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Porter, C. Calmbacher; Matucana, 2389 m, 28-30-VI-1974, C. Por- 
ter, L. Stange, 4-5-VII-1976, C. Porter; La Libertad Province, 
Samne, 40 km NE Trujillo, ca. 1500 m, 1 2- 1 7-VII- 1 975, C. Porter, 
L. Stange. 
relationships. This species, along with C. weyrauchi, C. dipla- 
tys, C. leptaechma, and C. aricae, forms a distinctive subgroup that 
is endemic to the Coastal Desert and adjacent Andean slopes 
(between sealevel and 3400 m) in most of Peru and in Tarapaca 
Fig. 7. Cosmiocryptus violaceipennis, 9- SEM Photograph ( 1 10X), showing rear 
of propodeum and much of first 3 gastric tergites in dorsal view. 
