Pothea jaguaris (Carpintero, 1980)

Fig. 3A

Distribution: Originally described from Bolivia (Carpintero 1980), with additional records from Brazil and French Guiana (Gil-Santana 2007, 2014). It is a new species record from Colombia.

Remarks: Carpintero (1980) described Parapothea to accommodate P. jaguaris, but Parapothea is now regarded a synonym of Pothea Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Dougherty 1995; Gil-Santana 2014). Gil-Santana (2014) redescribed P. jaguaris, documenting the color pattern and morphological variability of this species across its distributional range. The examined specimen (Fig. 2A), as well as the images from iNaturalist, fall within the color variability range of P. jaguaris, and thus, the species is recorded for the first time from Colombia. Forero (2006) recorded two specimens similar to P. jaguaris (as Parapothea). A reexamination of those specimens showed that they are not conspecific with P. jaguaris but they represent an undescribed species.

Examined material: COLOMBIA. Antioquia: 1 ♂, Gomes Plata, vereda Vega Botero, 900 m, 21.i.2012, insect net, forest, E. Rios, M. García (MEFLG) . Cundinamarca: 1 ♀, Nocaima, 05.0694°N 74.3803°W, Oscar Enciso, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/146251539; 1 ♀, La Vega, 04.9989°N 74.3596°W, David Steve, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187826859.