Bdelyrus howdeni Cook, 1998

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Bdelyrus howdeni Cook, 1998 Plate 5C

Bdelyrus howdeni Cook, 1998: 651 (original description. Type locality: Colombia, Amazonas, Leticia).

Bdelyrus howdeni : Cook 2000: 553-554 (characters in key); Medina et al. 2001: 137 (cited for Colombia); Carvajal et al. 2011: 318-319 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 52 (complete list of species); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 196 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 91 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Bdelyrus howdeni Cook, 1998. The holotype (♂) is deposited at the CMNC (ex coll. H. Howden), (see Cook 1998: 652). Locality: Amazonas, Leticia, 700 ft, not examined.

Distribution.

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

ORELLANA: El Coca (2 specimens CEMT); Pozo Apaica, 220 m (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Capirón-Río Piraña road to Maxus km 38, 250 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Rumiyacu, Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen MUTPL); Río Tiputini Yasuní Res. (1 specimen CEMT); road Auca-Dayuma Río Tiputini, 350 m (1 specimen CEMT); road to Maxus km 80, Parque Nacional Yasuní, 250 m (1 specimen CEMT); road to Maxus km 117 Iro, 250 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen MUTPL); Záparo road to Maxus km 90, 245 m, Parque Nacional Yasuní (1 specimen CEMT). PASTAZA: B. P. Oglán, 550-655 m (2 specimens CEMT); Chuyayacu (2 specimen MUTPL); Río LLiquino Comunidad Villano, 420 m (3 specimens MUTPL); Río Villano cabeceras, Oleoducto km 25, 800 m (1 specimen CEMT). SUCUMBÍOS: Río Coca-Río Supayacu, 380 m, Parque Nacional Sumaco (1 specimen MUTPL).

Literature records.

NAPO: 20 km south of Tena, 600 m ( Cook 1998: 652). NAPO [= ORELLANA]: Onkone Gare Camp, 220 m ( Cook 1998: 652).

Temporal data.

Collected in January, June, July, August, September, and October.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and the foothill evergreen forests of the Amazon region from 220-800 m a.s.l. Collected with canopy fogging methods.