Telemiades fides Bell, 1949

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 : 14-16

Telemiades fides Bell, 1949

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Telemiades fides Bell, 1949 . Amer. Mus. Novit. 1385: 6, fig. 7 (gen. male); holotype male, Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama; AMNH.—Freeman, 1951. Field & Lab. 19: 47.—Llorente–Bousquets; Luis–Martínez & Vargas–Fernández, 1990. Publ. esp. Mus. Zool., Mexico, 1: 28.—Llorente–Bousquets et al., 1995. Rev. Soc. Mex. Hist. Nat. 46: 39.—Vargas–Fernández et al., 1996. Jour. Lep. Soc. 50: 109.—Warren et al., 1996. Dugesiana 3 (1): 4.—Raguso & Llorente, 1997, in González; Dirzo & Vogt (eds). Hist. Nat. Tuxtlas. Inst. Biol., UNAM, p. 290.—Warren & Llorente–Bousquets, 1999. Dugesiana 6: 21.—Warren, 2000, in Llorente; González & Papavero (eds). Biodiv., Tax., Biogeogr. Art. Mex. 2, p. 550.—Llorente et al., 2004. Jour. Lep. Soc. 58: 208.—Luis Martínez et al., 2004, in García–Mendoza; Ordóñez & Briones–Salas. Biodiv. Oaxaca, p. 353.—Warren; Ogawa & A. Brower, 2008. Cladistics 24: 31.—Warren; Ogawa & A. Brower, 2009. Syst. Ent. 34: 482, 517; host plant.—Luis Martínez et al., 2011, in Cruz A. (ed.). Biodiv. Veracruz. Apénd. VIII.25, p. 4.— Janzen et al., 2011. PLoS ONE 6 (8): 6, 13.—Luis–M., Salinas–G. & Llorente–B., 2011, in Álvarez (coord.). Chiapas: estudios diversidad biol., Inst. Biol., UNAM, Mexico, p. 387.—J. Miller et al., 2012. Insecta Mundi 205: 41.—Garwood & Lehman, 2013. Butt. C. Amer. 3, Hesp., p. 64, figs (male, female d).—Luis–Martínez et al., 2016. Southw. Ent. 41 (1): 189.

Telemiades amphion fides ; Evans, 1953. Cat. Amer. Hesp. 3, p. 30.— Steinhauser, 1975. Bull. Allyn Mus. 29: 11.—DeVries, 1983, in Janzen. Costa Rican Nat. Hist., p. 676.—Bridges, 1983. Lep. Hesp. 1, p. 43; 2, p. 36.—Bridges, 1988. Cat. Hesp. 1, p. 68; 2, p. 59.—R. G. de la Maza E. & White, 1990. Rev. Soc. Mex. Lep. 13: 84.—J. de la Maza E.; White & R. G. de la Maza E., 1991. Rev. Soc. Mex. Lep. 14: 17.—R. G. de la Maza E. & J. de la Maza E., 1993. Marip. Chiapas, p. 202.—Austin et al., 1999. Trop. Lep. 9, Suppl. 2: 12.—Maes et al., 1999, in Maes. Cat. Ins. Art. Nicaragua 3, p. 1259.— Mielke, 2004. Hesperioidea, p. 56, in Lamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A.— Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 3, p. 742.—Barrios; Méndez & Austin, 2006, in Cano (ed.). Biodiversidad de Guatemala 1, p. 439.—Anderson, 2007. Bull. Allyn Mus. 146: 5.—Glassberg, 2007. Swift Guide Butt. Mexico and C. America, p. 180, fig. (d).— Beccaloni et al., 2008. Monografías Tercer Milenio 8: 102; host plant.

(no genus) fides ; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 145.

Cogia amphion fides ; Okano, 1981. Tokurana 1: 47.

Type material. Telemiades fides Bell, 1949 was described based on the male holotype and female allotype from Balboa, Canal Zone, Panamá, and the following paratypes: a male from the same locality, a male from Ponte Tapia, Panamá, a female from Lascascadas, Panamá and a male from Presidio, Veracruz, Mexico. The male holotype is deposited at the AMNH and illustrated on Butterflies of America (Warren et al. 2016) with the following labels: / HOLOTYPE / Balboa Canal Zone V.27.1914 Acc: 5690/ G1 753/ Telemiades fides Holotype ♂ Bell/. The female allotype is also deposited at the AMNH and illustrated on Butterflies of America (Warren et al. 2016) with the following labels: / T. Hallinan Balboa, C. Z. Panama Nov. 19.1914 Ac. 5690/ ALLOTYPE / Telemiades fides Allotype ♀ Bell/. These labels will be sent to the curator for the collection.

Diagnosis. FW length: males 16–19 mm (n=24) and females 18–21 mm (n=24). Telemiades fides resembles T. marpesus in size but can be distinguished by the brown ground color and the absence of submarginal dark spots in the FW. Additionally, T. fides occurs at Central America while T. marpesus is only known from the south Brazilian and Argentinian Atlantic Forest. Telemiades fides is distinguished from the remaining species of the “ amphion group” by the following characters: uncus with median–distally projection slightly rounded; valva with a developed distal process, slightly curved inwards and with small spine–like projections on internal margin; fultura inferior distally bifid with distal margin and base concave; lamella antevaginalis with distal margin concave on median region; lamella postvaginalis with lateral margin truncated.

