Passandrella visenda Grouvelle, 1916

Bukejs, Andris, 2021, The First Country Record Of Passandrella Visenda Grouvelle, 1916 (Coleoptera: Passandridae) From Peru, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (1), pp. 9-11 : 9-11

Passandrella visenda Grouvelle, 1916

( Figs. 1–7 )

Material examined. Peru, Loreto reg., 58 km SSW Iquitos, Nauta vill., Itaya riv., II.2013 (2 specimens, ♂ ♀) [ DUBC]. Body length: male is 7.7 mm; female is 6.6 mm. In specimens from Peru, subapical groove of abdominal ventite 5 is slightly wider medially than in type specimens (lectotype and paralectotype) from Goi á s, Brasil.

Distribution. The species is known from Brazil (Goi á s) ( Grouvelle 1916; Burckhardt & Slipinski 1991) and Bolivia ( Burckhardt & Slipinski 2003). It is the first record from Peru.

Note. Till now, two species of Passandridae were known from Peru ( Thomas & Chaboo 2015): Catogenus lebasii Guérin-Méneville, 1844 and Taphroscelidia postica ( Grouvelle, 1916) .

Figures

Figs. 1–7. Passandrella visenda, Nauta, Peru: 1 – habitus, female (body length = 6.6 mm); 2 – details of forebody, ventral view, male; 3 – abdomen, male; 4 – ditto, female; 5, aedeagus – dorsal view; 6 – ditto, ventral view; 7 – parameres. Not to scale.