Corydalus peruvianus Davis 1903
Creators: name: Ardila-Camacho, Adrian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Megaloptera
Corydalidae
Corydalus
Corydalus peruvianus

description: Corydalus peruvianus Davis, 1903
(Fig. 2 f)
Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Materials examined. Boyacá: Villa de Leyva, 2200 m, 13-X-1999, S. Sierra & V. Rodríguez (1 ♂ - ICN); Villa de Leyva, 2200 m, 17-II-2003 (1 ♂ -IAvH); Puerto Boyacá, Vereda La Fiebre, 25-IV- 1997, 320 m (1 ♂ - ICN); San José de Pare, 17-IV-1993, H. Rodriguez (1 ♂ ‒ UNAB); Caldas: La Dorada, 26-XI-1994, H. Bejarano (1 ♂ - UNAB); Cauca: Popayán, La Virginia, 2º27’N ‒ 76º37’W, 1760 m, 4-VIII-2011, C. Mera (1 ♂ - UNAB); Tierradentro, 3-V,1994, C. Acuña (1 ♂ - UNAB); Casanare: Agua Azul, 16-X-2005, T. Corredor (1 ♂ - UNAB); Cundinamarca: La Vega, 1215m, 21-IX-1976, M. Valencia (1 ♂ - ICN); Tena, la gran vía, km 27, 1100 m, 4º12’30’’N – 76º2’33’’W, 6-IX-2003, D. Cuellar (1 ♂ -MUD); Bogotá, 2600 m, 18-II-2003, N. Gutiérrez (1 ♂ - MUD); Tenjo, 22-V-2007, A. Martínez (1 ♂ -MUD); Fusagasugá, 7-V-1994, I. Pacheco (1 ♂ - UNAB); La Calera, vda. Quisquizá, 25-VIII-1998, F. Ardila (1 ♂ - UNAB); Purificación, 5-XI-1995, D. Mora, near to river (1 ♂ - UNAB); Quipilé, Oriente, finca Campo Alegre, 1500 m, 31-X-2009, F. Zubieta, (1 ♂ - UNAB); Silvania, Subia, 1600 m, 3-XI-2003, M. Ospina, (1 ♂ - UNAB); Anapoima, vda. Panamá, 4º52’N ‒ 74º53’W, 700 m, 14-II-2011, C. Soto, entomological net (1 ♂ - UNAB); Guayabetal, 11-XI-1995, M. Moya; Guajira: Villanueva, Serranía del Perijá, Finca Los Llanos, 1693 m, 7-VII-2000, L. Jiménez (1 ♂ - ICN); Meta: Villavicencio, Instituto Roberto Franco, 21-VI-1985, O. Castaño (1 ♂ - ICN); Puerto López, Llano Grande, 4º5’N ‒ 72º57’W, 180 m, 17-V-2005, E. Romero, entomological net (1 ♂ - UNAB); San Martín, Reserva El Caduceo, 3º39’19’’N ‒ 73º34’51’’W, 400 m, 1-3- XI-2011, N. Salcedo (1 ♂ - UNAB); Santander: Vélez, 6º1’8’’N – 73º42’23’’W, 672 m, 18-VIII-2003, C. Bolívar (1 ♂ -MUD); San Gil, Hotel Bella Isla, 15-VIII-1983, G. Marcela (1 ♂ - ICN); Virolín, Río Cañaverales, 16-XI-1985, J. Lynch (1 ♂ - ICN); Barbosa, 15-V-1969, in flight (1 ♂ - UNAB); Contratación, 6º17’59’’N ‒ 73º28’48’’W, 1690 m, 28-V-2004, J. Garzón, J. Moreno, manual collection (1 ♂ - UNAB); Barichara, 6-VI-1999, J. Arbeláez, F. Betancourt (1 ♂ - UNAB); Barichara, 31-III-1999, O. Higuera, R. Quevedo (1 ♂ - UNAB); Barichara, 18-IV-1999, J. Afanador, J. Sánchez (1 ♂ - UNAB); Guavatá, 6-X-1994 (1 ♂ - UNAB); Tolima: Mariquita, V-1999, E. Gordillo (1 ♂ - UNAB).
New locality records. Corydalus peruvianus is a relatively common species in Colombia, previously recorded for the departments of Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Meta, Putumayo, and Valle del Cauca (Contreras-Ramos 1998). Specimens examined in this study extend its distribution to the departments of Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Guajira, Boyacá, Santander, and Tolima.
description: Published as part of Ardila-Camacho, Adrian, 2014, A new species of Corydalus Latreille, 1802 (Megaloptera, Corydalidae) and first record of C. clavijoi Contreras-Ramos, 2002 and C. nubilus Erichson, 1848 from Colombia, pp. 107-118 in Zootaxa 3811 (1) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/224666