Telegonus (Telegonus) pastus Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 13

Telegonus (Telegonus) pastus Grishin , new species

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Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic trees reveal prominent genetic differentiation of northern populations identified as Telegonus apastus (Cramer, 1777) (type locality in Suriname) ( Fig. 1): e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 5.9% (39 bp), and therefore they represent a new species. The new species keys to “ Astraptes apastus ” (C.14.13) in Evans (1952) and differs from it by shorter harpe (shorter than valva) with its distal angle less acute, more robust bulge on costa-ampulla ( Fig. 234) and a hyaline spot in forewing cell CuA 2 -1A+2A typically more angular and extended into a “beak” towards tornus ( Fig. 21 vs. 465), usually with less prominent white overscaling around this spot on ventral side ( Fig. 22 vs. 466). Due to the cryptic nature of this species, most reliable identification is achieved by DNA and a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly1038.17.34:G379A, aly125.11.2:G46A, aly499.47.2:C118A, aly1603.18.3:T185C, aly6286.2.7:T42C, and COI barcode: 49A, T91C, T226C, T382C, T571C.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-14103H01, GenBank OR837630, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGATTAATTGGAACTTCATTAAGATTACTTATTCGAACTGAATTAGGAACCCCAGGATCCTTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACAATTGTTACAGCTCATGCATTTATCATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATT GATTAGTACCATTAATAATAGGAGCCCCAGACATAGCATTCCCCCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTACCCCCATCTCTAACATTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATTGTTGAAAATGGTGCAGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCCCCTCTTTCATCTAATATTGCCCATCAAGGAGCATCAGTCGACTTA GCAATTTTCTCCCTTCATCTTGCCGGTATTTCCTCAATTCTTGGGGCAATCAATTTTATTACAACAATTATTAATATACGAATCAATAATTTATCAT TTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGAGCAGTAGGAATTACAGCATTATTACTATTACTTTCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATCACTATATTATT AACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCTTTCTTTGACCCTGCGGGAGGGGGTGACCCAATTCTTTACCAACACTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 21–22, bears the following three rectangular labels, two white: [ PANAMÁ: Panamá Prov. | Distrito de El Llano | Cordillera de San Blas | North of El Llano ca. 330 m. | VI. 1978 | Gordon B. Small: Coll.], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-14103H01 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Telegonus (Telegonus) | pastus Grishin ]. Paratypes: 2♂♂ in USNM: NVG-5078, 12-SRNP-68868 Costa Rica: Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Alajuela Prov., Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Palomo, el. 96 m, GPS 10.96187, −85.28045, eclosed 09-Jan-2013; and NVG-14103H02 Colombia: Caldas, Victoria, el. 2400′, 9-Feb-1969, S. S. Nicolay leg.

Type locality. Panama: Panama Province, Distrito de El Llano , Cordillera de San Blas, north of El Llano , elevation 330 m.

Etymology. The name removes the negating “a” from its sister species name and is a noun in apposition.

Distribution. From southeastern Mexico to western Colombia.