Purex frontalis ( Dohrn, 1864 )

Girod, Christophe & Matzke, Danilo, 2020, Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (4), pp. 57-76 : 69

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3704008
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scientific name	Purex frontalis ( Dohrn, 1864 )
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Purex frontalis ( Dohrn, 1864) View in CoL *

( Fig. 9B View FIG )

Psalidophora frontalis Dohrn, 1864: 422 View in CoL .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — Venezuela, male, NHMW [not examined] .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 6 specimens ( Fig. 9 B View FIG ) .

French Guiana • 1 ♀; Saül, Mont Itoupé ; 800 m a.s.l.; 3°1’19”N, 53°5’3"W; 20.XI.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 22.XI.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♂; same locality; 25.XI.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1♂; same locality; 26.XI.2014; SEAG com.; coll. DMAT • 1♀; same locality; 30.XI.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 1.XII.2014; SEAG com.; coll. DMAT .

DISTRIBUTION. — Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru ( Steinmann 1989b), French Guiana (new record)

REMARK

This large species had never been collected previously in French Guiana. Its distribution range is thus extended eastwards.