Hemipeplus angustipennis Pollock, 1999

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Hemipeplus angustipennis Pollock, 1999

(Figs 13, 62)

Hemipeplus angustipennis Pollock, 1999: 70 , Figs 3D, 6D, 10.

Type Material. Holotype, male, only images sent from NMNH, labeled: ‘ VENEZUELA, T. F. Amaz. Cerro de la Neblina Camp XII, 1950. m. near Pico Phelps 26 February 1985 / [second label mentioned in Pollock (1999) not seen in the photo sent] / [red label] HOLOTYPE [in Pollock’s handwriting] Hemipeplus angustipennis Pollock [printed] D.A. Pollock 1997 / [with a barcode] USNMENT, 01595475’, in NMNH .

Diagnosis. Hemipeplus angustipennis can be distinguished by its smaller, shallower eyes compared to those of the similar-appearing H. brasiliensis sp. nov. (Fig. 12), as well as by its darker head and pronotum, and more distinctly produced anterolateral margins of the pronotum. Hemipeplus angustipennis has the following diagnostic features: temples prominent and somewhat angulate, rounded posteriorly; scape short, moniliform; eyes small (shorter than scape + pedicel), very shallow and slightly convex; pronotum subcordiform, widely expanded anteriorly with a shallow wide anterior emargination; pronotal pad distinct; pronotal lobe truncate with median notch; elytra more or less flat; color head and pronotum piceous, elytra dark rufous, venter piceous; distribution: S. Venezuela (Amazonas).

Geographical Distribution (Fig. 62). Venezuela (Amazonas)

Natural History. Specimens of H. angustipennis examined by Pollock (1999) were collected from Bonnetia Mart. & Zucc. ( Bonnetiaceae ) scrub in a malaise trap.