Pseudomops interceptus ( Burmeister, 1838 )

Estrada-Álvarez, Julio Cesar & Sormani H., Carlo G., 2024, Revision of the genus Pseudomops Serville, 1831 (Blattodea: Blattellidae) in Mexico, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 50 (3), pp. 549-580 : 564-569

Pseudomops interceptus ( Burmeister, 1838)

( Figs. 3 a-b; 7a-7J; 11a-11x; 15a-15e; 20)

Blatta intercepta Burmeister 1838: 497 (D?) [sp. n.] [ Mexiko (LT)]. Saussure 1864: 113. Walker 1868: 92. Scudder 1868: 15. Scudder 1901: 43.

Thyrsocera tolteca Saussure 1862: 168 (D male and female) [sp. n.] [ Mexico calida (LT)] [syn. Jun. de P. oblongata sensu Brunner von Wattenwy 1865: 123 ]. (var. 1-5) Saussure 1864: 124; lam. I, fig. 21 (male and female) [Les régions chaudes du Mexique... Cordova,...Cordillère orientale...province du Mexique, â Allihuayan(sic) [=San Diego Atlihuayán], près Cuautla]. Brunner von Wattenwy 1865: 125. Scudder 1868: 81. Finot 1897: 187. Scudder 1901: 325.

Thyrsocera oblongata [ID err.] not P. oblongatus (Linnaeus) . Brunner von Wattenwy 1865: 121; Lam. III, Figs. 11 a-e (male and female) [part reg. México] [ Surinam, bahia, Oaxaca]. Brunner von Wattenwy 1865: 412 [syn. n Blatta intercepta , Thyrsocera tolteca ] [syn. n. desestimada] [ID err.]. Scudder 1868: 81 [ID err.]. (Var. a. b, f) Tolteca Saussure 1870: 50 Lam. I , Fig. 29 [ Mexique; Cordillère orientale et terres tempérées] [ID err.]. Finot 1897: 186 [part] [ Surinam; Mexique; Bahia; Guatemala; Honduras] [ID err.]. Scudder 1901: 325 [part].

Pseudomops tolteca (Saussure) . Walker 1868: 78 [comb. n.]. Saussure and Zehntner 1893: 32 [part reg. México, Guatemala, Honduras] [ Mexico, Soledad in Guerrero, Atoyac in Vera Cruz, Teapa in Tabasco, Eastern Cordillera; Guatemala, Zapote, San Geronimo; British Honduras] [ID err.]. Scudder 1901: 276.

Pseudomops oblongata [ID err.] not P. oblongatus (Linnaeus) . Brunner von Wattenwy 1865: 123 [syn. n. Thyrsocera tolteca ] [= Pseudomops intercepta, sensu Shelford 1906 ]. Scudder 1901: 276 [part]. Rehn 1902: 2 [n. rec. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico] [ID err.]. Rehn 1907: 209 [part, Morelos, Mexico]. Hebard 1917: 156 [part ex. Mexico]. Hebard 1921 209 [Cuernavaca, Morelos and Tuxpan, Jalisco] (Distrito Federal, Teapa in Tabasco and San Rafael, Orizaba, Cordoba and Vera Cruz in Vera Cruz(sic)] [ID err.]. Estrada-Álvarez and Guadarrama 2013 51; Fig. 14 [n. rec. MÉXICO, MEX: Malinalco (El Platanar); MOR: Jiutepec (Zn. Industrial CIVAC) [n. regs.] [ID err.]. Estrada-Álvarez 2013: 277 [ID err.].

Pseudo-phyllodromia ? intercepta (Burmeister) In : Finot 1897: 181 [ID err.]

Blatta oblongata [ID err.] not P. oblongatus (Linnaeus) . Scudder 1901: 44 [part].

Blatta (Ectobia) intercepta (Burmeister) In : Scudder 1901: 46.

