Purenleon clavatus (Navás, 1914)

Machado, Renato Jose Pires & Tavares, Leon Gustavo de Miranda, 2020, Notes on the Brazilian species of Purenleon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), with description of two new species, Insect Systematics & Evolution 51 (1), pp. 62-80 : 69

Purenleon clavatus (Navás, 1914)

For a detailed description see Miller & Stange (2014)

Remarks. Purenleon clavatus seems to be the most widespread species in the genus. Until now, it was the only species recorded for Brazil, but it has also been collected in Trinidad and Venezuela ( Miller & Stange 2014). The new records presented here expand its distribution to the northeastern and southeastern regions of Brazil, including the southernmost point of Purenleon , in São Paulo state ( Fig. 11 ). Specimens from the different localities were dissected, and both male and female genitalias presented the same pattern, confirming that despite the large distribution they indeed belong to the same species.

Material examined. (9♂, 11♀, 1?): BRAZIL: BAHIA: Lençóis, Rio Santo Antônio , 122924S–411946W, 350m, 5.vi.2007, manual, J.A. Rafael & F.F. Xavier F. (1♂ – INPA) ; GOIÁS: rota 153, 48 Km S. Goiânia [likely Hidrolândia today], forest litter, 9.v.1971, W.L. Brown (1♂ – MZUSP) ; MARANHÃO: Cândido Mendes, Fazenda 7 irmãos, 01 ⁰51’37”S – 45 ⁰46’10”W, 3–6.x.2008, Arm. luminosa, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira, J.A. Rafael & P.A.M. Moraes (1♀ – CZMA) ; Caxias, Reserva Ecológica Inhamum , 04–06.viii.2005, arm. luminosa, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira et al (1? – CZMA) ; idem – 3–4.vii.2005 (1♂, 1♀ – CZMA) ; idem – 23–25.viii.2006 (1♀ – CZMA) ; Mirador, Parque Estadual Mirador, Base de Geraldina , 30.vi-4.vii.2008, armadilha luminosa, M.J. Almeida-Holanda (2♂, 1♀ – CZMA) ; idem – 21–25.vi.2007 (1♀ – CZMA) ; idem – 20–31.xii.2006, F. Limeira-de-Oliveira (1♀ – CZMA) ; MATO GROSSO: Cuiabá, Salgadeira , 28.v.1990, Miriam Serrano (1♀ – CEMT) ; Cuiabá , 02.vii.1993, Gabriela Priante (1♀ – CEMT) ; Cuiabá, Campus UFMT, 15 ⁰36’29”S– 56 ⁰03’44”W, 12.v.2018, J.P. Cristóvão (1♂ – CEMT) ; PARÁ: Bragança , 6.ix.1978, mata de terra firme, isca luminosa (1♀ – MPEG) ; PIAUÍ: Guaribas, Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões, Andorinha , 9 ⁰08’28”S– 43 ⁰33’42”W, 5–8.vi.2013, armadilha luz, J.A. Rafael, F.L. Oliveira & A.A. Santos (1♀ – CZMA) ; Parque Nacional Serra das Confusões, Sobrado , 9 ⁰14’49”S – 43 ⁰27’60”W, 6.vi.2013, arm. luz, J.A. Rafael, F.L. Oliveira (1♂ – INPA) ; RIO GRANDE DO NORTE: Serra Negra do Norte, ESEC Seridó , casa da entrada, vi.2006, Varela-Freire, A.A. (2♂ – UFBA) ; SÃO PAU- LO: Itanhaém , 12.iv.1952, Macedo (1♀ – MZUSP) ; SERGIPE: Sombrio , 6.i.1983, K. Zanol (1♀ – DZUP) .

Figures

Fig.11. Distribution map of the species of Purenleon Stange recorded to Brazil. Map shows the records presented here and previously reported.