Bittacus latreillei ( Collucci & Amorim, 2000 )

Machado, Renato Jose Pires, Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello & Rafael, José Albertino, 2018, The genus Bittacus Latreille (Insecta: Mecoptera) in Brazil: key to species, distribution maps, new synonym, and three new species, Zootaxa 4526 (3), pp. 303-330 : 320

Bittacus latreillei ( Collucci & Amorim, 2000)

( Figs. 3c , 6d , 8m , 12c )

Thyridates latreillei: Collucci & Amorim, 2000:5 .

Bittacus latreillei: Machado et al., 2009:36, 2010:605 ; Machado, 2018.

Holotype male: LMED (examined). Species also known from Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso (new record), Pará, Tocantins (new record) ( Fig. 12c ).

Bittacus latreillei is a large species, with strongly contrasting colors on the legs (apex of femora and tibiae black), which facilitates its recognition. The unique shape of the male epandrium also helps its identification. Bittacus latreillei is another species in which the adults show an apparent flight activity for the raining seasons ( Machado et al. 2010).

Examined specimens. Brazil: Mato Grosso: Alta Floresta, aeroporto, 4.xi.2017, F Vaz de Mello (1♀ CEMT) ; Tocantins: Miracema, P 2 e RV, 30.x.2001, equipe de resgate UHE lajeado (1♂ CEUFT) ; Paranã, xi.2009, M. Bragança (1♀ CEUFT) ; Porto Nacional, Campus UFT, 9.xi.2013, coleta manual, HIL Lima (1♂ CEUFT) .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Bittacus adult habitus images. a) B. diversinervis; b) B. femoralis; c) B. latreillei. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 6. Bittacus wings. a) B. diversinervis; b) B. boraceiensis, holotype forewing; c) B. femoralis, forewing; d) B. latreillei, forewing. A = anal; cc = costal crossvein; Cu = cubital; M = medial; pt = pterostigma; pt c = pterostigmal crossvein; R = radial; Rs = radial sector; Sc = Subcosta. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURE 8. Brazilian Bittacus male epandria, dorsal view. a) B. angrensis; b) B. aripuanensis; c) B. blancheti; d) B. boraceiensis; e) B. brasiliensis; f) B. cruzi sp. n.; g) B. diversinervis; h) B. femoralis; i) B. ferreirai sp. n.; j) B. flavescens; k) B. froehlichi; l) B. genicutalus; m) B. latreillei; n) B. maculosus; o) B. omega; p) B. pintoi; q) B. varzeanus sp. n.

FIGURE 12. Distribution records of Bittacus species in Brazil. a) B. angrensis, B. aripuanensis, B. blancheti, B. brasiliensis, B. brunipennis; b) B. boraceiensis, B. cruzi sp. n., B. diversinervis, B. femoralis; c) B. ferreirai sp. n., B. flavescens, B. froehlichi, B. latreillei; d) B. maculosus, B. omega, B. pintoi, B. varzeanus sp. n. Bittacus geniculatus is not represented because of its imprecise location.