Pessoaia limai Usinger, 1942

The genus Pessoaia Costa Lima, 1940, has five described species (Maldonado 1990). Wygodzinsky (1943) mention this species from Cuba citing Usinger (1942), but the original description only mention specimens from “ Costa Rica.” Alayo (1967) also did not mention Pessoaia from Cuba. Therefore, without voucher specimens, the Cuban record must be considered an error. P. l i m a i is here recorded for the first time from Guyana and Trinidad. Drake & Harris (1945) recorded P. limai from “Bonda” in Colombia. This locality is in the Magdalena Department, 75 km east of Santa Marta city by road (IGAC 1996). P. l i m a i was previously recorded from Costa Rica and Colombia (Maldonado 1995). Additional localities in the Colombian Caribbean coast are given here. Some of the Colombian specimens were found in a tropical dry forest. Since this species has never been figured, an illustration is given now (Fig. 64). With these additional distributional data at hand, P. l i m a i seems to be restricted to the northern coast of South America and part of Central America.

Material examined: COLOMBIA; 1ɗ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey 9º37'48"N­ 74º54'44"W (Malaise 6. Bosque Lata, suelo), 70 m, 29­I­1994, F. Fernández [IAVH]; 1Ψ, Bolívar, Zambrano, Hda. Monterrey 9º45’N­ 74º49’W (Malaise aerea 9. Bosque Lata), 10 m, 22­VII­1993, F. Fernández [IAVH]; 1ɗ, Guajira, Merochón, 5 Km SE Uribía, 11: 14­XII­1971, B. Malkin, leg. / at light / “ Pessoaia sp. ” Wygodzinsky det. [FMNH]. GUYANA, 2ΨΨ, Rio Esequibo (Source), J. Ogilvie [AMNH]. TRINIDAD [AND TOBAGO], 1ɗ, Arima Valley, 800­1200 ft, 10: 22­II­1964, Rozen & Wygodzinsky [AMNH].