Palmaraltica yepezi Bechyné & Bechyné, 1969

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Palmaraltica yepezi Bechyné & Bechyné 1969:54 (Venezuela, Aragua, Rancho Grande, holotype sex unknown).

Measurements. LB = 4.65–5.47 mm; WB = 2.56–3.30 mm (N=2)

Distribution. Venezuela.

Type material. Not examined.

Additional specimens examined. Venezuela — AR Rancho Grande 1100m 21/3 1966 J. & B. Bechyne, Palmaraltica yepezi B+B, U.C.V. Collection (1 MIZA, on loan to D. Furth). Rancho Grande AR. Venezuela 1100m 1-V-51 C.J. Rosales, Palmaraltica yepezi B+ B, U.C.V. Collection (1 MIZA, on loan to D. Furth)

Literature records. VENEZUELA: Aragua: Rancho Grande, 1100 m, 1. V. (Typus, [male]) et 8. Vii. 1951, 9. V. 1953, 5. V. 1957 et 5. Xi. 1958 (F. Fernández Yépez, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 1. V. 1951 (C. J. Rosales, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 15. Iv. 1955 (F. Fernández Yépez et C.. J. Rosales, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 20. Vii. 1949 (P. Fenjves, Fac. Agron., Maracay); ibid., 20. Vi. 1965 (F. Rome1·o, Fac.Agron., Maracay); ibid., 27. Iii. 1966, 13. Vii. 1967 et 21. Iv. 1968 (J. et B. Bechyne, Fac. Agron., Maracay); Carretera Maracay- Choroni, 13. V. 1948 (F. Fernández Yépez, Fac. Agron., Maracay). (Bechyné & Bechyné 1969).

Description of genitalia. Specimens studied were not allowed to be dissected.

Diagnosis. Palmaraltica yepezi can be separated from P. heteronycha and P. tomentosa by general coloration and habitus (Figure 6), together with the bifid protarsal claws.