Annotated checklist of the Dermaptera (Insecta) of French Guiana Author Girod, Christophe Author Matzke, Danilo text Zoosystema 2020 2020-02-18 42 4 57 76 journal article 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a4 fcb57df9-61a0-49dd-ac9c-71e73b61b777 1638-9387 3695303 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CEEF2677-1D01-4298-A0CF-3B05E1DEF92C Pyragropsis thoracica (Audinet-Serville, 1838) ( Fig. 3A ) Forficesila thoracica Audinet-Serville, 1838: 22 . TYPE SPECIMEN . — French Guiana , female , unknown repository [not examined] . MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 14 specimens ( Fig. 3 A ) . French Guiana • 4 adults , 2 larvas ; Arataye (affl. Approuagues ), aval de Saut Pararé ; 12.VII.1988 ; P. Grandcolas & L. Desutter leg.; MNHN • 1 ♀ ; Kaw ( Route de Kaw , PK 34); IV.1985 ; G. Tavakilian leg.; MNHN • 4 adults ; Maripasoula, contreforts du Mitaraka; crique Alama; 2°14’2”N , 54°27’0”W ; 25.III.2015 ; La Planète Revisitée – MNHN /PNI Guyane 2015 (APA-973-1) com.; MNHN (2); coll. CGIR (2) • 1♀ ; Roura ( Piste Coralie , PK 11); 21.III.1990 ; P. de Toulgoet leg.; MNHN • 1 adult ; Montsinéry-Tonnégrande ; Montagne des Chevaux ( Montagne Yéyé ), RN2 PK22; 100 m a.s.l.; 4°44’34.3”N , 52°25’53.51”W ; 2.VIII.2011 ; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 adult ; Régina ; Nouragues , Camp ; 4°5’N , 52°41’W ; 10.VII.2008 ; C. Girod leg.; coll. CGIR . FIG. 2. — A , Pyragra fuscata Audinet-Serville, 1831 ; B , Echinopsalis guttata Bormans, 1893 ; C , Pyragropsis emarginata Rehn, 1916 . Scale bars: 1.0 mm DISTRIBUTION. — Surinam, French Guiana, Panama ( Steinmann 1986 ). REMARK Cited from French Guiana by Brindle (1968b) . This species occurs frequently in palm trees.