Taphura attiguclava Sanborn, 2017a

Taphura hastifera (non Walker) Pogue 1996: 317, Table 2.

Taphura attiguclava Sanborn 2017a: 453 . (Tambopata Research Zone, Tambopata Research Center on Rio Tambopata, S13 08.305 W69 36.502, 622 ft, Madre de Dios, Peru)

REMARKS. The unique shape of the male genitalia quickly separates male specimens of Taphura . Taphura attiguclava can be distinguished from T. hastifera (Walker, 1858a) and T. sauliensis Boulard, 1971 by the presence of a transverse piceous mark on the anterior side abdominal tergites that is lacking in this species. Taphura boulardi Sanborn, 2011a can be distinguished quickly by the five spots on the head. Finally, T. nitida (Degeer, 1773) lacks the spots on the anterior pronotal collar lateral angle that are found in T. attiguclava and have drooping claspers rather than the claw-like claspers of this species. The claspers of T. attiguclava are similar to those of T. hastifera but the claspers in T. attiguclava adjoin at the base and only diverge distally while the claspers do not adjoin along the midline in T. hastifera (Sanborn 2017a) .

DISTRIBUTION. The species has been reported only from Peru (Sanborn 2017a). The specimens of T. hastifera from Tambopata in Pogue (1996) are considered examples of T. attiguclava (Sanborn 2017a) .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. “ PERU: Madre de Dios / Tambopata Res. Zone / Tambopata Research / Cntr on Rio Tambopata // S13 08.305 W69 36.502 / 622 ft (3–7)- X-2004 / CRBartlett ” one male (USNM, holotype), two males and three females (UDCC, paratypes), two males and three females (AFSC, paratypes); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas // S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft (30-IX)–(3-X)-2004 / C R Bartlett ” five males and four females (UDCC, paratypes), two males and one female (AFSC, paratypes); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Posadas Amazonas / lodge@Rio Tambopata // S12 48.115 W69 18.019 / 609ft (7–10)- X-2004 / C R Bartlett ” two males and one female (UDCC, paratypes), two males and one female (AFSC, paratypes); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / Tambopata Res. Zone / Tambopata Research / Cntr on Rio Tambopata // S13 08.305 W69 36.502 / 622 ft (7–10)- X-2004 / C R Bartlett ” one male (AFSC, paratype); “ PERU: Madre de Dios / nr Puerto Maldonado / Explorer’s Inn // 22 Aug 1985 / J. F. Cornell ” one male (UDCC, paratype); “ PERU Madre de Dios / Rio Tambopata Res. / 30 km (air) SW Puerto / Maldonado 290m 20–31 / - X-1982 R. Wilkerson ” one female (FSCA, paratype).