Pululahua winku Dupérré & Tapia, 2025

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Distribution

Ecuador

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

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)

ECFN 11240 (QCAZ) Holotype Ecuador

San Francisco de las Pampas, OTONGA reserve, 1997 m; sifting litter and Berlese extraction, Cotopaxi

September 2014 · col. E. Tapia, N. Dupérré & C. Tapia

Holotype male of Pululahua winku. Total length 8.48 mm. Collected 4-7 September 2014.

ECFN 8773 (QCAZ) Paratype Ecuador

Via Tandapi-Sarapullo, 1702 m; collected while searching for Lucanidae in epiphytes, Pichincha

August 2001 · col. I. Tapia & Q. Tapia

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.

ECFN 8773 (QCAZ) Paratype Ecuador

Via Tandapi-Sarapullo, 1702 m; collected while searching for Lucanidae in epiphytes, Pichincha

August 2001 · col. I. Tapia & Q. Tapia

Female portion of the paratype lot ECFN 8773 of Pululahua winku. Its internal genitalia are figured as fig. 55B.

ECFN 11911 (QCAZ) Paratype Ecuador

San Francisco de las Pampas, OTONGA reserve, 1997 m; hand collected, Cotopaxi

September 2014 · col. E. Tapia, N. Dupérré & C. Tapia

Paratype female of Pululahua winku, the specimen described in the paper. Total length 8.49 mm. Its internal genitalia are figured as fig. 55A.

Genitalia

Spermathecae
Spermathecae © Dupérré & Tapia (2025), fig. 55A, internal genitalia of paratype female ECFN 11911, dorsal view