Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana Girod, Christophe Matzke, Danilo Zoosystema 2020 2020-02-18 42 4 57 76 3YL3T Audinet-Serville, 1838 Audinet-Serville 1838 [862,1324,1907,1934] Insecta Spongiphoridae Mecomera Animalia Dermaptera 11 66 Arthropoda species brunnea    TYPE SPECIMEN. — French Guiana, male, MNHN[not examined]. MATERIAL EXAMINED. —  2 specimens( Fig. 8 A).    French Guiana• 1 ♂; Apatou, PK 25;  9.I.2014; SEAGcom.; coll. CGIR•  1 ♂; environs de Cayenne, Montagnes de Montsinéry;  II.1902; F. Geayleg.; MNHN. DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil, Columbia, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Costa Rica, Nicaragua ( Steinmann 1989b). REMARK This species was described from French Guiana. The typespecimen was not found in the MNHNcollections. It is uncertain whether the valid name is  Mecomera brunneaor  Mecomera plana(Illiger, 1838). As for all Sparattinae, this species probably inhabits under bark of trees. 2573220002 [132,772,216,241] MNHN French Guiana French Guiana 12 67 2 1 type 2573220019 [381,597,264,289] A French Guiana 12 67 2 2573220137 2014-01-09 SEAG, CGIR French Guiana Apatou 12 67 1 1 2573219926 1902-02 MNHN F. Geay Montagnes de Montsinery Cayenne 12 67 1 1