Anacroneuria caraca Stark

Anacroneuria caraca Stark, 1995:228 .

Holotype ♂, Rìo Limón, Parque Nacional Henri Pittier, Aragua, Venezuela (USNM)

Material examined. COLOMBIA: 1♂, Risaralda, Municipio de Pereira, Vereda La Suiza, Santuario de Fauna y Flora Otún-Quimbaya, Río Otún middle basin, bridge Finca Buenos Aires, 1800 m, N 04 ° 44 ′ 00 ″, W 75 ° 34 ′ 49 ″, light trap, 12 April 2006, M. del C. Zúñiga, W. Cardona, G. Zabala (MEUV) . 3♂, Risaralda, Municipio de Santuario, Vereda El Tambo, Finca El Triunfo, Río San Rafael low basin, 1450 m, N 05 ° 05 ′ 33 ″, W 75 ° 57 ′ 47 ″, light trap, 14 July 2007, M. del C. Zúñiga, W. Cardona, A. Laina, G. Zabala, C. Cultid (MEUV, BPS) . 1♂, Valle del Cauca, El Tamboral, 1100 m, light trap, November 1994, A. Osorio (MEUV) . 1♂, Valle del Cauca, Municipio de La Cumbre, Corregimiento Puente Palo, Finca El Jazmín, N 03 ° 38 ′ 43 ″; W 076 ° 37 ′ 15 ″, 1530 m, light, R. J. Cardozo-Zúñiga (MEUV) . 1♂, Valle del Cauca, Municipio de La Cumbre, Corregimiento de Arboledas, 1500 m, M. Astudillo (MEUV) . 1♂, Valle del Cauca, Municipio de Cali, Km 11, road to the Pacific coast, 24 September 2006, L. Vázques-Vélez (MEUV) .

Discussion. This species was described from specimens collected in Venezuela and subsequentely reported from Colombia and Ecuador (Stark 1995, 2001; Zúñiga & Stark 2002; Zúñiga et al. 2006). Previous Colombian records are from Magdalena, Valle del Cauca and Antioquia. The new records are from the Región Natural Andina. One of the sites, the Santuario de Flora y Fauna Otún-Quimbaya in the Cordillera Central, is part of a protected zone of the Río Otún middle basin. It has a bimodal pluviometric regime, with peaks in April and October and receives 2500 mm mean annual rainfall. The area is covered by a mosaic of mature natural forest, secondary forest with natural regeneration and a monospecific plantation of “urapán” ( Fraxinus chinensis) and “roble” ( Quercus humboldtii).