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posteriorly than connective, with a distinct preapical lateral and a 

 more posterior preapical mesal lobe, rounded apically. Connective 

 Y-shaped, with arms approximate, stem broadened apically, not 

 keeled medially. Aedeagus symmetrical, slender, elongate, with a 

 number of small apical processes. Paraphyses absent. 



Female abdominal sternum VII with posterior margin transverse 

 with or without posterolateral lobes which are produced posteriorly. 



PeltocJieirus is known from Venezuela, French and Dutch Guiana, 

 the Amazon Valley in Brazil, and from an Amazon tributary in Peru. 

 It is related to Cicciana, in the treatment of which (p. 1 15) distinguishing 

 characters are discussed, and very closely related to Acrocampsa from 

 which it can be separated by the characters set forth in the key. Speci- 

 mens are very rare in collections. 



The present interpretation of P. bigibbosus (Signoret) is based on a 

 male specimen from Surinam in NAIV. Signoret stated that the t)"pe 

 locality was Cayenne. The male was dissected and the genitalia found 

 to be like those illustrated in figure 113. The interpretation of P. 

 paradoxus Melichar is based on a comparison of the female lectotype 

 with the external characters illustrated in figure 1 12. 



SPECIES OF PELTOCHEIRUS 



[*Type not seen.] 



*bigibbosus (Signoret), 1855c:510 {Tettigonia). D. Guiana, Fr. Guiana. 

 paradoxus Melichar, 1926a:332. Venezuela, N. Brazil. 

 peruvianas, new species. Peru. 



KEY TO SPECIES OF PELTOCHEIRUS 



1. Middle legs with a number of long, fine tibial microsetae . ... 2 

 Middle tibiae without such setae. ... P. peruvianas, new species 



2. Aedeagus with uniform pinnate projections at apex. 



P. paradoxus Melichar (fig. 1 1 2) 

 Aedeagus with fewer projections, with a process extending anteriorly 

 and a pair of processes extending posteriorly at apex. 



P. bigibbosus (Signoret) (fig. 113) 



Peltocheirus peruvianus, new species 



Length of female 13.4 nun. Crown of head with numerous micro- 

 setae, anterior margin strongly keeled at border with face. Pronotum 

 with elevations much more pronounced than in P. paradoxus Melichar. 

 Anterior legs with tibiae not nearly as much expanded as in P. bigibbosus 

 (Signoret) and P. paradoxus Melichar, middle femora not strongly 

 pubescent as in bigibbosus (Signoret) and paradoxus Melichar. 



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