Pululahua winku
Female © Dupérré & Tapia (2025), fig. 54A, paratype female, dorsal viewType Locality and Records
Distribution
Type Locality: ECUADOR, Cotopaxi Province, San Francisco de las Pampas, OTONGA reserve, 1997 m
Adult Male Activity
Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live
Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Ecuador. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 2364 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.
Etymology
The specific epithet is a noun in apposition taken from the Kichwa language, meaning twisted, in reference to the twisted palpal bulb.
Specimen Records (4)
Holotype male of Pululahua winku. Total length 8.48 mm. Collected 4-7 September 2014.
Male portion of the paratype lot ECFN 8773 of Pululahua winku, taken thirteen years before the holotype. The paper writes the coordinates as 00 27.206 / 78 50.768 with a seconds mark, but only two components are given, so they are read here as degrees and decimal minutes.
Female portion of the paratype lot ECFN 8773 of Pululahua winku. Its internal genitalia are figured as fig. 55B.
Paratype female of Pululahua winku, the specimen described in the paper. Total length 8.49 mm. Its internal genitalia are figured as fig. 55A.