Chironius foveatus Bailey, 1955

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Chironius foveatus Bailey, 1955

Type locality. Rio Fortuna , Ilhéus, state of Bahia, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 122A ). Widespread in the Atlantic Forest ( Plt. 122A ), mostly at low elevations near the coast, with marginal inland records ( Plt. 122B ). Previous maps and taxonomy in Dixon et al. (1993). Observed in the field in forest ( Bérnils, 2009).

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Plate 122. Distribution map of Chironius foveatus in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.