Artines donia Medeiros & Carneiro, 2019

Medeiros, Adalberto Dantas De, Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo, Carneiro, Eduardo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2019, Taxonomic revision of Artines Godman, 1901 (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Moncini) with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 4614 (1), pp. 1-49 : 37-40

Artines donia Medeiros & Carneiro sp. nov.

Figs 18 , 25 , 40 , 53, 80

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Diagnosis. Artines donia sp. nov. differs from the species of the “ aquilina group” in the following characters: ventral hind wing with central black spot wider than long; uncus distally wide, without ventral projection, apex weakly bifid; valva distally rhomboid; aedeagus uniformly wide; ventral projection of aedeagus with distal portion bifid; cornutus similar to A. focus and A. cofus sp. nov., differing in being more sclerotized and having spines slightly conspicuous; fultura inferior robust and laterally wider than in the other species of the “ aquilina group”.

Description. Male ( Fig. 18 A–B). Head: antenna with nudum bearing 12 segments.

Forewing length: 14 mm.

Dorsal forewing ( Fig. 18A ): two apical spots in R 4 –R 5 and R 5 –M 1; discal spots as in A. aquilina ; white spot in CuA 2 –2A very conspicuous, triangular; brand shorter than in other species of the “ aquilina group”, with lower projection long and upper projection uniformly narrow and with apex rounded.

Ventral forewing ( Fig. 18B ): apical and discal spots as in A. aquilina ; submarginal band as in A. cofus sp. nov.; white spot broad and strongly marked in CuA 2 –2A.

Ventral hind wing ( Fig. 18B ): apical portion of discal cell densely covered by orange scales; central black spot rectangular, wider than long; postdiscal band yellow, limited distally by wavy dark brown stripe.

Genitalia ( Figs 40 A–L, 53): tegumen more or less oval, longer than wide ( Fig. 40C ), in lateral view, rectangular, dorsal margin straight on its entire stretch ( Fig. 40A ). Saccus narrowed medially, anterior portion narrower than tegumen, proximal margin rounded ( Fig. 40B ). Uncus shorter than tegumen, proximal 1/2 with lateral margins slightly concave and distally divergent, distal 1/2 narrower with strong lateral concavity, distal end weakly bifid ( Fig. 40C ), little curved ventrally ( Fig. 40A ). Gnathos in ventral view reaching 1/2 of uncus, arms parallel with distal ends straight ( Fig. 40D ), curved dorsally toward distal end of uncus ( Fig. 40A ). Valva three times longer than wide; costa narrow and triangular, laterally projected inwards, separated from ampulla by distance shorter than its length; harpe longer than 1/2 valva, widened from base; ampulla 1/2 width of median portion of harpe, dorsally protruding, slightly exceeding dorsal margin of valva; distal projection of valva wide, with thorn-like projection on dorsal-distal portion ( Fig. 40 E–F). Aedeagus uniformly wide, weakly curved dorsally; opening of ejaculatory bulb dorsal near proximal margin of aedeagus; ventral projection diverging from aedeagus at an angled of 45 degrees, distal portion asymmetrically bifid ( Fig. 40 G–J). Cornutus uniformly sclerotized, bearing setae-like spines at base of vesica ( Figs 40M , 53). Fultura inferior robust, in lateral view wider than in the other species of the group ( Fig. 40L ).

Female. Unknown.

Variation. The specimen from Goiás, Brazil, is paler than the specimen from Rondônia, which may be due to the fact that the wing is worn.

Comments. Collor pattern as in A. focus , A. angelica sp. nov. and A. cofus sp. nov., differing in the central black spot of the ventral hind wing more reduced and wider than long. The male genitalia are similar to A. focus and A. cofus sp. nov., from which it differs in the following characters: uncus slightly bifid, without ventral projection, aedeagus uniformly wide, fultura inferior robust and valva distally not pointed, with projection similar to a distally projected thorn.

Geographic distribution ( Fig. 80 ). It is only known from the southern Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. BRA- ZIL— Rondônia: Vilhena. Goiás: Santa Rita do Araguaia. Temporal distribution. This species occurs in May and July. Host plant. Unknown. Etymology. The term “ donia ” is the termination of the word “ Rondônia ”, the type locality of the species. Type material. Holotype male deposited at the DZUP with the following labels: / HOLOTYPUS / Vilhena, RO [ndônia, Brazil], 10.VII.1972, Mielke leg. / gen. prep. A. Medeiros 2017 / DZ 41.283 / Holotypus Artines donia Medeiros & Carneiro det. 2018 /

. Paratype: BRAZIL— Goiás: Santa Rita do Araguaia, 1 male, 21.V.1969, Brown leg., OM 66.000 (OM).

Figures

FIGURE 80. Geographic distribution of the “aquilina group” and “bipunctata group” species. The symbols with white inferior half represent records from literature.

FIGURES 14–19. Species of the “aquilina group” (14–18) and “bipunctata group” (19) in dorsal and ventral views. 14. Artines aquilina, A–B: male, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil (DZ 41.321), C–D: female from same locality of male (DZ 41.220). 15. Artines angelica sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 16. Artines focus, A–B: male, Ilha de Maracá, Alto Alegre, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.233), C–D: female, Pacaraima, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.333). 17. Artines cofus sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 18. Artines donia sp. nov., A–B: holotype male. 19. Artines bipunctata, A–B: male, Jardim Zoológico, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 30.961), C–D: female, Córrego Bananal, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 41.224). Scale bar = 1cm.

FIGURES 21–26. Male brands (no scales) on dorsal forewing of the “aquilina group” (21–25) and “bipunctata group” species (26). 21. Artines aquilina, Joinville, Santa catarina, Brazil, (DZ 41.341). 22. Artines angelica sp. nov., paratype, Fazenda Ter- rasse, Santa Luzia, Maranhão, Brazil (DZ 41.273) 23. Artines focus, Ilha de Maracá, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.233). 24. Artines cofus sp. nov., paratype, Santa Rosa do Purus, Acre, Brazil (DZ 41.303). 25. Artines donia sp. nov., paratype, Santa Rita do Araguaia, Goiás, Brazil (OM 66.000). 26. Artines bipunctata, Ponte Funda, Vianópilis, Goiás, Brazil (DZ 41.264). Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 40–41. Male genitalia of the “aquilina group” (40) and “bipunctata group” (41) species. 40. Artines donia sp. nov., paratype, Santa Rita do Araguaia, Goiás, Brazil (DZ 66.000). 41. Artines bipunctata, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 41.194). For reference of the letters see legend of the figures 27 and 36. Scale bar = 1 mm.