Cosmoclopius curacavensis Cobben and Wygodzinsky 1975

Cosmoclopius Stål, 1866, has seven described species (Maldonado 1990). C. curacavensis was originally described from Curaçao, where it is associated with Cleome viscosa [ Capparidaceae] (Cobben & Wygodzinsky 1975). For the first time the genus is recorded from Colombia (Fig. 44), and this is the first record of this species from continental South America.

Material examined: COLOMBIA, 1Ψ, Cundinamarca, Apulo, 1­VII­1972, M. Arrieta, leg. / Cosmoclopius curacavensis C. Weiracuh det. 1998 [UNCB].