Brontostoma discus (Burmeister, 1835)

The genus Brontostoma Kirkaldy, 1859 includes more than 20 species (Maldonado 1990; Dougherty 1995; Gil­Santana et al. 2004, 2005). B. discus has previously been recorded from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay (Wygodzinsky 1951; Maldonado 1990; Dougherty 1995). Even though this species (Fig. 1) has been recorded from Colombia (Dougherty 1995), no exact localities were mentioned. New distributional records from this country are given here.

Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1Ψ, Antioquia, Caucasia (en maleza) [7º59'N 75º12'W], 50 m, V­1953, L. Gallego [MEFLG]; 1Ψ, Arauca, Caño Limón [6º55'N 71º7'W], 150 m, 6­XII­ 1992, C. González [UNCB]; 1Ψ, Caldas, Dorada (en árbol) [5º27'N 74º40'W], 178 m, XII­1951, L. Gallego [MEFLG]; 1ɗ, Cesar, Codazzi (en maleza) [10º2'N 73º14'W], 132 m, III­1956, L. Gallego [MEFLG]; 1ɗ, Casanare, Caserío indígena Mochuelo (selva de Galería), 100 m, VII­1976, F. Ortiz [UNCB]; 1Ψ, Chocó, Riosucio, Zarabanda (quema 91), 6­III­1994 [IAVH]; 1ɗ, [Cundinamarca], Tocaima [04º27’N­ 74º38’W, 400 m], V­1996, L. Barandica [UNAB]; 1ɗ, [Cundinamarca], Tena [04º39’N­ 74º22’W, 1380 m], 9­IV­1994, A. Tovar [UNAB]; 1Ψ, [Cundinamarca], Tocaima [04º27’N­ 74º38’W, 400 m], 12­IV­1968, A. Bernal [UNAB]; 1Ψ, [Huila], Hobo (M) [02º35’N­ 75º27’W, 594 m] / en pasto, 20­VI­1989, J. Villa [UNAB]; one adult, without abdomen, [Meta], Villavicencio [04º09'N 73º38'W, 467 m], Guativía, matorrales ­ invierno, 12­XI­1994, R. Mansol [UNAB]; 1ɗ, Meta, Verac., 17­IV­1992, R. H. Yepez [UNAB]; 1ɗ, Tolima, Líbano. [04º55'N 75º4'W, 1585 m], I­1957, L. Gallego [MEFLG]; 1Ψ, Valle del Cauca, Palmira, Vda. La Virginia, 14­V­1999, A.Vargas [UNAB]; 1ɗ, [??], San Carlos, 14­X­1977, A.Ferro & S. Salazar [UNAB]. [No country given], 2ΨΨ, S. A., Felipe Ovalle, Q., Ac. 33501 / Brontostoma discus det. V. Dougherty [AMNH].