Petalops occulta Brailovsky, 1991

Brailovsky, Harry, 2021, Illustrated key to the species included in the genus Petalops Amyot & Serville 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Acanthocephalini), with description of four new species and new distributional notes, Zootaxa 4985 (4), pp. 564-573 : 569

Petalops occulta Brailovsky, 1991

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Petalops occulta Brailovsky, 1991: 464 .

General distribution. Previously known only from French Guiana (St. Jean du Maroni) (Brailovsky 1991, Packauskas 2010, CoreoideaSF Team 2019, ITIS 2019).

Material examined. New country records: ECUADOR: 1 female, Napo, SC Yasuni, 3-VI-1997, G. Onore ( PUCE) ; 1 female, Oriente, San Carlos de Coca , 24-IV-1985, G. Couturier ( MHNP) . FRENCH GUIANA: 1 female, Chuttes Voltaire , 10-XII-1996, R. Garrouste ( MHNP) ; 1 female, Belvedere de Saül , 250 m, 3°37’22’’N – 53°12’34’’W, 17-I-2011, P. H. Dalens, S. Brülle, S. Fernandes ( MNHP) . VENEZUELA: 1 female, Barinas, Reserva Forestal, Caparo Camp , 100 m, 6–14-VIII-1969, J. Salcedo, F. Zambrano ( UNAM) .

Figures

FIGURES 3–10. Dorsal view of Petalops spp. 3, P. azureus (Burmeister) (female). 4, P. bellator Brailovsky (male). 5, P. lautus sp. nov. (female). 6, P. necopinus sp. nov. (male). 7, P. occulta Brailovsky (female). 8, P. thoracicus Montandon (male). 9, P. ambiguus Brailovsky (female). 10, P. distinguendus Breddin (female).