Cupecuara, Santos-Silva & Tavakilian, 2009

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

Key to species of Cupecuara

1 Elytra predominantly dark with humeral yellow macula or stripe reaching epipleura laterally. Figs 1–9 . Brazil (Pará, Rondônia). C. pojuca ( Martins & Galileo, 2001)

– Elytra predominantly yellow or orange with two or three isolated dark areas. ............................................... 2

2 Dorsal surface of elytra with dark area restricted to a single continuous stripe along the suture, reaching apex or at least the apical eight. .................................... 3

– Dorsal surface of elytra with two isolated dark patches. .................................................................................. 4

3 Head, prothorax and ventral side of body pale brown; pronotum densely and uniformly punctate; lateral tubercles of prothorax distinctly acute at apex; dark stripes on dorsal surface of elytra and along epipleural margin reaching apex. Figs 10–17 . Panama ( Panamá). .............. C. turnbowi (Hovore & Santos-Silva, 2007)

– Head, prothorax and ventral side of body violaceous with greenish reflections in some areas; pronotum sparsely punctate, punctures concentrated laterally, on anterior and posterior margins, and around the central gibbosity; lateral tubercles of prothorax rounded at apex; dark stripes on dorsal surface of elytra and close to epipleural margin not reaching apex. Figs 18–37 . Ecuador (Napo). ................................ C. erwini sp. nov.

4 Anterior black patch on dorsal surface of elytra elongate-triangular, with its widest area situated at base. Fig. 38 . Peru (Pasco, Junín). ..................................................... ................................... C. santossilvai Audureau, 2014

– Anterior black patch on dorsal surface of elytra rounded or ovoid, with its anterior area narrow and gradually widened (often the widening is rounded). ........... 5

5 Sides of elytra lacking dark stripe close to the epipleural margin. Figs 39–42 . Bolivia (La Paz). ........................ ........................ C. soledari ( Martins & Galileo, 2001)

– Sides of elytra with dark stripe close to epipleural margin. Figs 43–62 . Peru (Junín), Bolivia (Cochabamba). ................................................ C. argodi ( Belon, 1896)

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.

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.

Figs 18–25. Cupecuara erwini sp. nov. 18–21 – holotype male: 18 – dorsal view; 19 – ventral view; 20 – lateral view; 21 – frontal view. 22–25 – paratype female: 22 – frontal view; 23 – dorsal view; 24 – ventral view; 25 – lateral view.

Figs 26–37. Cupecuara erwini sp. nov., male. 26 – tergite VIII. 27 – sternite VIII. 28 – ventral arc. 29–31 – tegmen + median lobe: 29 – dorsal view; 30 – lateral view; 31 – ventral view. 32–34 – tegmen: 32 – dorsal view; 33 – lateral view; 34 – ventral view. 35–37 – median lobe: 35 – dorsal view; 36 – lateral view; 37 – ventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

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.

Figs 43–50. Cupecuara argodi (Belon, 1896). 43–46 – male: 43 – dorsal view; 44 – ventral view; 45 – lateral view; 46 – frontal view. 47–50 – paratype female: 47 – frontal view; 48 – dorsal view; 49 – ventral view; 50 – lateral view.

Figs 51–62. Cupecuara argodi (Belon, 1896), male. 51 – tergite VIII. 52 – sternite VIII. 53 – ventral arc. 54–56 – tegmen + median lobe: 54 – dorsal view; 55 – lateral view; 56 – ventral view. 57–59 – tegmen: 57 – dorsal view; 58 – lateral view; 59 – ventral view. 60–62 – median lobe: 60 – dorsal view; 61 – lateral view; 62 – ventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.