Fillus?amazonicus Machado et Rafael, 2011

Makarkin, V. N. & Lastukhin, A. A., 2023, First record of the genus Fillus Navás, 1919 (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from Venezuela, Far Eastern Entomologist 477, pp. 13-16 : 14

Fillus?amazonicus Machado et Rafael, 2011

Figs 2A–E

MATERIAL. Venezuela: state of Amazonas, 5 km E of Puerto Ayacucho, Indian settle-

ment of Churhuata chaman Bolivar, 5.668531299387301 ° N, 67.53594968709469 ° W, at light, 23.III 2011, 1♀ (A.A. Lastukhin) .

DISTRIBUTION. Brazil (Amazon basin), Venezuela.

REMARKS. The collection locality is a lowland tropical rainforest with areas cleared for

agriculture, e.g., for growing Ananas comosus (L.) Merr., Carica papaya L., Musa sp. , and

Manihot esculenta Crantz. In some places, there are large boulders ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

Fig. 2. Fillus?amazonicus Machado et Rafael, 2011 from Venezuela: A – habitus of the female, dorsal view; B – lateral view of the specimen (arrow shows the transverse depression of the eye); C – head, frontal view; D – apex of abdomen, lateral view; E – same, ventral view. dv, distivalva; ect, ectoptoct; 8T, 9T, 8th and 9th tergites; vv, ventrovalva. Scale bar: 10 mm (B–E not to scale) (photos by A.A. Lastukhin).

Fig. 1. Collection locality of the Venezuelan specimen of Fillus?amazonicus Machado et Rafael, 2011 (photo by A.A. Lastukhin).