Euchr. de Guyane Francaise
J-A. Cedra


La description de Calonotos phlegmon par Hampson [1898] ne correspond pas à ce taxon: il _s'agit en fait de la forme la
plus courante de C. longipennis Rothschild, 1911. De nombreux auteurs ont malheureusement smvi la descnption de
Hampson pour 1 'identification de leurs spécünens. .
Rothschild [ 1911 ] décrit Calonotos longipennis ; le spécimen qu'i I utilise pour sa description est une forme mélamque de
phlegmon ; Hampson (nec Cra1ner).

The description of Ca/onotos phlegmon by Hampson [1898] does not correspond to this taxon, but actually refers to the ~ommon .
fonn of C. longipennis Rothschild, 1911. Unfortunatelj many authors followed Hampson's description in the identificat10n o f thetr
specunens.
Rothschild [ 191 1] describes Ca!onotos longipennis; the specimen used in this description is a melanic form of phlegmon; Ham pson (nec
Cramer).
):i : Zern y [ 1 93 1 b] met en doute la localité "Siio Paulo" de Draudt[ 1916]. Il pourrait s'agir sel on lui de Sào Paulo de O li vença
(Amazonas).
Photo de l'holotype de Calonotos longipennis (NHM) examinée.
Euchromiini de Guyan fran ai e
Cerda 2008




Rothschild, 1911; Novit. Zool. 18 (1): 40; describes the MELANIC FORM

71.  Calonotos  longipennis  sp.  uov.
S.  Legs  black,  pectus  and  fore  co.xae  white,  a  metallic  green  baud  on  outside of  tibiae,  tip  of  femora  white  ;  palpi  black,  basal  joint  white ;  frons  white  with median  black  line,  vertex  and  .antennae  black  ;  thorax  black,  tegulae  with  central white  spots,  mesothorax  with  two  metallic  green  patches  ;  abdomen  black,  a  dorsal and  lateral  broad  bands  of  metallic  green,  two  subdorsal  and  lateral  white  dots
on  basal  segment, Wings  black  with  strong  deep  purplish  blue  gloss  ;  forewing
with  white  dot  at  base,  a  basal  subcostal  metallic  green  streak,  and  a  snbbasal metallic  green  patch  below  cell.
Length  of  forewing,  2.5  mm.  ;  breadth  of  forewing,  8  mm.
]Inb.  Aroewarwa  Creek,  Maroewym  Valley,  Surinam,  March  lUU.")  (tS.  M. Klages),  1  (J