Eccritotarsus palmirensis Carvalho & Costa, 1989

(Figs. 17, 53–54)

Eccritotarsus palmirensis Carvalho & Costa, 1989: 71 (original description).

Material examined. COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca: 1 ♂, Cali, PNN Farallones de Cali, Cgto. Los Andes, Vda. Quebrada Honda, Centro de educación ambiental, 1730 m, 3º20’N, 76º38’W, Malaise trap, 13–­ 20.v.1998 (H. Peña & Beltrán) (IAVH-E-164417) .

Diagnosis. Body white and black. Head in dorsal view, pronotum and apex of cuneus black. Corium with irregular round spot towards the claval suture, extending only to the embolium. Embolium proximally white and distally black. Body length 5.50 mm. Right paramere (Fig. 53) with basal process disc-shaped; body widened with median constriction, part of the body opposite to the apical process more elongate than the contiguous one; sensory lobe absent; apical process proximally elongate, distally sub-rectangular and transverse to the proximal part. Left paramere (Fig. 54) with basal process straight; body curved and tubular; sensory lobe absent; apical process short, flattened, and blunt, parallel to the proximal part of the body.

Associated/host plants. Unknown.

Distribution. Colombia (Valle del Cauca) (Carvalho & Costa 1989).

Comments. Type material of this species was lost in transit when sent from Brazil, by Dr. J.C.M Carvalho, to the MEFLG in Colombia (ICA 1990) .