Amblycerus kingsolveri Ribeiro-Costa, 1993

Amblycerus kingsolveri Ribeiro-Costa, 1993

Fig. 7 A – H View Figure 7 , Table 1 View Table 1

Amblycerus kingsolveri Ribeiro-Costa, 1993: 5–8 (detailed original description, type locality: Amazonas); Ribeiro-Costa 2000: 330 (mentioned); Ribeiro-Costa et al. 2018: 509 (catalog); Santos and Ribeiro-Costa 2019: 103 (taxonomy); Romero-Nápoles et al. 2021: 208 (catalog).

Type material.

Holotype • Deposited in DZUP, male, with labes: Brasil: Amazonas, Rio Tarumã Mirim, 2 Km from Rio Negro , 03°02'S- 60°17'W; 30 July 79; Adis, Erwin, Montgomery leg. GoogleMaps Paratype • ( n = 1), male, Brazil: Amazonas, Manaus , 1941 in DZUP. ( Ribeiro-Costa 1993) .

Additional material examined.

• [ n = 2] Brasil: Amazonas \ Rio Tarumã Mirim \ 20 KM nw Manaus \ 02 Mar 1979 / 02 ° 53 ' S, 060 ° 07 ' W [white label, printed in black]; Montgomery, Erwin, \ Schimmel, Krishik, \ Date, Bacon Colls [white label, printed in black]; Black water innun- \ dation forest canopy \ fogged with pyrethrum \ Sample # 39 [white label, printed in black]; Amblycerus \ kingsolveri \ Ribeiro-Costa, C. S. det. 2024 [white label with black margin, handwritten except name of identifier and date printed in black] ( USNM).

Diagnosis.

This species is easily recognized by the unique small pair of spine-shaped sclerite at AR of the internal sac of the male (Fig. 7 G View Figure 7 ). The other species in the sclerolobii group have large sclerites with different forms.

Note.

Ribeiro-Costa (1993) described this species as having the general integument color reddish yellow as in Fig. 7 A View Figure 7 and here we present an illustration of the darker specimens (Fig. 7 B View Figure 7 ).

Distribution.

Brazil (Amazonas-Manaus, Rio Tarumã Mirim).

Host plant.

Unknown.