Polyphrix varians Townes

Polyphrix varians Townes View in CoL

Polyphrix varians Townes, 1970:283 View in CoL . Description, figure, distribution (corrected by Nogueira & Aguiar 2005). Holotype Ƥ AEIC.

Polyphrix varians: Carrasco, 1972:328 View in CoL . Listed.

Polyphrix varians: Yu & Horstmann, 1997:284 View in CoL . Listed.

Polyphrix varians: Nogueira & Aguiar, 2005:33 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . Morphology, taxonomy, distribution, keyed, figure.

Polyphrix varians: Yu et al., 2005 View in CoL : Listed.

The morphometric ratios provided below are mostly original information which complement the information provided by Townes (1970) and Nogueira & Aguiar (2005): CWH 1.77; CWW 1.63; MLW 2.02; MWW 0.72; MSM 0.48; FLW 6.08; SWL 1.87; APH 0.61; AWH 1.80–2.40; HW1C 0.80; T1LW 3.83; T1WW 1.66; T2LW 1.48; T2WW 2.20; OST 0.77.

Distribution records. The original description recorded the species from Óbidos, State of Pará, northern Brazil ( 1º54'07''S, 55º31'10''W); two other geographic records were reported by Nogueira & Aguiar (2005), from Caxiuanã, also in Pará, at about 460 km from the type locality, and from Uruaçu, state of Goiás, central Brazil ( 14º17.0'S 48º54.8'W). Three new records are provided here: one from Reserva Florestal Adolfo Ducke, at Manaus, Amazonas ( 3º00'16''S 59º56'37''W), Brazil; one from Kalacoon, Cuyuni-Mazaruni (“Bartica District” on the label), Guyana ( 6º24'00''N, 58º39'00''W); and one from Iwokrama Forest Reserve, Region 8, Guyana ( 4º40'19''N 58º41'04''W). Most distribution records, including possibly also Kalacoon, are from dense, well preserved equatorial forests, while Uruaçu is in an area of open, savannah-like vegetation, the Brazilian Cerrado.

Material examined. UFES: 1 Ƥ from BRASIL, Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke, 1–3.X.2005, yellow pans, APAguiar. AMNH: 1 3 from GUYANA, Bartica District, Kalacoon, 20.X.1920. CNCI: 1 Ƥ from GUYANA, Region 8, Iwokrama Forest Reserve, 4º40'19''N 58º41'04''W, 100–200m, VI– VI.2001, FIT, R. Brooks & Z. Falin.