A checklist of the praying mantises of Peru: new records, one new genus (Piscomantis gen. n.) and biogeographic remarks (Insecta, Mantodea)
Author
Rivera, Julio
Author
Vergara-Cobián, Clorinda
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-10-19
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10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.3
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63.
Pseudovates peruviana
(
Rehn, 1911
)
[AN, LA, LI, LL, PI, TU]
Vates peruviana
Rehn, 1911
=
Phyllovates brevicollis
Orofino, Ippolito & Lombardo, 2006
(n. syn.)
Type locality
.
Rehn (1911)
: “Despoblado, N. Peru” (= Morropón, in Piura
sensu
Rivera, 2001
).
Examined material
.
ANCASH
:
1 ♂
, Casma, Yaután,
VII.2000
(
C. Rodríguez
leg.) (
UNALM
).
LA LIBERTAD
: 1 ♀, Moche,
11.VII.1996
(R. Castillo leg.) (UNALM);
1 ♂
,
Trujillo
,
18.II.1996
(
J. Nina
leg.) (
UNALM
)
; 1 ♀,
8.IX.1993
(J. Amaya leg.) (UNALM),
1 ♀
,
26.VII.1979
(
C. Vergara
leg.) (
UNALM
).
LAMBAYEQUE
:
1 ♂
,
Lambayeque
,
19.VIII.1987
(
M. Bravo
leg.) (
UNALM
)
;
1 ♂
,
Lambayeque
,
5.VIII.1983
(
E. Deza
leg) (
UNALM
)
;
1 ♂
,
Lambayeque
,
29.X.1982
(
O.
Córdova
leg.) (
UNALM
)
; 1 ♀, Mochumí,
4.VII.1968
(D. Ojeda leg.) (UNALM);
2 ♂
, Chiclayo, Cayaltí (on bushes)
10.VII.1967
(
D. Sánchez
leg.) (
UNPRG
).
LIMA
: 1 ♂, Canta, Santa Rosa de Quives,
28.XI.2005
(I. Deustua leg.) (UNALM); Chosica, 1 ♂,
7.XII.1963
(P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); 1 ♂, Chosica 1964 (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); 1 ♂, Chosica,
15.IV.1964
(P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); 1 ♀, Chosica,
5.III.1964
(at light) (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); Chosica, 1 ♀
15.II.1964
(at light) (P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM); 1 ♀, Huarochirí, [San Jerónimo de] Surco [
2000 m
],
5.IV.1978
(P. Hocking leg.) (MUSM). PIURA: 1 ♂ (HOLOTYPE) “Despoblado, N. Peru” (ANSP); 1 ♀, Valle de los Incas (on a branch of a tree known as ¨algarrobo¨:
Prosopis
sp
),
2.X.2001
(J. Rivera leg.) (UNALM);
1 ♂
, Sullana, Coto de Caza “
El Angolo
”,
Sauce Grande
, dentro de vivienda (at light),
500 m
.
, en
Bosque Seco
[dry forest],
9-10. VIII.2002
(
J. Chumpitaz
leg.) (
UNALM
).
TUMBES
:
1 ♀
,
Tumbes
,
Campus
UNT
, Facultad
de Agronomía
,
30.III.1998
(
H. Seminario
leg.) (
UNT
).
Remarks
. Male genitalia of
P. brevicollis
(
Orofino
et al.
, 2006
: Figs 87–88, 92–93) strongly resemble that of
P. peruviana
, the latter distributed in the Pacific coastal river valleys from
Tumbes
as far south as central
Lima
, in
Peru
(
Rivera
, 2001
).
Orofino
et al.
(2006)
described
P. brevicollis
on the basis of a single male specimen with
type
locality in Santa Rosa de Quives, a small town only a few kilometers north of
Lima
city (approximate coordinates: 11˚41’43”S, 76 ˚50’49”W), and where
P
.
peruviana
is also found. Pronotal proportions and conformation of male genitalia in
P. brevicollis
fall within the range of variation observed across multiple populations of
P. peruviana
we examined (
Rivera
, 2001
). Given this evidence and the sympatric range or both species we are convinced that they are conspecific and therefore we establish this new junior synonym.
Patel & Singh (2016a)
overlooked
Rivera
(2001)
and continued to report this species under
Vates
.