Tuberculobasis sp. 2

Figure 55

Specimens examined. 1 Ƥ, PERU, Loreto Department, Exploration Lodge, 50 miles, NE of Iquitos on Amazon River at junction of the Yanomano River (3º 21´59" S, 72º 47´56" W), 27-VIII-1991, S.W. Dunkle leg (SWD).

Remarks. Median lobe of hind prothoracic lobe (Fig. 55) similar to that of female of T. williamsoni (Fig. 52), but mesepisternal tubercles different and not connected with mesostigmal plate as in T. williamsoni (Fig. 52). Tubercle of Tuberculobasis sp. 2 is unique by having the shape of a ball with a basal ring (Fig. 55). This species also has top of head orange and it is most probably new. However, since it could represent the female one of the six species with unknown females, I am not naming it.