Oculicattus renifera (Hampson) Martinez, 2020

Martinez, Jose I., 2020, Revision of the South American genus Gaujonia Dognin (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 985, pp. 71-126 : 71

Oculicattus renifera (Hampson) comb. nov. Figs 7 , 10 , 43 , 44 , 56 , 57 , 88 , 95

Gaujonia renifera Hampson, 1913: 387, pl. 235, fig. 4.

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Peru: " Gaujonia renifera type ♂ Hmpsn. / Agualani S. E. Peru, 9000 ft, 05' May, G. Ockenden / 1908-159 / Noctuidae ♂ genitalia slide No. 5208 / NHMUK 010917655", coll. G. Hampson. Deposited in NHMUK. Additional examined specimens (8 ♂, MGCL): Peru: PERU-JUNIN Near CALABAZA vil., 11°30.5'S, 74°49.4'W, 1-2.02.2011, H = 2137 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Alexander Poleschuk (1 ♂); Peru, Department Cuzco, Manu Park, San Pedro, 1800 m, Mar. 1997, coll. local people (2 ♀); Peru, Cusco, Wayqecha Biological Station, 2950 m, 29 Oct 2010, coll. C. V. Covell Jr / FLMNH, MGCL 1049183 / DNA voucher MGCL-NOC- 65325 (1 ♂); Bolivia: BOLIVIA, SIERRA SIBERIA, 16 km SE Pojo, 17°49.1'S, 64°42.5'W, 16-17.01.2010, H = 2308 m, leg/coll. Viktor & Svetlana Sinyaev + Alexei Zamesov (2 ♂); BOLIVIA, La Paz, Cotapata, 16°16.5'S, 67°51.6'W, 24.10.2010, H = 3200 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Oleg Romanov (1 ♂); BOLIVIA, La Paz, Santa Rosa de Lima, 16°23.6'S, 67°41.8'W, 20-22.10.2010, H = 1550 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Oleg Romanov (1 ♂).

Etymology.

George F. Hampson probably named this species renifera based on the characteristic reniform spot.

Diagnosis.

Regarding Ocullicatus renifera , there is one species that is particularly similar to it ( O. inca ); however, O. renifera can be identifiable by its remarkably large yellow orbicular spot. The male is pale yellow, brighter yellow in the female. The forewing length in males is 19-21 mm and females 24-26 mm. Palp reduced, black with white tips; frons yellow and gray; antenna dark orange; male thorax dark yellow with scattered brownish black spots. Pattern on the forewing in male is created by black small lines and dots; the reniform spot has slightly curved and wide lunate marking. The hindwing has dark scales on the veins. The abdomen is brown with yellow scales dorsally, differing from O. inca in having a line of black tufts over the middle of the dorsum of the abdomen; black tufts on A1-A3 combined with yellow scales. Genitalia of male with the cucullar region narrow and the apex rounded; saccular area with the process almost same size that the cucullus; aedeagus long, almost the same size of the vesica; large patch of spines on the base of the vesica; the two spine patches large and wide similar size covering ¾ of the vesica. Genitalia in female with sterigma relatively open, with the corpus bursae almost the same size as the appendix bursae.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Oculicattus renifera is restricted to Peru and Bolivia (Fig. 95 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Many of the new species are similar to this species making the process of identification difficult. The holotype is in perfect condition (Fig. 10 ).

Figures

Figure 95. Distribution of examined specimens of the genus Oculicattus.

Figures 2 - 7. Adult head structure 2 Cicadoforma ocelotus, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 3 Cicadomorphus falkasiska, MGCL, Pasco, Peru 4 Gaujonia kanakusika, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 5 Gaujoptera amsa, MGCL, Cotapata, Bolivia 6 Millerana cajas, MGCL, Azuay, Ecuador 7 Oculicattus renifera, MGCL, Cusco, Peru.

Figures 8 - 11. Type specimens 8 Gaujonia arbosi, lectotype, USNM, Loja, Ecuador 9 Millerana arbosioides, holotype, USNM, Loja, Ecuador 10 Oculicattus renifera, holotype, NHMUK, Puno, Peru 11 Cicadoforma vau-nigrum, holotype, NHMUK, Tovar, Venezuela.

Figures 43 - 58. Adult habitus of Oculicattus species 43 Oculicattus renifera, ♂, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 44 O. renifera, ♂, MGCL, Junin, Peru 45 O. schmidti, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Pasco, Peru 46 O. schmidti, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru 47 O. inca, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 48 O. boliviana, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 49 O. uturunku, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Morona, Ecuador 50 O. raizae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 51 O. raizae, ♂, paratype, ZSM, Pichincha, Ecuador 52 O. brehmi, ♂, holotype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 53 O. brehmi, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 54 O. brehmi, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 55 O. brehmi, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 56 O. renifera, ♀, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 57 O. renifera, ♀, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 58 O. raizae, ♀, paratype, MGCL, La Paz, Bolivia.

Figures 85 - 90. Female genitalia of Gaujonia and Oculicattus species 85 Gaujonia arbosi, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 86 G. chiqyaq, holotype, MGCL, Marinio, Colombia 87 G. kanakusika, paratype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 88 Oculicattus renifera, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 89 O. brehmi, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 90 O. raizae, paratype, MGCL, La Paz, Bolivia.