Cupecuara pojuca ( Martins & Galileo, 2001 )

Botero, Juan Pablo & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2020, Review of the genus Cupecuara (Coleoptera: Disteniidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 60 (2), pp. 639-650 : 640-643

Cupecuara pojuca ( Martins & Galileo, 2001)

( Figs 1–9 )

Paracometes pojuca Martins & Galileo, 2001: 17 (original description).

Cometes pojuca : Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ +| Mൺඋඍංඇඌ (2004): 147 (transfer).

Cupecuara pojuca : Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ +| Tൺඏൺĸංඅංൺඇ (2009): 16 (transfer); Mඈඇඇඣ (2020): 208 (catalog); Bൾඓൺඋĸ (2020): 7 (checklist).

Type locality. Brazil, Pará, Serra Norte, Igarapé Pojuca.

Type material examined. Hඈඅඈඍඒඉൾ ( Fig. 1 ): ♀, ‘ Brasil, Pará: Serra Norte (Igarapé Pojuca), 4.xi.1983 (armadilha suspensa a 2 m de altura [= suspended trap at 2 m height])’ ( MPEG).The holotype was examined through photographs and the label data are given as they appeared in the original description.

Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Rඈඇൽතඇංൺ: Ouro Preto do Oeste, viii.1980, 1 J, B. Silva leg. ( MZSP), xi.1983, 1 ♀, Becker, Roppa & Silva leg.( MZSP); 62 km SW of Ariquemes, Fazenda Rancho Grande, 8.x.1993, 1 J, no collector indicated ( MZSP).

Distribution. Brazil (Rondônia and Pará).

Remarks. This species was described based on a single female ( Fig. 1 ) from Brazil (Pará).According to the original description (translated): ‘We only know a female of Paracometes pojuca ; therefore, its allocation in Paracometes is uncertain. We preferred to include it in this genus by exclusion, that is, because it does not coincide with the description of any of the four species known in Pseudocometes .’ Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ +| Mൺඋඍංඇඌ (2004) transferred it to Cometes Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 , because they synonymized Paracometes with Cometes , and recorded the species for the Brazilian state of Rondônia. A few years later, Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ +| Tൺඏൺĸංඅංൺඇ (2009) revalidated Paracometes and transferred Paracometes pojuca to their new genus Cupecuara .

Hඈඏඈඋൾ +| Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ (2007b) and Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ +| Mൺඋඍංඇඌ (2010) wrongly listed the species for the Brazilian state of Amapá instead of Pará. Therefore, we formally exclude Amapá from the distribution range of P. pojuca and present new records from the state of Rondônia.

As already reported by Hඈඏඈඋൾ +| Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ (2007b), the yellowish-brown area of the elytra is very variable in this species and can be restricted only to the area around the humeri or can extend to the posterior quarter.

Figures

Figs 1–9. Cupecuara pojuca (Martins & Galileo, 2001). 1 – holotype female, dorsal view. 2–5 – male: 2 – dorsal view; 3 – ventral view; 4 – lateral view; 5 – frontal view. 6–9 – female: 6 – frontal view; 7 – dorsal view; 8 – ventral view; 9 – lateral view.