Albascopia caldensis ( Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015 ), Cadena-Castañeda, 2025

Albascopia caldensis ( Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015) comb. nov.

( Figs. 6–8 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 , Map 1)

Pseudoproscopia caldensis Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015: 139 View in CoL . Holotype: male, COLOMBIA, Caldas, Norcasia, Vereda La Miel. Depository : CAUD.

Comments. This species was originally described under the genus Pseudoproscopia , with its type locality situated in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes, within the inter-Andean valley of the Magdalena River ( Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda 2015). In this contribution, it is transferred to the genus Albascopia , which is redefined herein and fits in the morphology of A. caldensis comb. nov., thus formalizing the new combination.

Some iNaturalist records for A. caldensis comb. nov. have been found in locations near the type locality (Map 1). Three females have been recorded: in the type locality, Norcasia, Caldas (https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/74693715), another in San Diego, Caldas, a neighboring municipality (https://www.inaturalist.org/ observations/136718253), and another in El Carmen del Viboral, Antioquia, the northernmost known locality (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197636708) ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ). Additionally, a male was recorded very close to the last-mentioned female (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6695708) ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 ). These records provide insights into the similarity of females to A. afroensis comb. nov. and how the male might look in life. They also indicate potential localities for collecting additional A. caldensis comb. nov. specimens.