Pseudomops interceptus (Burmeister) In : Shelford 1906: 252 [sp. rev.] [comb. n.] [ Mexico, Guatemala; Honduras]. Shelford 1908 4 [Central America, Honduras]. Hebard 1917 156: footnote. 256-258 [n. rec. Distrito Federal, Mexico, San Rafael, Orizaba, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Cordoba, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Vera Cruz, Vera Cruz, Mexico, Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico]. Hebard 1932: 208 [part] [n. rec. Jalapa, Vera Cruz; San José Del Cabo, BaJa California; Cuernavaca, Morelos; Cuautla, Morelos] [reg. BC P. septentrionalis ]. [Det Hebard 1926] Rehn 1951: 104; Lam. VI, Fig. 64; Lam. XIII, Fig. 137 [Cuernavaca, Mexico]. Princis 1969: 944 [ Mexico; Guatemala; Honduras]. intercepta (sic) Sormani 2007: 20, 33. Estrada-Álvarez 2013: 276. Domínguez 2017: 30, 64, 65 [Reserva de la Biosfera Selva el Ocote (REBISO), Chiapas]. Gómez et al. 2017: 252 [n. rec. Reserva de la Biosfera Selva el Ocote (REBISO), Chiapas].

Pseudomops septentrionalis [ID err.], not P. septentrionalis Hebard , in: Estrada-Álvarez and Guadarrama 2013 51; Fig. 15 [ MÉXICO, VER: Fortín de las Flores (Barranca del Metlac)] [ID err.]. Palacios-Vargas et al. 2015: 58 [n. rec. Grutas de Tolantongo, Hidalgo].

Brief diagnosis. Males: form of paraprocts ( Figs.7c; 11g, 11h) and styles ( Figs. 7d, 7e; 11i, 11J); females in the form of the paraprocts ( Figs. 7J; 11v) and complex valvar (11x), separate this species from P. septentrionalis .

Variations. The coloration in both sexes shows great variability, light brown to black, pronotum with the line of the lateral edges of the pronotum invading the disc, with a black, brown or red point in the middle of the disc.

Form sumicrasti ( Fig. 15b): Light staining with constricted completely black pronotal disc spot.

Form clown ( Fig. 15c): Similar to the form sumicrasti, but with a point in the center of the red pronotal disk, recalling the face of a clown.

Form tolteca ( Fig. 15d): Darker shape with the anterior and central part of the pronotal disc red.

Form villadai ( Fig. 15e): Similar to the form tolteca, but with a black halo in the anterior spot of the prontal disc.

Type material. Blatta intercepta Burmeister, 1838 . Holotipo (ESIZH), presumably lost. Thyrsocera tolteca Saussure, 1862 . Male syntype Mexique; col. M. H de Saussure [ MHNG], revised. 2 males, 1 female syntypes; Mexique, coll.?, [maybe Saussure] [ MHNG], revised.

Neotype: 1 male, Xalapa, Ver.; 20-XII-84; col. J. Peña [ CNIN].

