Bittacus pignatelli Navás, 1932

Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, Vargas, Juan Felipe, Arango, Carlos Julio, García-García, Alexander & Machado, Renato Jose Pires, 2017, New distributional records of Mecoptera (Insecta) from Colombia, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 57 (18), pp. 221-229 : 224

Bittacus pignatelli Navás, 1932

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This species was previously recorded from Costa Rica and Panama ( Byers & Roggero, 1992; Machado et al., 2009). In the present work, we reported this species in Colombia for the first time, with a single record from Antioquia department. This bittacid species is distinguished by its wing coloration pattern, consisting in the presence of numerous dark amber spots on the membrane inside cells and bordering crossveins ( Byers, 1996). Additionally, its head, thorax and abdomen are mainly reddish brown, and femora and tibiae yellow except by their dark reddish brown apices ( Byers, 1996).

Specimen examined. Antioquia, Chigorodó, 07°39’47,7”N; 76°40’20,77”W, 36 m, 25.IV.1974, A. López, in flight (1♀ - CTNI)

Figures

FIGURE 2: Bittacus pignatelli: fore- and hindwing. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURE 6: Collecting records of Colombian species of Mecoptera. The new records are bordered with red.