Ropalomera femorata, Fabricius

Ale-Rocha, Rosaly, 2016, FAMILY ROPALOMERIDAE, Zootaxa 4122 (1), pp. 635-641 : 637

femorata ( Fabricius), 1805 : 326 (Dictya).

Type locality: Suriname [as “Sudamerica”]. HT M (ZMUC).

Distr.: Colombia (Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolivar, Caldas, Caquetá, Cauca, Huila, Magdalena, Santa Marta, Sucre), Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina).

Refs.: Wiedemann, 1828: 571; Williston, 1895a: 184 –185 (key) ( Rhopalomera ); Lindner, 1930a: 130 (redescr.); 1930b: 282 ( Rhopalomera ); Frey, 1959: 47 (key) ( Rhopalomera ); Prado, 1966: 215, 223, 225 (key, rev.) ( Rhopalomera ); 1967: 72; Steyskal, 1967: 2 (cat.); Baez, 1985: 78; Ibañes-Bernal et al., 1992: 91, 94–97 (key, redescr.); Ramírez-García & Hernández-Ortiz, 1994: 65 –66, 83 (redescription, key); Prado, & Papavero, 2002: 1 (cat.); 2009: 3 (cat.); Kirst & Ale-Rocha, 2012: 8 (rev.).

xanthops Williston, 1895b: 213 (Rhopalomera) ; Ramírez-García & Hernández-Ortiz, 1994: 65 (lectotype designation and synonymy of R. femorata ).

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: Jericó, Parcelación Cauca, Viejo Litera Quebrada los Cruces, Bosque intervenido, 614m, 2 females; 1–5.vii.2009, M. Wolff ( CEUA); Cerca a Quebrada de Las Cruces, Litera rocosa, 5°52ʹ21.59ʺN, 75°45ʹ 30.83ʺW, 614m, 2 females; 8.vii.2010 ( CEUA 50171, 50172); 1 female, 5.vii.2009 ( CEUA); Atlántico: Barranquilla, Uni-Atlantico, Campus Universitario, 11°01ʹ07.58ʺN, 74°52ʹ28.19ʺW, 48m, 7.vii.2010, C. Valverde & E. Perdomo, T. VSR (van someren trap) ( CEUA); 6 males, 5.viii.2010 ( CEUA); 3 males, 6.vii.2010 ( CEUA); Bolívar: Cartagena, Corr. El Arenal, Finca E Peligro, 10°26ʹ56ʺN, 5°16ʹ20.53ʺW, 5males, 1 female, 19. viii.2010, C. Valverde ( CEUA); Caldas: Norcasia, 05º33'09.8"N, 74º52'23.1' O, 1male, 10.ii.2010, DY. Gaurisas & L. Rios ( CEUA); 1 male, 20.ii.2010, ( CEUA); Magdalena: Santa Marta Unimagdalena, Parche bosque seco (dry forest), 11°13ʹ18.36ʺN, 74°11ʹ10.89ʺW, 20m, 2 males, 24.vi. 2010, C. Valverde y E. Perdomo, T. VSR (van someren trap): Fruta ( CEUA); 6 females, 26.vi.2010 ( CEUA); 2males, 26.vi.2010 ( CEUA); Santa Marta: Colegio INEM, Granja Potrero, 11°13ʹ42.45ʺN, 74°10ʹ 13.17ʺW, 4 males, 27.viii.2010, C. Valverde & E. Perdomo, T. VSR Fruta (van someren trap with decomposition fruit), ( CEUA); 4 males, 7.viii.2010 ( CEUA); Sucre: San Onofre, Corregimiento Berrugas, Rva (Reserva) Sanguaré, 9°42ʹ21.6ʺN, 75°40ʹ45.6ʺW, 8m, 2 males, 7females, 29.x.2009, T. VRS Fruta (van someren trap with decomposition fruit), ( CEUA); 2 males, 3 females, 30.x.2009; 3 males, 31.x.2009 ( CEUA); Silvopastoril, 9°42ʹ21.6ʺN, 75°40ʹ45.6ʺW, 1 male ( CEUA); Regeneracion, 1male, 2 females, 12.ii.2010, T. VRS Fruta (van someren trap with decomposition fruit), ( CEUA); Regeneracion, 3 females, 14.ii.2010, T. VRS: Fruta ( CEUA); Regeneracion, 2 males, 13.ii.2010, T. VRS Fruta (van someren trap with decomposition fruit), ( CEUA); San Onofre, Rva (Reserva) Sanguare, T. VSR Pez (van someren trap with decomposition fish), Potrero, 2 males, 4 females 25–30.v.2009 ( CEUA).