Bittacus froehlichi ( 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 : 318

Bittacus froehlichi ( Collucci & Amorim, 2000)

( Figs. 5b , 8k , 12c )

Thyridates froehlichi: Collucci & Amorim, 2000:2 .

Bittacus froehlichi: Machado et al., 2009:36 ; Machado, 2018.

Holotype male: LMED (examined). Known only from São Paulo ( Fig. 12c ).

Bittacus froehlichi is another species with maculated wings, and for this reason it was placed in the “group chilensis ” by Collucci & Amorim (2000). Besides B. froehlichi , the authors also included in this group B. andinus Londt & Byers , B. chilensis Klug and B. maculosus Byers , and also discussed the similarities among their male terminalia, but demonstrated that the shape of the epandrium was different in each species ( Collucci & Amorim 2000).

Examined specimens. Brazil: São Paulo: Ribeirão Grande, Pq. Est. Intervales—Barra Grande, 13–16/xii/ 2000, Malaise trap, M. T. Tavares et al (1♀ INPA) .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Bittacus wings. a) B. brunipennis, holotype; b) B. froehlichi, holotype; c) B. omega, holotype. Scale bars = 1mm. Type specimen photos of B. brunipennis and B. froehlichi provided by Caleb Martins (LMED).

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.