4. Eruga straussi Gauld, 1991

Eruga straussi Gauld 1991: 356 [holotype ♀ (INBio), Costa Rica, Guanacaste Prov., Guanacaste National Park, Santa Rosa Sector, Bosque Humedo, 300 m, v–viii.1984, coll. D. Janzen & W. Hallwachs; ♀].

References. Gauld et al. 1998: 123 [in key; Costa Rica].

Variation. In the examined material hind coxa is yellow with slight brown infuscation basally to conspicuously blackish in basal half.

Material examined. MEXICO. Tamaulipas: Gómez Farías, Los Cedros, Malaise trap, coll. S. Hernández-Aguilar (all in UAT): 16–23.i.1999 (1 ♀), 19–26.vi.1999 (1 ♀), 3–17.vii.1999 (2 ♀). 1 ♂ (UAT) same locality, 300 m, 5.viii.2000, coll. D.R. Kasparyan. 2 ♀ (UAT) Gómez Farías, Altas Cimas, Malaise trap, 19–26.vi and 24–31.vii.1999, coll. S. Hernández-Aguilar. Same locality and trap, 900 m, coll. D.R. Kasparyan (all in UAT): 4–12.xii.2000 (1 ♀), 21.x–11.xi.2000 (3 ♂), 9.xii.2000 (1 ♂). Ocampo, Ejido El Bejuco, 900 m, Malaise trap, coll. E. Ruíz-Cancino et al.: 1 ♂ (UAT) 29.iv–14.v.2016, 1 ♀ (UAT) 13–26.viii.2016, 1 ♀ (ZISP) 4–17.xii.2016.

Distribution. Mexico (Tamaulipas), Costa Rica. First record from Mexico.