Cupecuara turnbowi (Hovore & Santos-Silva, 2007)

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 : 643

Cupecuara turnbowi (Hovore & Santos-Silva, 2007) ( Figs 10–17 )

Cometes turnbowi Hovore & Santos-Silva, 2007a: 94 (original descrip-

tion).

Cupecuara turnbowi : Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ +| Tൺඏൺĸංඅංൺඇ (2009): 16 (transfer);

Mඈඇඇඣ (2020): 208 (catalog); Bൾඓൺඋĸ (2020): 7 (checklist).

Type locality. Panama, Panamá Province, Isla Barro Colorado, 9°9′N, 79°51′W.

Type material examined. Pൺඋൺඍඒඉൾ: ♀, ‘ PANAMA: C[anal].Z[one]. | BCI [Barro Colorado Island], 9°9’N, 79°51’W | 980520- 980603 | Pickering & Windsor || malaise | trap’ ( MZSP).

Additional material examined. PANAMA: Pൺඇൺආග: Fort Kobbe, 25.v.1984, 1 J, E. Giesbert leg. ( MZSP); Bayano dist., 3 km W of Ipeti, 30.iv.–4.v.1992, 1 J, E. Giesbert leg. ( MZSP).

Distribution. Panama (Panamá Province).

Remarks. This species was described based on three females from Panama and the holotype is deposited at ACMT. The main differences between male and female are similar as found in the other species of the genus: scape slender in the basal area, sinuous dorsally (uniformly widened toward apex in female); abdominal ventrite IV slightly narrowed toward apex (distinctly narrowed in female); and abdominal ventrite V wider (clearly narrower in female). Additionally, maxillary palpomere IV campaniform (subcuneiform, with oblique apex in female), and posterior margin of the abdominal ventrite V emarginated centrally, while it is slightly rounded in female.

The elytra were described by Hඈඏඈඋൾ +| Sൺඇඍඈඌ-Sංඅඏൺ (2007a) as follows (translated): ‘Elytra reddish, subopaque, with blackish areas: wide band, which starts at base, follows along suture, surrounds apex and returns through epipleura to base of humeri; another small, longitudinal, placed in apical third.’ In the male examined, the black area of the elytral apex is somewhat larger, and the longitudinal band on sides of the posterior third is fused with it.

Figures

Figs 10–17. Cupecuara turnbowi (Hovore & Santos-Silva, 2007). 10–13 – male: 10 – dorsal view; 11 – ventral view; 12 – lateral view; 13 – frontal view. 14–17 – female, paratype: 14 – frontal view; 15 – dorsal view; 16 – ventral view; 17 – lateral view.