Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana
Author
Girod, Christophe
Author
Matzke, Danilo
text
Zoosystema
2020
2020-02-18
42
4
57
76
journal article
10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a4
fcb57df9-61a0-49dd-ac9c-71e73b61b777
1638-9387
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urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CEEF2677-1D01-4298-A0CF-3B05E1DEF92C
Purex parvicollis
(
Stal, 1860
)
*
(
Fig. 10B
;
11A
)
Forficula parvicollis
Stal, 1860: 304
.
TYPE
SPECIMEN
. —
Brazil
,
male
,
NHRM
[not examined]
.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
3 specimens
(
Fig. 10
B
,
11
A
)
French Guiana
•
2 ♀
;
Saül
,
Mont Itoupé
;
800 m
a.s.l.;
3°1’19”N
,
53°5’3"W
;
26.XI.2014
;
SEAG
com.; coll.
CGIR
; coll.
DMAT
•
1 ♂
;
Camopi
;
Mont
Saint-Marcel
;
635 m
a.s.l.;
2°23’3”N
,
53°0’37”W
;
26.IX.2014
;
SEAG
com.; coll.
CGIR
.
DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil, Panama (
Steinmann 1989b
), French Guiana (new record).
REMARK
This species looks similar to
Purex formosus
, differing only by the shape of the forceps. In particular they both have the occiput undepressed, which is quite unusual among
Purex
species. Given that important variation exist in forceps shape in some species of
Purex
(
Brindle 1977
)
,
P. formosus
and
P. parvicollis
might represent two forms of the same species. This point needs further studies.