Spongiphora croceipennis Audinet-Serville, 1831 (Fig. 12B)

Spongiphora croceipennis Audinet-Serville, 1831: 31 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Brazil, male, MNHN [not examined] .

SELECTED MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 69 specimens (Fig. 12 B) French Guiana • 1 ♀; Kourou (piste Montagne des Singes); 10- 18.XI.1989; P. Bleuzen leg.; MNHN • 1 ♀; same locality; 2-3. XII.1989; B. Hermier leg.; MNHN • 1 ♀; Maripasoula, contreforts du Mitaraka, crique Alama; 2°14’2”N, 54°27’0”W; 17.III.2015; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 (APA-973-1) com.; MNHN • 2 ♀; same locality; 21.III.2015; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 (APA-973-1) com.; coll. CGIR; MNHN • 4 ♀; same locality; 25.III.2015; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 (APA-973-1) com.; MNHN (3); coll. PKOC (1) • 1 ♀; Saül; sentier Belvédère; 2.IX.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 24.I.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 14.III.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 22.III.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 21.IV.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 1.VIII.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; Saül; sentier Belvédère (point de vue); 5.XI.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 30.III.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 21.IV.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 8.VI.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 1.IX.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 8.IX.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 15.IX.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 9.XI.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; Saül, piste de Bélizon, PK 16; 9.IX.1991; de Toulgoet; H.; Bleuzen P.; Sénécaux L. & Navatte J. leg.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; Régina, RN2 PK62, Auberge des Orpailleurs; 26.XI.1994; de Toulgoet; H. & Navatte J. leg.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; Régina, Nouragues-Camp; 4°5’N, 52°41’W; 12.VIII.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; 1 ♂; same locality; 26.VIII.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 9.XI.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; Régina, Nouragues ( Pararé); 27.III.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 2 ♀, 3 ♂; same locality; 26.IV.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 3 ♀; same locality; 4.VIII.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; Rémire-Montjoly ( Prison); 27.II.1993; MNHN • 1 ♀; Roura ( Piste Coralie, PK 11); 11.VII.1991; L. Sénécaux leg.; MNHN • 1 ♀; same locality; PK 2; 11.VI.1991; L.Sénécaux leg.; MNHN • 1 ♀; same locality; 20.I.1993; L. Sénécaux leg.; MNHN • 1 ♂; Saint-Elie ( Savane roche sur le Haut Koursibo); 4°18’58”; 53°17’10”; 8.III.2013; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; Montsinéry-Tonnégrande; Montagne des Chevaux (Montagne Yéyé), RN2 PK22; 100 m a.s.l.; 4°44’34.3”N, 52°25’53.51"W; 6.XII.2009; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 28.XII.2009; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 9.II.2010; SEAG com.; coll. YKAM • 1 ♀, 1 larva; same locality; 21.II.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 28.II.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 23.V.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 2 ♀, 1 ♂; same locality; 22.VIII.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 26.VIII.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 23.I.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 6.II.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 3 ♀; same locality; 27.II.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 2.VIII.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 30.VIII.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 14.IX.2011; SEAG com.; coll. PKOC • 1 ♂; same locality; 18.IX.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 25.IX.2011; SEAG com.; coll. PKOC • 1 ♂; same locality; 23.X.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 2 ♀; same locality; 30.X.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR; coll. YKAM • 1 ♀; same locality; 3.XI.2013; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 28.XII.2013; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR .

DISTRIBUTION. — Widespread: Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana (Brindle 1971c), Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Urugay and Argentina (Steinmann 1989b).

REMARK

Very common and very widely distributed in French Guiana. It has been mistaken with S. buprestoides (Kirby, 1891) by Thouvenot (2011).