Examined material (n= 240; 46 males, 111 females, 47 not sexed, 20 Juv.): MÉXICO, Chiapas. 1 female MÉXICO, Chiapas, Finca Prusia, Mpio. Angel Albino Corzo, Edo. De Chiapas, 1180m, Cafetal tronco; 6/IX/[19]81; cols. P. Reyes, G. Quintero, J. Valenzuela [ CNIABM]. Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chis., Mex. 1800 ft. July 6/10-1955; col. P and C. Vaurie [ AMNH]. La Zacualpa, Chiapas; Anónimo Coll. [ AMNH]. La Zacualpa, Chiapas [n. sp near P. gueriniana ]; col. Anonimo [ AMNH]. 1 female, México, Chiapas, Solosuchiapa; 19- IX-87; col. F. Arias [ CNIN]. Colima. 1 female, Colima, Col.; IX-1916; col. C.C. Hoffman [ CNIN]. Guerrero. 1 female, México Guerrero, 11 Km. Al E de Apoxtla(sic)[=Apaxtla] de CastreJon, Selva BaJa con ecotonia de encinal, 18°03’52’’N, 99°5’12’’W; 14-IX-2005; col. E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Guerrero, Acahuizotla, Posada la Paz, camino de posadala pueblo, 17°22’44’’ N, 99°27’15’’ W; 2-3-IX-2011; col. M. Garcia, A. Zaldivar [ CNIN]. Hidalgo. 2 females, México, Hidalgo, Ixcuicuila, Km. 13 al SO de HueJutla; 11- V-1999; col. H. Brailovksy, E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Hidalgo, Xocotitla, Mpio. HueJutla, 21°07.61’N, 98°29.28’W; 28-VIII-1999; col. E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 3 females, Ehuatitla, Hidalgo, Mexico; 17-III-82; col. Anónimo [ CNIN]. Jalisco. Colimilla, Barranca de Oblatos, Jal., Mex. [D. Rockefeller. Mex. Exp. 1953]; VIII-7-53; col. C. and P. Vaurie [ AMNH]. México. 1 female, Valle de Bravo, Edo. Mexico. 1400 msnm; 21-VIII-70; col. Anónimo [ CNIN]. 1 female, MEX: Malinalco El Platanar (N 18°49‘54.33“, O 99°27‘25.63“, 1280 msnm), in flowers; 25/VII/2005, coll. Lidia Ordoñez [ CER]. Michoacán. 1 male, 2 females México, Michoacan, Aguililla; 1-VIII-1985; col. F. Arias [ CNIN]. 1 female, Allihuayan, près Cuaulla, Mexique; col. M. H. de Saussure [ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [ MHNG]. Morelos. 1 female, Morelos, Cuernavaca, Sta. María Ahuac, backyard; VI/2020; col. Reinier Nuñez [ CER]. 1 male MOR: Jiutepec, Zn. Industrial CIVAC; 27/VIII/2012; col. Mauricio [ CER]. 1 female, Yautepec, Mor., 1200 m; 22-VII-56; col. C. Bolivar, G. L. Tuxen [ CNIN]. 2 males, Colona Loma Bonita, Cuernavaca, Morelos; VII-2021; R. Bazán-Núñez Coll. [ CER]. 1 male, 1 female, MORELOS; 10/VII/[19]55; col. V. Guzmán [ CNIABM]. Oaxaca. 1 female, México, Oaxaca, 2 km. Desviación a Pluma Hidalgo, carr. Sán José Pacifico-Pochutla, Hojarazca de Cropia; 8-VI-2004; col. E. Barrera, E. Mariño [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Oaxaca, Km 195 pinotepa-putla; 3-IX-1990; col. E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Oaxaca, Putla de Guerrero; 3-XI-1990; col. E. Barrera, A. Cadena [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Oaxaca, Dominguillo, 760 msnm, 17°38’907’’ N, 96°54’703’’ O; 20-IV-1998; col. M. Morales [ CNIN]. 