Dear colleagues,
I am in search of occurrence data of Lonomia obliqua and Lonomia achelous throughout South America. I need data with the geographical coordinates or, at least, with the cities where the species were found.
Could someone help me?
Hugs.
Lonomia obliqua occurs in Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay: Cerro Largo, Maldonado and Paysandu; Paraguay: Concepcion, Canindeyu, Alto Parana, Guaira, Caaguazu, Caazapa, San Pedro and Itapua and Argentina: Misiones.
Lonomia achelous achelous is found in Bolivia: La Paz, Cochabamba; Peru: Piura, Loreto, Madre de Dios, Cusco, Puno; Ecuador: Sucumbios, Napo, Pastaza, Morona-Santiago, Zamora Chinchipe; Venezuela: Monagas, Bolivar, Territorio Delca Amacuro; Trinidad: Caparo (Caroni), Port of Spain (St. George), Guyana: Georgetown (Demerara-Mahaica), Barima-Waini, Pomeroon-Supenaam, Essequibo Islands-West Demerara; Suriname: Kintamina; Colombia: Casanare, Vichada, Meta, Guaviare, Caqueta, Putamayo; probably French Guiana and possibly western Brazil.
Lonomia achelous diabolus occurs in French Guiana: Moyen Oyapok, Camopi, Cayenne, Orapu, Kaw, Regina, Saint-Jean-du-Maroni, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Nouragues: Heliport - Drop Zone, 4.088, -52.681, collected by MAS. Smith & R. Rougerie, 2011-02-09; and in north-central Brazil: Amapa, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, probably Para.
Ref:
1. List of Saturniids species from Rio Grande do
Sul http://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/teo/ojs/index.php/fabio/article/view/183
2. Lemaire's revision of Hemileucinae (2002) provides distribution of these species.
3. GBIF e.g. http://www.gbif.org/species/113121183
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