Allotriocochabambia kulzeri ( Marcuzzi, 1985 ) Faúndez & Rider & Carvajal, 2014

Faúndez, Eduardo I., Rider, David A. & Carvajal, Máriom A., 2014, Cochabambia Pirán, 1959 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), a senior homonym of Cochabambia Marcuzzi, 1985 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with notes on the placement of Cochabambia Pirán, Zootaxa 3793 (5), pp. 595-596 : 595-596

Allotriocochabambia kulzeri ( Marcuzzi, 1985) n.comb.

Cochabambia Pirán was not mentioned in the last revision of the world Acanthosomatidae ( Kumar 1974) . Currently, this genus remains unplaced ( Rider 2014). Unfortunately, no specimens of the only included species, Cochabambia martinezi Pirán, 1959 , were available, perhaps because the type has apparently been lost (which probably contributed to the lack of knowledge of this taxon). But the original description includes several characters that will allow us to properly classify it below the family level. Cochabombia martinezi has a short abdominal spine, and it lacks a sternal carina, both of which are characters that help define the Blaudusinae : Lanopini . Consequently, we believe Cochabambia Pirán should be placed in the Blaudusinae tribe Lanopini . Originally, Pirán (1959) placed Cochabambia near the genus Sniploa Signoret , but we believe it is more closely related to the genus Hellica . Cochabambia and Hellica can be differentiated by the following characters: Cochabambia is densely, but shallowly punctate, whereas Hellica is more sparsely, but deeply punctate. The pronotum of Cochabambia is trapezoid in shape, but in Hellica , it is subtriangular, with its lateral angles more pointed. The body is more elongate in Cochabambia ; whereas in Hellica it is more compact or oval. Finally, the ventral margin of the male pygophore is nearly straight in Cochabambia , but in Hellica there is a medial truncate process.

Currently the number of genera in the Acanthosomatidae is 55 ( Faúndez 2014). Because Cochabambia was never included in the previous accounts, lists and/or catalogs, the actual number of genera in the Acanthosomatidae is 56.