1 male, Km. 60 carr. Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, México; 25-XI-83; col. E. Mariño [ CNIN]. 1 male, México, Oaxaca, Mpio. Valle Nacional, San Mateo Yetla; 12-X-1990; col. A. Cadena [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Oaxaca, Mpio. Valle Nacional, San Mateo Yetla; 12-X-1990; col. E. Ramirez, E. Cardenas, A. Cadena [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Oaxaca, San Mateo Yetla; 23-IX-89; col. A. Cadena [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Oaxaca, San Mateo Yetla, Mpio. Valle Nacional; 13-X-1990; col. A. Cadena, E. Barrera, E. Ramirez [ CNIN]. 1 male, Km. 3 Pochutla, Oax.; 3-VI-85; col. E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, Toltepec, Oaxaca; 22-XI-85; col. E. Mariño [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Oaxaca, Pluma Hidalgo (sic), Finca Copelita; 31-I-88; col. E. Barrera, A. Cadena, F. Ramirez [ CNIN]. 1 male, México, Oaxaca, San Cristobal (?); 17-VI-84; col. R. Mendoza [ CNIN]. 1 male, México, Oaxaca-San Juan Mixtepec(?); Jul-03; col. M. Aldasoro [ CNIN]. 1 female, Puente Chacalpilla(?), Oaxaca, México; 18-VI-82; col. A. Ibarra [ CNIN]. Oaxaca, Oax. Mex. 5034ftJune 24 1955; col. P and C. Vaurie [ AMNH]. Oaxaca, Mex., Oax.July 20-24 16[9]47; col. B. Malkin [ AMNH]. Puebla. 1 male, 1 female, México, Puebla, Cuetzalan, 940 msnm; 20-30-1994; col. G. Ortega, E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, Km. 82 carr. Zempoala-Tantoyuca, Ver. (sic) [Puebla]; 26-VI-76; col. Figueroa [ CNIN]. 1 male, Matamoros, Puebla; 6-VIII-1942; col. L. Vazquez [ CNIN]. 2 females, México, Puebla, Patla; 19-VIII-1994; col. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Puebla, Pauatlan, Km. 3.5 Pauatlan-Tlacuilotepec, 787m, 20°17’24’’N, 98°08’44’’W, Veg. Ruderal y Mango; 21-V-2008; col. E. Barrera, L. Cervantes [ CNIN]. 2 females, México, Puebla, Km. 5 Pahuatlan-La Cruz; 5-VIII-1995; col. H. Brailovsky [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Puebla, Pahuatlan, Km. 7 Pahuatlan-Honey, 1402 msnm, 20°16’25’’N, 98°10’34’’W, bosque mesofilo; 22-V-2008; col. L. Cervantes, H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Puebla, Pautlan, 20°14.989’N, 98°08.809’, 2800 Ft.; 10-VII-1994; col. E. Barrera, C. Mayorga [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Puebla, Pautlan, Lecho del río; 10-VII-1994; col. E. Barrera, C. Mayorga [ CNIN]. 3 females, México, Puebla, Zoyatla, Pahuatlán, 20°17.70’N, 98°07.98’W, sobre hoJas; 21-VI-2003; col. A. Zurita [ CNIN]. 1 male, Rancho Alegre, Puebla 1-III-52; col. Anonymous [ CNIN]. 