Telemiades oiclus (Mabille, 1889)

Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Telemiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae), with descriptions of fourteen new species, Zootaxa 4721 (1), pp. 1-111 : 47-48

Telemiades oiclus (Mabille, 1889)

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Achlyodes oiclus Mabille, 1889 . Le Nat. (2)3 (45): 25; 1 female [holotype], Chiriqui, [ Panama]; Staudinger collection.—Godman & Salvin, 1895. Biol. Centr.–Amer., Lep.–Rhop. 2, p. 396; 3, pl. 86, figs 20, 21 (female d, v).— Mabille, 1903, in Wytsman. Gen. Ins. 17, p. 64.— Draudt, 1922, in Seitz. Gross–Schmett. Erde 5, p. 901.— Steinhauser, 1989. Bull. Allyn Mus. 127: 53.

Ouleus oiclus ; Shepard, 1934. Lep. Cat. 64, p. 177.

Bolla phylo oiclus ; Evans, 1953. Cat. Amer. Hesp. 3, p. 80.—K. Brown & Mielke, 1967. Jour. Lep. Soc. 21: 164.—Bridges, 1983. Lep. Hesp. 1, p. 85; 2, p. 5.—K. Brown, 1987. An. Prim. Simp. Pantanal, Brasília, p. 167.—Bridges, 1988. Cat. Hesp. 1, p. 135; 2, p. 8.

Pyrdalus corbulo cora Evans, 1953 . Cat.Amer. Hesp. 3, p. 32; male [holo] type, 1845, Honduras, Dyson leg.; BM(NH).— Steinhauser, 1975. Bull. Allyn Mus. 29: 32.—Bridges, 1973. Lep. Hesp. 1, p. 29; 2, p. 29.—Bridges, 1988. Cat. Hesp. 1, p. 46; 2, p. 48.—Austin et al., 1999. Trop. Lep. 9, Suppl. 2: 15.— Mielke, 2004. Hesperioidea, p. 53, in Lamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A.— Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 3, p. 665.

(no genus) cora; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 117.

(no genus) oiclus ; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 218.

Bolla oiclus oiclus ; Mielke, 2004. Hesperioidea, p. 44, in Lamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A.— Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 3, p. 456.

Telemiades oiclus ; Burns & Janzen, 2005. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 107 (4): 771, 780, figs 1–3 (male gen.), 7, 8 (female gen.), 11–14 (male, female d, v), 20 (hind wing, male), 21 (pupa), 22 (larva), syn.: cora; host plant.—J. Miller et al., 2012. Insecta Mundi 205: 41.—Garwood & Lehman, 2013. Butt. C. Amer. 3, Hesp., p. 65, figs (d, v).

Bolla oiclus ; Garwood & Lehman, 2005. Butt. Northeastern Mexico, p. 183.—Basset et al., 2015. PLOS ONE 10 (8) (e0136623), S1 App.

Type material. Achlyodes oiclus Mabille, 1889 was described based on one female [holotype] from Chiriqui [ Panama] in the Otto Staudinger collection. The female holotype is deposited at the ZMHU with the following labels: / Origin./ Chiriqui Fr./ Achl. oiclus Mb. ♀ / Achlyodes oiclus B. C. A. Rh. Ii. p. 396./ oiclus Mab. / GEN. PREP., MIELKE 1996/.

Pyrdalus corbulo cora Evans, 1953 , was described based on the male [holo]type from Honduras, and on a couple from the same locality. The male holotype is deposited at the NHMUK with the following labels: / Type [verso from the same label:] cora Evans/ Honduras [verso from the same label:] 45 123/ Honduras. Dyson. 45–123./ [label with genitalia attached]/ BMNH(E) 1236499/.

Diagnosis. FW length: males 19 mm (n=1) and females 21 mm (n=1). Telemiades oiclus is distinguished from other species of the genus by the following characters: VFW of males with a dark yellow androconial patch in CuA 2 –2A; DHW with a tuft of long cream hair–like scales in Sc+R 1 –Rs; oval yellowish patch under the tuft of androconial scales; yellowish patch covering more than posterior half of VHW; uncus with distal margin convex.

Natural history. Immatures have been reported on Dioclea malacocarpa and D. wilsonii (Fabaceae) ( Janzen & Hallwachs 2009). Burns & Janzen (2005) and Janzen & Hallwachs (2009) illustrated all the immature stages of T. oiclus .

Distribution. Telemiades oiclus occurs in Central America, with records in Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama.

Taxonomic discussion. After its description, Achlyodes oiclus Mabille, 1889 was transferred to Ouleus Lindsey, 1925 by Shepard (1934). Later, Steinhauser (1989) returned the species to Achlyodes Hübner, [1819] . Evans (1953) erroneously interpreted Achlyodes oiclus as a subspecies of Bolla phylo . Analysis of the material deposited in the NHMUK, revealed that the specimen studied by Evans is Staphylus lizeri album Steinhauser, 1989 . In the same study, Evans (1953) described Pyrdalus corbulo cora . Recently, Burns & Janzen (2005) transferred the name oiclus to Telemiades and synonymized P. c. cora with T. oiclus . The examination of the holotype of P. c. cora confirms the synonymy. As discussed by Burns & Janzen (2005), T. oiclus forms a subgroup of Telemiades together with T. corbulo , T. insulsus and T. quammeni . Although they exhibit unique characters within the genus, such as androconial organs on the wings of the male, the morphology of the male and female genitalia is characteristic of Telemiades .

Examined material. No data: 1 female, OM 40.663* (DZUP–OM).

Figures

FIGURE 212. Geographical distribution of Telemiades from the “corbulo group”.

FIGURES 62–77. Species of Telemiades from the ‘corbulo group’, dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views. 62–65. Telemiades corbulo (Stoll, 1781). 62–63. Neotype male from Santo Antônio de Tauá, Pará, Brazil (DZ 26.357—DZUP). 64–65. Female from Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil (OM 8.145—OM). 66–69. Telemiades quammeni Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. 66–67. Holotype male from Antonina, Paraná, Brazil (OM 14.182—DZUP). 68–69. Allotype female from Alexandra, Paraná, Brazil (DZ 26.385—DZUP). 70–73. Telemiades insulsus (Draudt, 1922), stat. rev. 70–71. Male from Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil (DZ 26.367—DZUP). 72–73. Female from Buriti, Chapada dos Guimarães, Mato Grosso, Brazil (DZ 26.368—DZUP). 74–77. Telemiades oiclus (Mabille, 1889). 74–75. Male from Panama (K. Davis, M. Stangeland & A. Warren.Available in Warren et al. 2018). 76–77. Female without data (OM 40.663—OM).

FIGURES 194–197. Female genitalia of Telemiades from the “corbulo group”. 194. Telemiades corbulo (Stoll, 1781) (DZ 12.428—DZUP). 195. Telemiades quammeni Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. (OM 14.183—OM). 196. Telemiades insulsus (Draudt, 1922), stat. rev. (DZ 26.362—DZUP). 197. Telemiades oiclus (Mabille, 1889) (OM 40.663—OM).