Leptostylus guianensis Vlasak & Santos-Silva, 2021

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Leptostylus guianensis Vlasak & Santos-Silva, 2021: 485; Monné, 2024: 108 (cat.).

Remarks. Leptostylus LeConte, 1852 is a large genus of Acanthocinini including 92 species distributed from Canada to southern South America (Roguet 2024) . Herein, we are recording a species recently described from South America, L. guianensis Vlasak & Santos-Silva, 2021 for Panama.

Leptostylus guianensis was described based on males and females from French Guiana (Bezark 2024b; Monné 2024; Tavakilian & Chevillotte 2023). The new record suggests that the species occurs throughout the Amazon region.

Material examined. PANAMA (new country record), Ngäbe-Buglé: Fortuna Cabins, 8.781°N 82.191°W, 1 female, 5-11.IX.2021, B.T. Raber leg. (DHCO)