1 male, México, Puebla, Xicotepec de Juarez, Km. 10 Xicotepec-La Union, 669 msnm, 20°13’53’’N, 97°54’02’’W, selva media; 23-V-2008; col. L. Cervantes, H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Puebla, Tlaxcalantongo; 19-VIII-1994; Col. H. Brailobsky, E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Xilotepec de Juarez, Puebla; 13- VII-80; col. H. Brailovsky [ CNIN]. 1 female 10Km. S. La Ceiba, PUEBLA; 13/IX/[19]70; cols. E. y A. Martín [ CNIABM]. 2 female Xicotepec de Juárez, PUEBLA; 12/VII/1970; col. Bassols [ CNIABM]. 1 male, Xicotepec de Juarez, Pue.; 18-IV-96; col. Anonymous [ CZD]. 1 female, México, Puebla, Barranca de Patla, 20°14.549’N, 97°53.814’W, 40 m (sic).; 12-VII-94; col. E. Barrera, C. Mayorga [ CNIN]. Querétaro. 1 male, México, Queretaro, Km 4.5 La Lagunita-Tilaco, 21°12’74’’N, 99°14’23’’ O; 22-VI-98; col. G. Ortega, L. Cervantes [ CNIN]. 3 males, México, Queretaro, Km 4.5 La Lagunita-Tilaco, 21°12’74’’N, 99°14’23’’O; 22-VI-98; col. G. Ortega, L. Cervantes [ CNIN]. 1 male, México, Queretaro, ChuveJe, 1360 msnm, 21°10’68’’, 99°33’64’’; 22-Jul-98; col. E. Barrera, C. Mayorga [ CNIN]. San Luis Potosí. 1 female, México, San Luis Potosi, Km. 82 carr. Ciudad Valles-Rio Verde, 1317 msnm, 21°53’35’’N, 99°33’11’’W; 25-VIII-2006; col. E. Barrera, H. Brailovski [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, San Luis Potosi, Km. 9 San Felipe agua de Gomates(sic), en Cycadaceas, 970 msnm, 21°49’16’’N, 99°33’19’’W; 21-VIII-[2]008; col. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 2 females, México, San Luis Potosi, 3 km. N de Santa Maria de AbaJo(sic), 1,487 msnm, 22°03’52’’N, 100° 31’00’’W; 20-VIII-2008; col. H. Brailovsky, E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 2 females, La Quintachilla Tamasuchale, Sn. Luis Potosi, México; 20-V-78; col. E. Marino [ CNIN]. 1 female, México San Luis Potosi, Taman; 7-II-87; col. H. Brailovsky [ CNIN]. 2 females, Vega Larga 6 km. Antes de Tamazuchale, S.L.P; 1-V-76; col. E. Barrera [ CNIN]. San Luis Potosi. MEXICO, San Luis Potosi, Tamazunchale; August 17 1966; col. J. and W. Ivie [ AMNH]. Picolco, Mex., San Luis Potosi, V-21-1952; col. M. Cazier, W. Gertsch, R. Schrammel [ AMNH]. 8(?) Tamazuchale, San Luis Potosi, Mex. V-20-1952; col. M. Cazier, W. Gertsch, R. Schrammel [ AMNH]. 6(?) Huichihuyan, 20 mi N of Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi, Mex., V-19-1952; col. M. Cazier, W. Gertsch, R. Schrammel [ AMNH]. Tabasco. 1 Teapa Tabasco; feb.; col. H. H. Smith [ MHNG]. Veracruz. 1 female, Atoyac in Vera Cruz; col. H. H. Smith Saussure [ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [ MHNG]. 1 male, Chicontepec, Veracruz; Col. Nocturna; 29-II-76; col. Pd. Grinver [ CNIN]. 3 females, Cordoba, Ver.; 11-VI-49; col. I. Vazquez [ CNIN]. 1 male, Cordoba, Ver. [001]; col. Anonymous [ CNIN]. 2 males, Cordova, le Mexique; col. M. H de Saussure [ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [ MHNG]. 