Urupelma humantay
♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Type Locality and Records
Type locality
Original Description
Distribution
Type Locality: Soraypampa, Cusco, Peru, 4201 m
Adult Male Activity
Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live
Adult males collected
All 2 were collected in October 2023, so the bars show when collecting took place, not when males are active.
Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality, Soraypampa, Cusco, Peru, 4201 m. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 2441 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.
Specimen Records (3)
MUSM-ENT 0518078 ♂ Holotype Peru
Male holotype.
MUSM-ENT 0518077 ♀ Paratype Peru
Female paratype.
MUSM-ENT 0518076 ♂ Paratype Peru
Male paratype.
Taxonomic History
- 2024 Urupelma humantay Kaderka, 2024 - described from Soraypampa in Cusco, Peru, a year after the genus itself was erected, from a male holotype and two paratypes collected in October 2023.
- 2026 Kaderka (2026) emended the diagnosis in the course of reworking the homologous keels of the whole genus, and reports that U. humantay is the one species in which the PS keel is absent altogether.