Megatharsis buckleyi Waterhouse, 1891

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Megatharsis buckleyi Waterhouse, 1891 Plate 34B

Megatharsis buckleyi Waterhouse, 1891b: 60 (original description. Type locality: Chiquinda [= Chigüinda]).

Megatharsis buckleyi : Gillet 1911a: 88 (complete list of species); d’ Olsoufieff 1924: 162 (distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 210 (list of species of Latin America); Vulcano and Pereira 1967: 575 (distribution); Edmonds 1972: 853 (figures 314-315); Arnaud 2002a: 17 (diagnosis); Philips et al. 2004: 46 (figure 4); Gillett et al. 2009: 2 (distribution), 3 (figures 1-9); Carvajal et al. 2011: 322-323 (cited for Ecuador); Krajcik 2012: 158 (complete list of species); Figueroa et al. 2014: 137 (cited for Peru); Ratcliffe et al. 2015: 197 (cited for Peru); Chamorro et al. 2018: 82 (figure 5D), 96 (cited for Ecuador).

Type specimens.

Megatharsis buckleyi Waterhouse, 1891. The holotype (♀) is deposited at the NHML. Locality: Chiguinda, examined.

Holotype (♀): "Chiquin / -da / 80.14 [hw]", "Type [p, red margin]", "Megatharsis / Buckleyi, / (Type) Waterh. [hw]", "Megatharsis ♀ / buckleyi wat. / Holotypus. / Canada balsam / M. Zunino '83 [hw]".

Distribution.

Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.

Records examined.

MORONA SANTIAGO: Chiquinda [= Chigüinda] (1 specimen NHML); Macas (1 specimen CEMT). NAPO: Estación Jatun Sacha, 500 m (1 specimen MEPN). ORELLANA: La Joya de los Sachas, Unión Milagreña, 330 m (1 specimen MECN).

Literature records.

ZAMORA CHINCHIPE: Sabanilla, 1900 m ( Gillett et al. 2009: 4). MORONA SANTIAGO: Chiquinda [= Chigüinda] ( Waterhouse 1891b: 60; Gillett et al. 2009: 4); Macas ( Gillett et al. 2009: 2); Env. Macas, Macas-Puyo Road, 15 km N, 1100 m ( Gillett et al. 2009: 4). NAPO: environs of Archidona, eastern slopes of the Andes, 640 m ( Gillett et al. 2009: 4). ORELLANA: Payamino Research Station, 400 m ( Gillett et al. 2009: 2). UNDETERMINED PROVINCE: Oriente Tapizal ( Gillett et al. 2009: 4).

Temporal data.

Collected in February, June, August, and September.

Remarks.

Inhabits the lowland evergreen forests and evergreen foothill forests of the Amazon region from 330-1100 m a.s.l. In the Andean region, this species was recorded in montane cloud forests between 1900-2300 m a.s.l. The majority of specimens were collected manually; however, Gillett et al. (2009) reported that some specimens were collected using flight interception traps.