Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Stigmatachys uvea sp. n. Figs 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A

Type material.

Holotype: female (NMNH) with following label data: "PERU: Dept. Loreto / Campamento San Jacinto / 2°18.75'S, 75°51.77'W / 6 July 1993, 175-215 m / Richard Leschen #39 / ex. rainforest berlese". Paratypes: none.

Type locality.

Perú: Loreto: Campamento San Jacinto, 2°18.75'S, 75°51.77'W, 175-215m.

Description.

Size, form, color, microsculpture, head, prothorax, pterothorax, abdomen, and distribution as in description of the genus.

Derivation of specific epithet.

Derived from the Latin noun uvea (= “grape”), referring to the ovate shape of the elytra of the holotype in dorsal view.