Sparatta semirufa Kirby, 1896

Girod, Christophe & Matzke, Danilo, 2020, Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (4), pp. 57-76 : 67-68

Sparatta semirufa Kirby, 1896

( Fig. 8B )

Sparatta semirufa Kirby, 1896: 528 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Brazil, female, NHM [not examined] .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 18 specimens ( Fig. 8 B ) .

French Guiana • 2 ♂; Camopi; 1900; F. Geay leg.; MNHN • 1 adult; Montsinéry-Tonnégrande; Montagne des Chevaux ( Montagne Yéyé ), RN2 PK22; 100 m a.s.l.; 4°44’34.3”N, 52°25’53.51”W; 28.III.2010; SEAG com.; coll. PKOC • 1 adult; same locality; 19.IX.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 adult; same locality; 26.XII.2010; SEAG com.; MNHN • 1 adult; same locality; 9.I.2011; SEAG com.; coll. DMAT • 1 adult; same locality; 23.X.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 adult; same locality; 7.XI.2011; SEAG com. coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 14.XII.2013; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 2 adults; same locality; 13.XII.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 20.XII.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 3.I.2015; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 2 ♂; same locality; 28.II.2015; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR; coll. YKAM • 1 adult; Régina; Nouragues, Camp ; 4°5’N, 52°41’W; 14.X.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni; Saint-Jean-du-Maroni; Le Moult leg.; Hebard det.; MNHN .

DISTRIBUTION. — Distributed from Mexico to Argentina ( Steinmann 1989b).

REMARK

Already cited from French Guiana ( Hebard 1920; Brindle 1968b). Common and widespread in French Guiana. It also occurs under bark trees.

Figures

FIG. 8. — A, Mecomera brunnea Audinet-Serville, 1838 [1839], male; B, Sparatta semirufa Kirby, 1896; C, Marava championi (de Bormans, 1893). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.