Godmia viridicapita Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 54

Godmia viridicapita Grishin , new species

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( Fig. 5 part, 125–126, 357–358)

Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic trees reveal that a specimen from Ecuador identified as Godmia chlorocephala (Godman, 1900) (type locality in Panama) shows prominent genetic differentiation from it ( Fig. 5): e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 4.7% (31 bp), and therefore represents a new species. This new species keys to “ Onophas chlorocephala ” (J.51.3) in Evans (1955) but differs from it by less elongated upper part of the brand, both upper and lower segments, and even weaker developed forewing pale spots (essentially none visible in the holotype) ( Fig. 125–126), uncus arms thin, bowed, terminally converging, space between them is drop-shaped in dorsal view, harpe is not separated from valva, together they form semi-rectangular shape in lateral view, gnathos with flattened, blade-like overlapping arms, harpe with a semi-circular ridge on the inner surface, saccus is the same length as uncus ( Fig. 357–358). 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: aly 1405.6.4:A75G, aly 1405.6.4:T78C, aly15220.1.1:G864T, aly525.64.4:C108T, aly525.64.4:G162A, aly5773.2.5:T315T (not C), aly 1175.3.8:G72G (not C), aly 1175.3.8:G93G (not A), aly 1772.7.1:G714G (not A), aly5294.37.11:G897G (not A), and COI barcode: A64G, T67C, T103C, T403C, A559T.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-19023F02, GenBank OR837681, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACATCTCTTAGTTTATTGATTCGCTCAGAATTAGGAAATCCAGGATCTTTAATT GGAGACGATCAAATTTATAACACTATTGTAACTGCCCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATT GATTAGTACCCTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATATTACCACCTTCTTTAATATTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATCGTAGAAAATGGTGCTGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTATCCCCCCCTTTCATCTAATATTGCCCATCAAGGATCATCTGTTGATCTA GCAATTTTTTCTCTCCACTTAGCAGGTATTTCATCAATCTTAGGGGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAAAAATTTATCTT TTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTAGGAATTACAGCACTATTATTACTACTATCTTTACCTGTACTTGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATT AACAGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGACCCTGCTGGAGGAGGAGATCCAATTTTATATCAACACTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History , Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 125–126, bears the following five rectangular labels, four white: [Cotundo NAPO | ECUADOR 800m | 3 Oct ’76 | S. S. Nicolay], [ Onophas ♂ | chlorocephala | Det. God. | S.S. Nicolay], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-19023F02 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01532855], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Godmia viridicapita | Grishin].

Type locality. Ecuador: Napo Province, Cotundo, elevation 800 m.

Etymology. The name is Latin from the Greek name of its sister species, G. chlorocephala (i.e., green-headed). In Latin, viridi capite is green head. The name is a feminine adjective.

Distribution. Only known from the holotype collected in northcentral Ecuador.