Cupecuara santossilvai Audureau, 2014

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 : 648

Cupecuara santossilvai Audureau, 2014

( Fig. 38 )

Cupecuara santossilvai Audureau, 2014: 48 (original description). Mඈඇ- ඇඣ (2020): 208 (catalog); Bൾඓൺඋĸ (2020): 7 (checklist).

Type locality. Peru, Pasco Department, Oxapampa (Pozuzo).

Distribution. Peru (Junín and Pasco).

Remarks. This species was described based on two males from Pozuzo near Oxapampa (Pasco Dept., Peru) deposited in MNHN. Maxim Smirnov ( Russia) has a single male collected at Satipo (Junín Dept., Peru) ( Fig. 38 ), which constitutes a new department record. Examination of a photograph of the holotype, photograph of the specimen from the Smirnov collection, as well as photographs of two additional specimens (both females and not available for publication), shows that the black areas on elytra are somewhat variable: anterior macula reaching from middle to posterior third; posterior macula occupying the entire distal area or not reaching the sides; anterior margin of the posterior macula somewhat transverse or slightly projected forward along suture. Unfortunately, we have no specimens at our disposal to study.

Figures

Figs 38–42. 38 – Cupecuara santossilvai Audureau, 2014, male, dorsal view. 39–42 – C. soledari (Martins & Galileo, 2001), holotype female:39 – dorsal view; 40 – ventral view; 41 – lateral view; 42 – frontal view.