Cryptothecia megalocarpa (Müll.Arg.) R.Sant.

Ertz, Damien, Flakus, Adam, Oset, Magdalena, Sipman, Harrie J. M. & Kukwa, Martin, 2015, A first assessment of lichenized Arthoniales in Bolivia with descriptions of two new species, Phytotaxa 217 (1), pp. 1-25 : 8-9

** Cryptothecia megalocarpa (Müll.Arg.) R.Sant.

The species has been only known from Cuba ( Santesson 1952; Makhija & Patwardhan 1994). In this paper it is also reported as new to the Antilles (Saba) and Guyana (see below).

Specimens examined (corticolous except one record). BOLIVIA. Dept. Beni: Prov. Itenez, Cotoca by Río San Martín, 13°17’11”S, 63°22’20”W, 152 m, lowland Amazon forest , 20 August 2008, AF 12890 & PR (KRAM, LPB, UGDA) ; Prov. Vaca Díez, Cachuela Esperanza, 10º32’09”S, 65º34’55”W, 128 m, lowland Amazon forest , 4 June 2006, AF

7509, 7525 (KRAM, LPB); Dept. La Paz: Prov. Abel Iturralde, near Tumupasa, 14°03’43”S, 67°49’23”W, 375 m, Subandean Amazon forest, 27 July 2008, MK 6813 (LPB, UGDA). Dept. Santa Cruz: Prov. Guarayos, RN de Vida Silvestre Ríos Blanco y Negro, Plan de Manejo AISU, 15°01’49”S, 62°46’36”W, 236 m, lowland Amazon forest , 25 July 2009, AF 14233 & PR (KRAM, LPB) ; Prov. José Miguel de Velasco, Sendero de goma near Florida, 14°37’48”S, 61°12’02”W, 170 m, lowland Amazon secondary forest, 16 December 2009, AF 16081, 16132 & PR (KRAM, LPB) .

Additional specimen examined (corticolous). GUYANA. Upper Takutu district, southern Rupununi savannah, Kusad mountain, SE-side, c. 600 m, Sipman 57912 (B). NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. Saba, Sandy Cruz Trail, near trailhead at Upper Hell’s Gate, 17°38.38’N, 63°14.04’W, c. 500 m, stapled andesite stone wall among cultivated fields, 9 March 2007, Sipman 54885 (B).