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Author
Perkins, Philip D.
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Zootaxa
2012
2012-10-30
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Epimetopus hintoni
Balfour-Browne, 1949
Figs. 9
(habitus), 13 (aedeagus), 127 (map)
Epimetopus hintoni
Balfour-Browne, 1949: 17
.
Epimetopus hintoni
:
Oliva, 1986: 8
.
Type material:
Holotype
(male): "
Type
[red disc];
Yungas Valley
Bolivia
.
12–13.vi.1937
;
H. E. Hinton Collector
;
Epimetopus
hintoni
Type!
J. Balfour-Browne
det.; Hinton Coll. B.M. 1939-583" (
BMNH
).
New collection record:
Bolivia
:
Santa Cruz
,
Amboro National Park
,
Los Volcanes, MV
Light Sheet on stream beach, elev.
1000 m
,
18° 6' S
,
63° 36' W
,
20 xi–12 xii 2004
,
M.V.L. Barclay
&
H. Mendel
(34
BMNH
)
.
Differential diagnosis.
The habitus of this species (
Fig. 9
) is very similar to that of several other members of the
Costatus
group; reliable determinations will be based on examination of the aedeagus (
Fig. 13
). The median lobe is nearly parallel-sided in dorsal view and quite blunt apically; in lateral aspect it is strongly curved. The aedeagus is similar in general shape to that of
E. ecuadorensis
(
Fig. 21
), but differs in shapes of the median lobe and parameres, and curvature of the medial lobe. Externally,
E. hintoni
is slightly larger than
E. ecuadorensis
(ca. 1.71 vs.
1.56 mm
), but otherwise they are very similar.
Distribution.
Currently known from two localities in
Bolivia
(
Fig. 127
).
Oliva (1986)
reported specimens from
Tucuman Province
,
Argentina
; these specimens were not seen during this revision, and therefore could not be confirmed as
E. hintoni
.