Chimarra (Curgia) straminea Flint 1998

Chimarra (Curgia) straminea

MATERIAL EXAMINED.—Holotype, male: VENEZUELA, EDO. MÉRIDA, 10 km E Santo Domingo, 6800 ft [2040 m], 7 Feb 1978, montane forest, blacklight, J.B. Heppner. NMNH Type.

Paratypes: EDO. MÉRIDA, Quebrada Mucuy, 7 km E Tabay (8.637°N, 71.034°W), 2200 m, 18 Jan 1994, Holzenthal et al., 1, 8 (UMSP); same, but Mucuy Fish Hatchery, 6600 ft [1980 m], 10–13 Feb 1978, J.B. Heppner, 9, 4. EDO. BARINAS, 30 km NW Barinitas, 24 Feb 1976, C.M. and O.S. Flint, Jr., 2. San Isidro, 24 Sep 1975, R.E. Dietz, 1, 1 (IZAM). La Chimenea, 5 km S La Soledad, 1500 m, 28–29 May 1975, R.E. Dietz, 1 (IZAM).

ETYMOLOGY.—From the Latin stramineus (“of grass”), in allusion to its color.