Purex formosus Hebard, 1920

Girod, Christophe & Matzke, Danilo, 2020, Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana, Zoosystema 42 (4), pp. 57-76 : 68-69

Purex formosus Hebard, 1920

( Fig. 9C ; 10A )

Purex formosus Hebard, 1920: 340 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — French Guiana, male, MNHN [type examined] .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 9 specimens ( Fig. 9 C , 10 A ) .

French Guiana • 1 ♂; Maripasoula, contreforts du Mitaraka , crique Alama ; 2°14’2”N, 54°27’0”W; 16.III.2015; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 (APA-973-1) com.; coll. CGIR • 1♀, 1 ♂; same locality; 21.III.2015; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN / PNI Guyane 2015 (APA-973-1) com.; MNHN • 5 ♀; same locality; 25.III.2015; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 (APA- 973-1) com.; MNHN (2); coll. CGIR (3) • 1 ♂; Kourou; Gourdonville ; 5°1’N, 52°39’W; 1914; R. Benoist leg.; MNHN (holotype) .

DISTRIBUTION. — French Guiana ( Steinmann 1989b; Hebard 1920; Brindle 1971b).

REMARK

Described from French Guiana. The type is stored in the MNHN collection. The specimen collected during “Our Planet Reviewed” expedition perfectly fits with the holotype. It seems that it is the first time that the female is collected.

Figures

FIG. 9. — A, Purex surinamensis Brindle, 1971, male; B, Purex frontalis (Dohrn, 1864), male; C, Purex formosus Hebard, 1920, female. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.

FIG. 10. — Purex formosus Hebard,1920,male (A); Purex parvicollis (Stal,1860), male (B). Scale bars: 1.0 mm.