Blabia intricata Martins & Galileo, 1995

(Figures 65–69)

Blabia intricata Martins & Galileo, 1995: 588; Martínez, 2000: 97 (distr.); Monné, 2005: 378 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2006: 242; Wappes et al., 2017: 92 (distr.); Monné, 2018: 511 (cat.).

Blabia intricata was originally described and remains known only from Colombia (Magdalena). According to Martins & Galileo (1995) (translated): “ B. strandiella resembles B. intricata, sp. n., by the antennae relatively short, which surpass the elytral apex only by one antennomere, by the presence of longitudinal yellow pubescent band on center of pronotum, and by the scutellum entirely covered by yellow pubescence. According to Breuning (1974: 194, 197), the lower eye lobes are distinctly shorter than the gena. In B. intricata, sp. n., they are slightly longer than gena. Furthermore, the known geographical distribution of the species is very different.” In fact, B. intricata and B. strandiella (Figs. 70–73) are extremely similar dorsally. However, the information by Breuning (1943, 1974) is accurate, and provides a way to separate those two similar species.

Nevertheless, Wappes et al. (2017) figured two paratypes (male and female) showing that the antennae in male are distinctly longer, which agrees with the original description (“Antennae reaching the elytral apex at apex of antennomere VIII (male) or X (female)”). Thus, the information regarding the similarity of the antennae between B. intricata and B. strandiella is true only for females.

Material examined (only new record). COLOMBIA, Cesar (new department record): Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (5 km S Pueblo Bello; Finca Paraíso; 19º20’58’N / 73º33’58”W; 2700 m), 1 male, 13-14.VI .2018, V. Sinyaev col. (MZSP) .