Carcinophora percheroni (Guérin & Percheron, 1838) (Fig. 3B)

Forficula percheroni Guérin & Percheron, 1838: 7 .

TYPE SPECIMEN. — French Guiana, female, unknown repository .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 24 specimens (Fig. 3 B) .

French Guiana • 1 larva; Kaw, piste de Kaw, PK 35.5; 22.VI.-14. VII.1989; G. Chauvet leg.; MNHN • 1 ♂; 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 • 1 adult; Saül, Mont Itoupé; 800 m a.s.l.; 3°1’19"N, 53°5’3"W; 19.III.2010; E. Poirier leg.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; same locality; 22.III.2010; M. Dewynter leg . • 1 ♀, 2 ♂; same locality; 24.III.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR; coll. DMAT • 1 ♂; Saül, Mont Itoupé ( Drop Zone); 570 m a.s.l.; 24.III.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 adult; Saül, sentier Belvédère; 6.X.2010; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 adult; same locality; 11.I.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 adult; same locality; 7.III.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 adult; same locality; 22.III.2011; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 1 ♀; Camopi; Mont Saint-Marcel; 635 m a.s.l.; 2°23’3"N, 53°0’37"W; 25.IX.2014; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR • 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; 22.VIII.2010; SEAG com.; coll. YKAM • 4 adults, 5 larvas; Ré- gina; Roura; Route de Régina PK62, Piste Coralie PK12; 13-14. III.1990; P. de Toulgoet; leg.; MNHN • 1 adult; Roura; RN Trésor; XI.2009; SEAG com.; coll. CGIR .

DISTRIBUTION. — Brazil, French Guiana, Surinam, Trinidad, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, United States (Massachusetts; Steinmann 1989a).

REMARK

Cited from French Guiana by Hebard (1920), Thouvenot (2011) and Brindle (1968b). Easily recognized by its orange wings, pronotum and legs and by the two orange spots on the forewings. Seems rather common in French Guiana.