2 female [1 without pronotum] Cordoba, VER.; 29/VIII/1989; cols. Lomeli, F. J. R.; S. J. Tapia [ CNIABM]. 1 female, El Higo, Veracruz; 25-VII-76; col. Zaragoza [ CNIN]. 1 female, Chavarrillo. Manual; 28 febrero 2008; col. Reyes-Castillo, P. [ IEXA]. 3 females, Barranca de Metlac, Veracruz, México; 5-XI-75; col. C. Marquez M. [ CNIN]. 1 female, Barranca de Metlac, Veracruz, México; 9-VI-79; col. Nora Galindo [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Veracruz, Gutierrez Zamora, El Coco, 20°26’48’’N, 97°08’57’’W, alt. 50 msnm, NaranJal; 28-I-2007; col. E. Barrera, L. Cervantes [ CNIN]. 5 females, México, Veracruz, Mpio. Buena Vista, Ixtaczoquitlán, 1000 msnm; 28- VII-2000; col. E. Barrera, A. Ibarra [ CNIN]. 1 male, 4 females, Moyoapam(sic), Mexique; col. Sumichhrast [ MHNG] [1 male, 3 females ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [1 female ID Sausseure Pseudomops cincta [ = sallei ]] [ MHNG]. 1 male, Km. 120 Autopista Puebla-Orizaba, México, 1800 m; 27-VII-1978; col. J. Butze [ CNIN]. 2 females, TaJin, Veracruz, México; 21-VI-76; col. Anonymous [ CNIN]. 1 female, Rio Blanco, Fortin, Veracruz; 2-V-81; col. G. Ortega [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Veracruz, Sn. Andres Tuxtla, Tuxtla Balzapote; 23-VI-1989; col. E. Barrera, J. L. Colín [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Veracruz, Montepio; 5-VIII-1994; col. S. Zaragoza [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Veracuz, Tlapacoyan; 13-IX-86; col. E. Mariño [ CNIN]. 2 males, 2 females, Xalapa-Enriquez, Coapexpan. Pastizal Inducido. BaJo tronco muerto de Acacia . Manual; mayo 2004; col. Sormani, H.C.G. and Ángeles, V.J.A. [ IEXA]. 1 female, Xalapa Enriquez, Coapexpan. Pastizal Inducido. Trampa de Cebo; mayo 2004; coll. Sormani, H.C.G. and Ángeles, V.J.A. [ IEXA]. 3 male, 7 females, Xalapa Enriquez. Zona Urbana y Periurbana. Manual; no data; col. Sormani, H.C.G. [ IEXA]. 1 female, Xalapa Enriquez, Parque Los TecaJetes. Zona Urbana. Manual; Julio 2005; col. Amador, J. [ IEXA]. 2 males, 2 females, Xalapa Enriquez, Coapexpan. Acahual. Al borde de un pantano. Manual; no data; col. Sormani, H.C.G. and Ángeles, V.J.A. [ IEXA]. 2 males, Xalapa Enriquez. Zona Urbana. Manual; no data; col. Sormani, H.C.G. [ IEXA]. Male and Female Xalapa Enriquez, Coapexpan. Pastizal Inducido. Manual; no data; col. Sormani, H.C.G. [ IEXA]. 1 male, 13 females, Xalapa Enriquez, Coapexpan. Pastizal Inducido. Manual; mayo 2004; col. Sormani, H.C.G. [ IEXA]. 12 males, Xalapa Enriquez, Coapexpan. Pastizal Inducido. En borde del río baJo piedras y troncos. Manual; no data; col. Sormani, H.C.G. [ IEXA]. 1 female, Xalapa, Veracruz; 14-VI-84; col. J. Peña [ CNIN]. 1 female, Xalapa, Veracruz, México; 16-V-85; col. J. Peña [ CNIN]. 1 female, Jalapa, Ver.; 13-ago-84; col. J. Peña [ CNIN]. 