Colomboscia cordillierae, VANDEL, 1972

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COLOMBOSCIA CORDILLIERAE VANDEL, 1972

Colomboscia cordillierae Vandel, 1972 – Taiti et al. (1995); Leistikow & Wägele (1999 *); Schmalfuss (2003 *).

Material examined

Type specimens: Two ♂ and two ♀ ( Colombia, Resina, approx. 35 km north-north-west of Florencia, montane forest, altitude 1800–2300 m; leg. H.Sturm, 8 June 1956, CV). The largest male was selected as lectotype by Taiti et al. (1995) .

Remark

There must be a further male specimen, as both males in the tube are complete, but Taiti et al. (1995) drew details of mouthparts, pereiopods and pleopods, which is not possible without dissection.

Description ( Fig. 86 )

Ovigerous female 4.0 × 3.0 mm (but the specimen seems to be shrunk in length), larger male 3.3 mm wide. The dorsal tuberculation is somewhat variable: the ovigerous female differs slightly from the description in Taiti et al. (1995), in having four small tubercles on the cephalothorax, and in having no tubercles on the pleon. Eyes composed of 18 or 19 ommatidia; the anteriormost three ommatidia are distinctly smaller than the others.

Pereiopod 1 carpus with oblique antennal brush.

A detailed description was provided by Taiti et al. (1995).

Biology

The ovigerous female has six eggs in the marsupium.

Figures

Figure 86. Colomboscia cordillerae Vandel, 1972: paralectotype ♀, 4.0 × 3.0 mm, habitus and cephalothorax dorsal; ♀, 4.0 × 2.5 mm, cephalothorax frontal (Colombia, Resina, c. 35 km north-north-west of Florencia, montan forest, altitude 1800–2300 m, leg. H. Sturm, 6 August 1956, MNHN).