Kleter americanus ( de Bormans, 1893 )

Girod, Christophe & Matzke, Danilo, 2020, Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (4), pp. 57-76 : 64-65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a4
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CEEF2677-1D01-4298-A0CF-3B05E1DEF92C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3704064
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B878E-FF8F-EB52-FC30-9D16FD31FEBD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Kleter americanus ( de Bormans, 1893 )
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Treatment

Kleter americanus ( de Bormans, 1893) View in CoL

Opisthocosmia americana de Bormans, 1893: 8 View in CoL .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Mexico, female, unknown repository [not examined] .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 specimen .

French Guiana • 1 adult; Kourou; Gourdonville ; 5°1’N, 52°39’W; 1906; Le Moult leg.; MNHN GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Surinam, Brazil, Peru ( Steinmann 1993) and French Guiana. REMARK

The specimen stored in the MNHN collection seems very similar to those of K. aterrima ( de Bormans, 1883) . The identification of this species thus remains uncertain.