Cosmophorus roubali Čapek, 1958

Cosmophorus roubali Čapek, 1958: 166, Figs 17–22 (original description).

The holotype and seven paratypes are deposited in NMPC, one paratype is missing (general collection):

HOLOTYPE (♀): ‘ Boh.c. Luka p. Med. / Roubal ed.6 [hw] // Pityophthorus / Lichtensteini [hw] // [red circular label] // Cosmophorus / roubali ♀ / holotypus [hw, blue ink] // det. M. Čapek 57 [hw, blue ink] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 3211 [hw, orange label]’ (Fig. 6).

ALLOTYPE (♂): ‘ Boh. c. Luka p. Med. / Roubal ed. 6 [hw] // Pityophthorus / Lichtensteini [hw] // [red circular label] // Cosmophorus / roubali ♂ / allotypus [hw, blue ink] // det. M. Čapek 57 [hw, blue ink] // Allotypus [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 3212 [hw, orange label]’ (Fig. 7).

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Boh.c. Luka pod / Medníkem,Pityo- / phth.Lichtensteini / Roubal ad. [hw] // Cosmophorus / roubali ♀/ paratypus [hw, blue ink] // det. M. Čapek 57 [hw, blue ink] // PARA [hw, blue ink] TYPE [p, red label in black frame] // Mus. Nat.Pragae / Inv. [p] 25.376 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Boh. c ., Luka p. Med. / Pityophth. Lichten- / steini, Roubal ed. [hw] // Cosmophorus / roubali ♀ / paratypus [hw, blue ink] // det. M. Čapek 57 [hw, blue ink] // PARA [hw, blue ink] TYPE [p, red label in black frame] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 25.377 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Boh.c ., Luka p. / Med., Roubal [hw] // Pityophthorus / Lichtensteini [hw] // Cosmophorus ♀ / sp. [hw] / Det. Z. Bouček [p] 1954 [hw] // Cosmophorus / roubali ♀ / paratypus [hw, blue ink] // det. M. Čapek 57 [hw, blue ink] // PARA [hw, blue ink] TYPE [p, red label in black frame] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 25.378 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘Boh. c. Luka p. / Med. Roubal [hw] // Pityophthorus / Lichtensteini [hw] // Cosmophorus / n.sp.? [hw] / det. Fischer [p] // Cosmophorus / roubali ♀ / paratypus [hw, blue ink] // det. M. Čapek 57 [hw, blue ink] // PARA [hw, blue ink] TYPE [p, red label in black frame] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 25.379 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (♂): ‘ JINCE, Boh./ Dr.Obenberger [p] // Cosmophorus / roubali ♂ / paratypus [hw, blue, ink] // det. M. Čapek 57 [hw, blue ink] // PARA [hw, blue ink] TYPE [p, red label in black frame] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 25.381 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (♂): ‘ Boh. c ., Luka p. Med. / P. lichtensteini / Roubal ed. [hw] // Cosmophorus / roubali ♂ / paratypus [hw, blue, ink] // det. M. Čapek 57 [hw, blue ink] // PARA [hw, blue ink] TYPE [p, red label in black frame] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 25.382 [hw, blue ink, orange label]’.

Current status. Valid species (see YU et al. 2016).

Distribution. Czech Republic (see YU et al. 2016).

Remark. One paratype is missing, probably due to a loan to another museum and subsequent non-return. Unfortunately, records of that loan are missing.