Carineta rufescens (Fabricius, 1803) new record
[ Tettigonia] rufescens Fabricius 1803: 41 . (Pozuzo, Peru)
Carineta oberthüri Distant, 1881b: 647 . (Ega, Amazons)
REMARKS.—This is a fairly large, reddish species of Carineta . It can be distinguished easily from all other Ecuador- ian species of the genus by its color, the pair of piceous spots in the ambient pronotal fissure anterior to the pronotal collar on either side of the midline, and the fact that the head and pronotum form an obvious triangle.
DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported previously from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Peru (Metcalf 1963c; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2020b; Dias et al. 2017; Maccagnan et al. 2018) with recent records reported for Bolivia (Sanborn 2019b).
MATERIAL EXAMINED FOR NEW RECORD.— “ ECUADOR: Napo / Prov. 25km.e.Puerto / Napo, 450m. ix–1997 // B.&B. Valentin coll. // Jatun Sacha / Bio/ Reserve / u-v light // Valentine / Coll’n / Rec. 2016” one male and one female (FSCA); “ ECUADOR: Napo Province / Misahualli Jungle Lodge area, jct. of / Rio Napo & Rio Misahualli, 1650- / 1900’ elev. S 1º 2’ 4.2”, W 77º 39’ / 49.2”, 5–12:IX:1998. C. & K. / Messenger ” six males and seven females (UNSM), one male and one female (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Estación Cientifica Yasunì / 00º 40’ 28”S, 76º 38’50”W / IX–5–10–1999, UV light / Coll. E.G. Riley, 215 m.” 20 males (TAMU), five males (AFSC); “ Ecuador, Orellana, Estacion / Cientifica Yasuni; to UV / & merc. vap. lights; 23–24Oct.2003 / D. Robacker, W. Warfield & M.H. Evans ” one male (NYSM); “ Ecuador / Sucumbios Prov / Aguarico River / Zabalo Village / 75 39.851’W / 0 21.488’S / 9 Aug 02 / Coll Meth: MV Light / Coll: D.O. Beaver/R. Yiyoguaje // Specimen from the / David Beaver Collection / Donated to MSU/ARC / March 2009 ” one female (MSUC).