2 females, Jalapa, Ver.; 18-VIII-84; col. J. Peña [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Ver. Xalapa; 12-X-85; col. Peña [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Veracruz, Jalapa; 4-VIII-85; col. J. Peña [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Veracruz, Xalapa; 14.X-85; col. J. Peña [ CNIN]. 1 male, Xico, Ver. [002]; col. Anonymous [ CNIN]. 2 females, México, Veracruz, Arrollo claro Santa Martha, Los Tuxtlas; 16-V-77; col. C. H. Gonzalez [ CNIN]. 2 females, México, Veracruz, Est. Biol. Los Tuxtlas; 14-IX-85; col. E. Mariño, L. Cervantes [ CNIN]. 1 female, Río Maquinas, los Tuxtlas, Ver.; 20-II-85; col. H. Velasco [ CNIN]. 1 female, México, Chih. Nva. Cd. Las Casas(?); 14-VII-85; col. E. Barrera [ CNIN]. 3 males, 2 females, Mexique; col. Sumichhrast [ MHNG] [Males ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [Females ID Sausseure Pseudomops cincta [ = sallei ]] [ MHNG]. 1 male, 3 females: col. M. H. de Saussure [ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [ MHNG]. 2(?) Fortin, Vera Cruz, Mex. July 25 1965; col. W.J. Gertsch [ AMNH]. MEXICO, Veracrus, Lake Catemaco, XI-24-1962; col. C. and P. Vaurie [ AMNH]. 3(?) MEXICO, Veracruz, 2 mi N of FortinAugust 5 1966; col. J. and W. Ivie [ AMNH]. MEXICO: Jalapa, Vera Cruz; col. Anonymous [ AMNH]. Vera Cruz, V. C., Mex. July 25, 1956; col. W.J. Gertsch [ AMNH]. GUATEMALA. 1 female, Guatemala; col. H. de Saussure [ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [ MHNG]. 1 male, Guatemala; col. Rodriguez [ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [ MHNG]. 1 male, 1 female, Guatemala; col. Guerin [ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [ MHNG]. 1 female, Guatemala, Zapote; col. Champion [ID Sausseure Pseudomops oblongata [ tolteca ]] [ MHNG]. 4 not sexed Coban, Guate., 4000 ft.; VII-6-1947; col. C & P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398280-82]. 2 not sexed Coban, Guate., 4000ft.; VII-7-1947; col. C & P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398278-79]. Guatalon, Such. Guate., 600ft.; VI-24-1947; col. C & P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398285]. Los Ramones, B.V.P., Guate. 4500 ft.; VII-25-1947; col. C & P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398289]. Moca, Such., Guate. 3000 ft.; VI-21-47; col. C & P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398282]. NebaJ, Guate. 6000 ft.; VIII-9-47; col. C & P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398286]. Rabinal, Guate., 3000 ft.; VIII-2-1947; col. C &P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398277]. Rabinal, Guate., 3000 ft.; VIII-3-1947; col. C & P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398276]. Salama, Guate., 3000 ft; VII-29-1947; col. C & P Vaurie [F. Johnson Donor] [ AMNH _IZC_00398285].

