Helicops yacu Rossman and Dixon, 1975

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Helicops yacu Rossman and Dixon, 1975

Type locality. Iquitos , department of Loreto, Peru .

Distribution. Restricted to northwestern South America in Brazil, and Peru ( Plt. 289A ). In Brazil, known from a single record in western Amazonia, near the border with Peru, in the Juruá drainage ( Plt. 289A ) at a low elevation ( Plt. 289B ). No detailed field data on habitat use for this species.

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Plate 289. Distribution map of Helicops yacu in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.