Epimetopus fisheri Perkins, 1979

Perkins, Philip D., 2012, 3531, Zootaxa 3531, pp. 1-95 : 36

Epimetopus fisheri Perkins, 1979

Figs. 65 (habitus), 69 (aedeagus), 142 (map)

Epimetopus fisheri Perkins, 1979: 322 .

New collection records: Honduras: Nacaome , 17.4 km W Jicaro Galan Jct. Hwy CA1, elev. 100 m, 13° 32' N, 87° 36' W, 2 vi 1973, Erwin & Hevel (3 USNM) ; Mexico: Chiapas, 2 mi. SW Las Cruces , 16° 16' N, 93° 49' W, 3 viii 1954, A. A. Alcorn (1 SEMC) ; Guerrero, Acapulco , 16° 52' N, 99° 54' W, 16–30 viii 1938, L. J. Lipovsky (3 SEMC) ; same locality, 16° 52' N, 99° 54' W, 18 viii 1938, L. J. Lipovsky (15 SEMC) ; same locality, 16° 52' N, 99° 54' W, 20 viii 1938, L. J. Lipovsky (2 SEMC) ; Jalisco, 25 mi NW of Barra de Navidad , intermittent stream, scrub tropics, 19° 28' N, 104° 56' W, 22 vii 1974, M. E. & P. D. Perkins (11 MCZ) ; Agua Caliente , unnamed stream, elev. 290 m, 20° 23' N, 105° 26', 15 i 2005, W. D. Shepard (WDS-A-1624) (6 AEZS) ; Oaxaca, Tapanatepec , 8 mi. W Oaxaca, elev. 122 m, 16° 22' N, 94° 12' W, 10 vii 1953, Univ. Kans. Mex. Expedition (1 SEMC) .

Differential diagnosis. The habitus of E. fisheri ( Fig. 65) is very similar to that of several other members of the Costatus group; reliable determinations will be based on examination of the aedeagus. The aedeagus is somewhat similar to that of E. costatus in general proportions ( Figs. 69, 71), including being broad in lateral view. However, the median lobe shape and the shape of the parameres differ markedly in the two species.

Distribution. Currently known from Honduras and Mexico ( Fig. 142).