Distribution. MÉXICO: Chiapas, Mpty. Angel Albino Corzo (Finca Prusia); Mpty. Chicomuselo (La Zacualpa); Mpty. Solosuchiapa (Solosuchiapa); Mpty. Tuxtla Gutiérrez (Tuxtla Gutiérrez); Reserva de la Biosfera Selva El Ocote (REBISO). Colima, Mpty. Colima (Colima). Ciudad de México. Guerrero, Mpty. Apaxtla (Apaxtla de CastreJón); Mpty. Chilpancingo de los Bravo (Acahuizotla); Mpty. Ometepec (La Soledad). Hidalgo, Mpty. Cardonal (Grutas de Tolantongo); Mpty. HueJutla de Reyes (Ixcuicuila, Xocotitla); Mpty. Tlanchinol (Ehuatitla). Jalisco, Mpty. GuadalaJara (Barranca de Oblatos). Michoacán, Mpty. Aguililla (Aguililla). México, Mpty. Malinalco (El Platanar); Mpty. Valle de Bravo (Valle de Bravo). Morelos, Mpty. Cuernavaca (Cuernavaca, Colonia Loma Bonita); Mpty. Cuautla, (La Heroica e Histórica Cuautla); Mpty. Yautepec de Zaragoza (San Diego Atlihuayán); Mpty. Jiutepec (Zn. Industrial CIVAC). Oaxaca, Mpty. Candelaria Loxicha (2km. Desviación a Pluma Hidalgo, carr. Sán JoséPacifico-Pochutla); Mpty. Oaxaca de Juárez (Oaxaca de Juárez); Mpty. Putla Villa de Guerrero (Km 195 pinotepa-putla, Putla Villa de Guerrero); Mpty. San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán (Santiago Dominguillo); Mpty. San Juan Bautista Valle Nacional (Km. 60 carr. Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, San Mateo Yetla); Mpty. San Pedro Pochutla (Km. 3 Pochutla, Toltepec); Mpty. Santa María Huatulco (Finca Copelita). Puebla, Mpty. Cuetzalan del Progreso (Ciudad de Cuetzalan); Mpty. Huauchinango (Km. 82 carr. Zempoala-Tantoyuca); Mpty. Francisco Z. Mena (10Km. S. La Ceiba); Mpty. Izúcar de Matamoros (Izúcar de Matamoros); Mpty. Jopala (Patla); Mpty. Pahuatlán (Km. 3.5 Pauatlan-Tlacuilotepec, Km. 5 Pahuatlan-La Cruz, Km. 7 Pahuatlán-Honey, Pahuatlán (Rio de Pahuatlán, Zoyatla de Guerrero); Mpty. Tetela de Ocampo (Rancho Alegre); Mpty. Xicotepec (Km. 10 Xicotepec-La Unión, Tlaxcalantongo, Xicotepec de Juárez); Mpty. Zihuateutla (Barranca de Patla). Querétaro, Mpty. Landa de Matamoros (Km 4.5 La Lagunita-Tilaco); Mpty. Pinal de Amoles (El ChuveJe). San Luis Potosí, Mpty. Huehuetlán (Huichihuayán); Mpty. Axtla de Terrazas (Picholco); Mpty. Rayón (Km. 82 carr. Ciudad Valles-Rio Verde, Km. 9 San Felipe de Jesús Gamotes-Agua de Gamotes); Mpty. Santa María del Río ( Peregrina de AbaJo ); Mpty. Tamazunchale (La Quintachilla, Tamán, Vega Larga). Tabasco, Mpty. Teapa (Teapa). Veracruz, Mpty. Atoyac (Atoyac); Mpty. Chicontepec (Chicontepec de TeJeda); Mpty. Córdoba (Córdoba); Mpty. El Higo (El Higo); Mpty. Emiliano Zapata (Chavarrillo); Mpty. Fortín (Barranca de Mectlan, 2mi N of Fortin); Mpty. Gutiérrez Zamora (El Coco); Mpty. Ixtaczoquitlán (Buena vista, Moyoapan); Mpty. Maltrata (Km. 120 Autopista Puebla-Orizaba); Mpty. Orizaba (Orizaba); Mpty. Papantla (El TaJín); Mpty. San Andrés Tuxtla (Balzapote, Montepío); Mpty. Santiago Tuxtla (Tlapacoyan); Mpty. San Rafael (San Rafael); Mpty. Veracruz (Veracruz); Mpty. Xalapa (Xalapa-Enríquez, Coapexpan, Parque Los TecaJetes); Mpty. Xico (Xico); Estación de Biología Tropical Los Tuxtlas y Rio Blanco-Fortin. GUATEMALA: Alta Verapaz, Cobán; Baja Verapaz, Los Ramones, Rabinal, Salamá; Guatemala, El Zapote; Quiché, Cunén, Santa María NebaJ; Suchitepéquez, Guatalon, Moca. HONDURAS ( Fig. 20).

Biogeography. Mostly neotropical, with penetration into the provinces Sierra Madre Oriental (sme), Sierra Madre del Sur (sms), Mexican plate (mp), and the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (tvb); at an altitude of 4-1, 968 m ( Fig. 20).

Bionomics. This species is very agile and occasionally enters the rooms, most of the individuals were collected manually in the Portrero de Xalapa; only one adult female fell into a bait trap. In this species a well-defined seasonal behavior was observed since only nymphs were obtained in the rainy season, while only adults were collected in the dry season. This species is peri-domestic and very abundant in the city of Xalapa; it is found in coffee plantations, vacant lots and gardens, always under stones or rubble; It has been found congregating in large numbers under the stones on the banks of the rivers and flying among the vegetation of the acahuales ( Tithonia diversifolia ) during the morning hours. It feeds on the pollen of asteraceae flowers. In captivity it has been observed that nymphs are aggressive towards their congeners and cannibalism occurs at the moment of molting.