Bittacus aripuanensis ( Penny, 1977 )

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 : 305

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.3.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6488461

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scientific name

Bittacus aripuanensis ( Penny, 1977 )
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Bittacus aripuanensis ( Penny, 1977)

( Figs. 2a View FIGURE 2 , 8b View FIGURE 8 , 12a View FIGURE 12 )

Neobittacus aripuanensis Penny, 1977:423 ; Penny & Byers, 1979b:370; Penny & Arias, 1982:271.

Bittacus aripuanensis Machado et al., 2009:31 ; Machado, 2018.

Holotype male, Mato Grosso: INPA (examined). Species also known from Rondônia (new record) ( Fig. 12a View FIGURE 12 ).

Bittacus aripuanensis and B. blancheti View in CoL were the two species previously placed in the genus Neobittacus View in CoL , which was characterized by the large number of costal crossveins in the forewing. This character, however, is quite variable, as discussed by Machado et al. (2009), who synonymized it with Bittacus View in CoL . For the same reason, Navás (1929) had synonymized Neobittacus View in CoL with Thyridates View in CoL . The species seems to be restricted to the southern border of the Amazon and can be easily identified by the maculation pattern of the wings and the general shape of the male epandrium.

Examined specimens. Brazil: Rondônia: Nova Mamoré, Parque Estadual Guajará-Mirim, Rio Formoso , 10 o 19’26’’S– 64 o 33’88’’W, 20–27.i.1995, luz [light], JA Rafael & AL Henriques (1♀ INPA) .

INPA

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Mecoptera

Family

Bittacidae

Genus

Bittacus

Loc

Bittacus aripuanensis ( Penny, 1977 )

Machado, Renato Jose Pires, Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello & Rafael, José Albertino 2018
2018
Loc

Bittacus aripuanensis

Machado, R. J. P. & Godoi, F. S. P. & Rafael, J. A. 2009: 31
2009
Loc

Neobittacus aripuanensis

Penny, N. D. & Arias, J. R. 1982: 271
Penny, N. D. & Byers, G. W. 1979: 370
Penny, N. D. 1977: 423
1977
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