Amazoniscus arlei Lemos de Castro, 1967

86. Amazoniscus arlei Lemos de Castro, 1967 View in CoL

Amazoniscus arlei Lemos de Castro, 1967: 326 View in CoL . – Lemos de Castro, 1969: 2, figs. 1–11. – Souza-Kury, 1998: 665. – Leistikow and Wägele, 1999: 37. – Schmalfuss, 2003: 15. – Souza et al., 2006: 41, fig. 20. – Schmidt, 2007: 13 View Cited Treatment , figs. 12, 189–196; Campos-Filho et al., 2014: 395. – Campos-Filho et al., 2017c: 10.

nec Amazoniscus arlei View in CoL – Schmidt, 2007: 64 View Cited Treatment (partim: specimens from Leopoldina, state of Minas Gerais).

Remarks. Schmidt (2007) redescribed Amazoniscus arlei Lemos de Castro, 1967 based on type material from the states of Amapá and Pará, and recorded the species also from the states of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. Campos-Filho et al. (2017c) recognized that the specimens of A. arlei from Minas Gerais examined by Schmidt belong to the new species A. schmidti Campos-Filho, Montesanto and Taiti, 2017 . Most probably the record of A. arlei from the state of Rio de Janeiro represents a different species. However, further studies should be conducted to confirm this statement.

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil.Common species in the Brazilian Amazon Forest (states of Amapá, Pará, and Tocantins), and in the state of Rio de Janeiro ( Lemos de Castro, 1967; Souza et al., 2006; Schmidt, 2007).