Derallus angustus Sharp, 1882
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( Figs. 9 View FIGURES 6 – 9 , 11 View FIGURES 10 – 11 )
Derallus angustus Sharp, 1882: 78 ; Oliva, 1982: 158 (lectotype designation). Derallus Spegazzinii Bruch, 1915: 460 ; d’Orchymont, 1943: 79 (as synonym dubium); Syn: Oliva, 1981: 288.
Derallus angustatus [!]: d’Orchymont 1940: 196 (misspelling).
Type material examined. Lectotype (male): “ Derallus an/ gustus D.S./ Paso Antonio/ Guatemala 400 ft / Champion”, “Sharp Coll./ 1905.- 313 ”, “Paso Antonio,/ 400 ft./ Champion.”, “B.C.A. Col. I. 2. / Derallus / angustus ,/ Sharp.”, “ Derallus / angustus / J. Balfour-Browne det.”, “ LECTOTYPUS ”, “Oliva det.”, “Lecto-type [purple disc]” ( BMNH).
Additional material examined (117). BELIZE: Belize District: Western Highway near Zoo, light trap in pine grassland, 7.i. 2003, C.R. Bartlett leg. (1: AEZS). COSTA RICA: Guanacaste: laguna de crocodilo, near Carmona, 34 m, HG-vapor light, 16.i. 2003, A.E.Z. Short, R. Roughley, & W. Porras leg. (67: AEZS, INBio, NMW); 12 km S. of Cañas, UV light, 16.vi. 2003, A.E.Z. Short leg. (2: AEZS); Palo Verde National Park, shallow pool in gravel pit, 8.vi. 2000, R. Roughley leg., CR-00-08 (1: UMC); Puntarenas: Puntarenas, 2.vii. 1965, P.J. Spangler leg. (2: USNM). CUBA: Cayamas, E.A. Schwarz leg. (1: USNM). GUATEMALA: 15 mi. W Pijije, 5.viii. 1965, P.J. Spangler leg. (36: AE ZS, USNM). HONDURAS: La Lima, 3.xi. 1967, H.E. Ostmark leg. (1: USNM). MEXICO: Sinaloa: Elota, 1 mi. S, 1.viii. 1962, J.R. Zimmerman leg. (1: USNM); Veracruz: 25 mi. S Acayucan, 4.vii. 1965, P.J. Spangler leg. (2: USNM); Cotaxtla, Exp. Station, light trap, 24.vi. 1958 (1: USNM); Tabasco: Villahermosa, 6.viii. 1964, P.J. Spangler leg. (1: USNM); Campeche: 21 mi. E Campeche, 21.vii. 1964, P.J. Spangler leg. (1: USNM). Representative material deposited in MALUZ, MIZA, MFPC and NMW.
Diagnosis. Total length: 2.1 –3.0 mm. D. angustus is the most distinctive species of the genus in the region. It can be distinguished by the extremely fine pronotal punctation (which almost appears obsolete), the very weakly impressed elytral striae ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 6 – 9 ), the broad and strongly elevated mesosternal process, and the broadly elevated metasternum with a wide metasternal carina ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 10 – 11 ).
Distribution. Argentina, Belize (new record), Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba (new record), Costa Rica (new record), Guatemala, Honduras (new record), Mexico (new record), and Paraguay ( Oliva 1981, 1983).
Remarks. Described from Guatemala, Van Tassell (1966) also reports examining specimens from Brazil. There is one specimen identified by Van Tassell as D. angustus from Brazil in the CUIC collection, however this specimen represents a different species. Subsequently, Oliva (1981) recorded D. angustus from Argentina and Paraguay and then Amazonas State, Brazil ( Oliva 1983). In Costa Rica, this species has been taken in great numbers at lights in drying marshes of Guanacaste Province.
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Derallus angustus Sharp, 1882
Short, Andrew Edward Z. & Torres, Phillip J. 2006 |
Derallus angustus
Oliva 1982: 158 |
Oliva 1981: 288 |
Bruch 1915: 460 |
Sharp 1882: 78 |