onore [hw and p, blak margin]", "PARATYPE / Bdelyrus / grandis Cook [p, yellow label]".

Distribution.

Colombia and Ecuador.

Records examined.

SUCUMBÍOS: Cascales Río Bermejo Comunidad ETZA, 350 m (1 specimen CEMT); Cuyabeno (1 specimen MQCAZ).

Temporal data.

Collected in April and August.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests of the Amazon region at 350 m a.s.l. Collected with canopy fogging methods.