Bdelyrus seminudus Bates, 1887

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Bdelyrus seminudus Bates, 1887 Plate 6C

Aphengium semi-nudum Bates, 1887: 42 (original description. Type locality: Nicaragua, Chontales; Panama, Volcán de Chiriquí).

Aphengium seminudum : Waterhouse 1890a: 379 (comment).

Bdelyrus seminudum : Gillet 1911a: 48 (list, distribution).

Bdelyrus seminudus : Blackwelder 1944: 203 (list of species for Latin America); Pereira et al. 1960: 156 (characters in key); Howden and Young 1981: 46 (redescription); Huijbregts 1984: 64 (distribution), 66 (characters in key); Cook 1998: 634-635 (characters in key), 656 (redescription); Cook 2000: 552-553 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 137 (cited for Colombia); Ratcliffe 2002: 14 (cited for Panama); Solís and Kohlmann 2012: 4 (cited for Costa Rica); 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.

Aphengium seminudum Bates, 1887. The lectotype (♂) is deposited at the MNHN (ex coll. R Oberthür and ex coll. HW Bates). Locality: V de Chiriqui, examined.

Lectotype (♂): "Aphengium / seminudum Bates / lectotype dets.J. Huijbregts 1984 [hw and p]", "♂ [p]", "Museum Paris / ex Coll / R. Oberthur [p, green label]", "V. de Chiriqui, / 25-4000 ft. / Champion. [p, pink label]", "MUSEUM PARIS / COLL. H. W. BATES / 1952 [p, green label]", "LECTOTYPE [p, red label]".

Distribution.

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.

Records examined.

PICHINCHA: Bosque Protector Milpe-Río Pachijal, 1200 m (1 specimen CEMT; 3 specimens MUTPL); Puerto Quito, 750 m (1 specimen CEMT); Río Guayllabamba Guayabilla-Manduriacus, 520 m (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

PICHINCHA: Pto. Quito ( Cook 1998: 657). PICHINCHA [= SANTO DOMINGO DE LOS TSÁCHILAS]: 16 km southeast of Sto. Domingo, 500 m ( Cook 1998: 657); Hba. Pupusa ( Cook 1998: 657).

Temporal data.

Collected in April, June, October, and December.

Remarks.

Inhabits coastal evergreen foothill forests from 500-1200 m a.s.l. Species was collected with beat-sheet collecting and canopy fogging methods.