Toulgoetalna tavakiliani Boulard, 1982

Toulgoetalna tavakiliani Boulard, 1982: 181 .

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: French Guiana. Saül, 6.IV.1978, Porion réc., H. de Toulgoët lég., 1 ♂ (MNHN (EH)6351).

Paratypes: French Guiana. Montagne Tortue, 24.VIII.81, G. Tavakilian réc. et lég., 2 ♂♂ (MNHN (EH)6349, MNHN (EH)6350).

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — “ GUYANE FRANÇAISE / Piste CORALIE PK 11 / 14 avril 1993 / Piège lumineux”, 2 ♂♂ (AFSC). — “ GUYANE FRANÇAISE / Mont ITOUPÉ / DZ 570 m / 10 mars 2010 / Piège lumineux”, 1 ♀ (MTC).

NOTE. — M. Thouvenot collected a female of this species, which appears to be the first known example of a female. The female abdomen does not constrict at the junction with the thorax as it does in the male. The female operculum is green, arched off of the abdominal sternites with a smoothly curved posterior margin extending over the anterior third of sternite II. Female sternite VII has a deep, rounded, single notch rounded laterally, the posterior margin approximates a sine wave. Abdominal segment 9 is green. The gonocoxite IX is green with fuscous spots near base on either side of castaneous gonapophysis VII. Fuscous ovipositor sheath extends beyond the dorsal beak.

DISTRIBUTION. — The species has been reported only from French Guiana (Boulard 1982, 1990, 2002).