Decinea notata Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 42

Decinea notata Grishin , new species

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( Fig. 4 part, 95–96, 318–319)

Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic analysis of specimens from Ecuador identified as Decinea lydora lyco (Mabille, 1878) (type locality in Peru) reveals that they are not monophyletic, and the former specimens represent a most prominently differentiated new species without close relatives ( Fig. 4). COI barcodes of the new species differ from D. lydora lyco and D. dama by 8.5% (56 bp) and 10% (66 bp), respectively. The new species keys to “ D. neroides lyco ” (currently D. lydora lyco ) (L.11.5(b)) in Evans (1955) but differs from it by the abdomen being white beneath (not brown) and forewing with three well-defined subapical dots in a row. These dots are smaller, and some may be missing in Decinea lydora ( Plötz, 1882) (type locality in Venezuela) subspecies and junior subjective synonyms. This species is not cryptic and is diagnosed reliably by phenotype. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly499.50.4:G45C, aly1656.33.2:A51T, aly291.13.2:G39T, aly291.13.2:G66A, aly 2631.9.19:G72A, and COI barcode: T121C, T145C, T250C, T436C, T589C, T461C.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-18118B04, GenBank OR837666, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACTTCCTTAAGTTTACTAATTCGTACAGAATTAGGTAGACCTGGATCTTTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACCATCGTAACAGCTCATGCTTTTATCATAATTTTTTTCATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATT GATTAGTACCCTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTCCCTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGAATACTACCCCCTTCTTTAACCTTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGTGCAGGAACTGGTTGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTTTATCATCAAATATTGCTCACCAAGGATCTTCAGTTGATTTA GCTATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCCATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAACATACGAATTAAAAATCTATCAT TTGATCAAATACCACTATTTGTTTGATCAGTAGGAATTACAGCTTTATTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATACTTCT TACTGACCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGTGGAGGAGACCCTATTCTTTATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 95–96, bears the following five rectangular labels, four white: [ ECUADOR: Napo Prov | 9 km E Puerto Napo | 1° 03′S 77° 44′W | 600m 20 Sept 1990 | S S Nicolay], [♂ genitalia | slide/vial # | H1076 | Prep. S.S. Nicolay], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-18118B04 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01531768], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Decinea | notata Grishin ] . Paratype: 1♂ NVG-18091E07 Ecuador: Morona-Santiago, Mendez, 800 m, GPS −2.42, −78.20, 10-Nov-2012, J.-C. Petit leg. [EBrockmann].

Type locality. Ecuador: Napo Province, 9 km E of Puerto Napo, elevation 600 m, GPS −1.05, −77.73.

Etymology. In Latin, notatus means marked, written, signified, noted, or distinguished. The name reflects the prominent subapical dots and a white abdomen below. It also reflects the prominent phylogenetic position separate from all others. The name is a feminine perfect passive participle in the nominative singular.

Distribution. Ecuador.