Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens Fruhstorfer, 1907

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Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens Fruhstorfer, 1907 stat. nov.

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Opsiphanes invirae relucens Fruhstorfer , IV-1907. Int. ent. Ztschr. 1 (5): 30; nom. nud. (ICZN, Art. 12.1—no description).— Fruhstorfer, V-1907. Stett. ent. Ztg. 68 (1): 130, 139; 1 male [holotype], San Pedro Sula, [Cortés], Honduras, Erich Wittkugel leg., collection Fruhstorfer.— Stichel, 1908. Berl. ent. Ztschr. 52 (3): 163.— Stichel, 1909. Das Tierreich 25: 85, 88.— Fruhstorfer, 1912, in Seitz. Gross-Schmett. Erde 5, p. 301, 304.— Stichel, 1932. Lep. Cat. 51, p. 45.— Blandin, 1977. Publ. Lab. Zool. l‘École norm. sup., Paris, 9: 169; biogeogr.— D’Abrera, 1987. Butt. Neotrop. Reg. 3, p. 412.— Bristow, 1991. Zool. Jour. Linn. Soc. 101 (3): 258, 261, figs 22b (male d, v), 23d (female d, v).— Casagrande, 2004. Brassolini , in Lamas (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A, p. 204.—J. Miller et al., 2012. Insecta Mundi 205: 57.— Vargas-Fernández et al., 2008. Nymph. Mexico 2, p. 63, 186, pl. 20, figs 1, 2 (male d, v), 3 (female d).

Taxonomic history. Vargas-Fernández et al. (2008) illustrated the male and female of Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens stat. nov.

Type material. Opsiphanes invirae relucens Fruhstorfer, 1907 was described based on a male [holotype] from San Pedro Sula, [Cortés], Honduras, collected by Erich Wittkugel and deposited in the Fruhstorfer collection. The male [holotype] is deposited at the NHMUK, with the following labels: / Type/ Holotype / Honduras San Pedro Sula ex coll. Fruhstorfer / invirae relucens Fruhst / Fruhstorfer Coll. B.M. 1937-285./.

Diagnosis. Male: Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens stat. nov. differs from Opsiphanes cuspidatus cuspidatus stat. nov. in having the DFW oblique band, twice the width of the DHW submarginal band ( Fig. 218 ).

Comments. Stichel (1908) stated that Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens stat. nov., described with characters applicable to both Opsiphanes cuspidatus cuspidatus stat. nov. and for Opsiphanes invirae invirae , would remain valid, as he had no comparative material for analysis. The situation is repeated in this study, and therefore, Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens stat. nov., remains valid, but based only on the width of the DFW and VFW bands and the geographic distribution of the male [holotype] ( Fig. 218 ).

Natural history. Unknown.

Geographic distribution. Mexico (Chiapas) ( Vargas-Fernández et al. 2008); Honduras ([Cortés]) ( Fig. 216 ).

Temporal distribution. Unknown.

Etymology. Name probably based on the color of the DFW oblique band, described by Fruhstorfer (1907a).

Specimens examined. [Holotypus] ( Fig. 218 ).

Figures

FIGURE 216. Geographical distribution of Opsiphanes cuspidatus cuspidatus Stichel, 1904 stat. nov. and Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens Fruhstorfer, 1907 stat. nov.

FIGURE 218. Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens Fruhstorfer, 1907 stat. nov. [Holotype] of Opsiphanes cuspidatus relucens Fruhstorfer, 1907 stat. nov.; a. dorsal view, b. ventral view.