Variation. Some specimens from Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico have reduced hyaline spots in the FW.

Natural history. Immatures have been reported on Inga spp. and Zygia spp. ( Fabaceae ) ( Janzen & Hallwachs 2009). According to available data, T. fides flies from July to December.

Distribution. T. fides occurs in Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

Taxonomic discussion. Evans (1953) treated T. fides as a subspecies of T. amphion . The wing and male genitalia distinguish T. fides from the other species of the “ amphion group”, supporting its validity as a separate species (Warren 2000).

Examined material. MEXICO: Veracruz— Atoyac, 2 males and 1 female, H. H. S. March leg., NHMUK 010242507 *, NHMUK 010242508 *, NHMUK 010242506 ( NHMUK). Oaxaca: Candelaria Loxicha , 500 m, 3– X–1969, 1 male, 4–X–1969, 1 male, Welling leg. ( OUMNH) ; 25–VI–1972, 1 male, 26–VII–1972, 1 male, 4–VIII– 1972, 1 male and 2 females, 15–VIII–1972, 2 males and 2 females, 25–VIII–1972, 2 males, 4–IX–1973, 1 male, 27–VII–1973, 1 male, 2–VIII–1973, 1 male, 14–VIII–1973, 1 male, 22–VIII–1973, 1 male, 4–IX–1973, 2 males, 15–IX–1973, 1 female, 24–IX–1973, 1 male, 5–VII–1975, 1 female, 6–VII–1975, 1 male, 17–VIII–1975, 1 male,

17–XII–1975, 1 female, 14–VII–1976, 1 male, 24–VII–1976, 1 male, 26–VII–1976, 1 male and 1 female, 25–VIII– 1977, 1 male and 1 female, 4–IX–1978, 1 female, 03–X–1985, 1 female, Welling leg., DZ 26.023, DZ 26.033, DZ 26.036, DZ 26.035, DZ 26.037, DZ 26.018, DZ 26.019, DZ 26.010, DZ 26.017*, DZ 26.020, OM 54.461 , DZ 26.013, DZ 26.022, DZ 26.021*, DZ 26.028, DZ 26.011, DZ 26.014, DZ 26.040, DZ 26.034, DZ 26.038, DZ 26.016 , OM 44.406 , OM 44.015 , DZ 26.012, DZ 26.008, DZ 26.031, DZ 26.039, DZ 26.032, DZ 26.015, DZ 26.030 , OM 44.295 , OM 44.264 ( DZUP and DZUP–OM). Tabasco— Teapa , 1 male, H. H. S. March leg. , NHMUK 010242505 * ( NHMUK) .

GUATEMALA: Zacapa— La Union, 850 m, 15–X–1972, 1 male, Welling leg., OM 44.968 ( DZUP–OM) ; 21–VIII–1978, 1 male, Welling leg., OM 45.153 ( DZUP–OM) ; 27–VIII–1981, 1 male, Welling leg., DZ 26.029 ( DZUP) ; 18–IX–1981, 1 female, Welling leg., OM 44.911 ( DZUP–OM) .

EL SALVADOR: La Libertad— La Perla, 10 m, 18–X–1970, 1 male, Steinhauser leg. ( OUMNH) .

NICARÁGUA: Chontales— no specific locality, 1 female, T. Belt leg., NHMUK 010242159 ( NHMUK) .

COSTA RICA: Cartago, Azahar [Cerro] de Cartago, X–08, 1 male, NHMUK 010242509 * ( NHMUK) .

PANAMA: Colón— Lion Hill, 1 male, McLeannan leg., NHMUK 010242511 * ( NHMUK). Panamá— Panamá, Pacora , 16–XII–1946, 1 male, R.E.E. WSON leg., NHMUK 010242510 ( NHMUK). Veraguas— Calobre, 1 male, Arcé leg., NHMUK 010242158 * ( NHMUK) .

Figures

FIGURE 206. Geographical distribution of Telemiades from the “amphion group”.

FIGURES 2–23. Species of Telemiades from the ‘amphion group’, dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views. 2–5. Telemiades amphion (Geyer, 1832). 2–3. Neotype male from Imperatriz, Maranhão, Brazil (DZ 25.955—DZUP). 4–5. Female from Benevides, Pará, Brazil (OM 32.475—OM). 6–9. Telemiades belli Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. 6–7. Holotype male from Reserva Biológica Hiltoy–Cerere, Cahuita, Costa Rica (OM 56.006—DZUP). 8–9. Allotype female from Gamboa, Panama (DZ 26.024—DZUP). 10–13. Telemiades fides Bell, 1949. 10–11. Male from Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico (DZ 26.019— DZUP). 12–13. Female from Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca, Mexico (DZ 26.037—DZUP). 14–17. Telemiades marpesus (Hewitson, 1876), stat. rest. 14–15. Male from Reserva Yacutinga, Almirante Brown, General Belgrano, Misiones, Argentina (DZ 26.092—DZUP). 16–17. Female from Rio Natal, São Bento do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil (OM 49.589—OM). 18–19. Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888, stat. rest. Male from Chulumani, Bolivia (DZ 26.042—DZUP). 20–23. Telemiades pekahia (Hewitson, 1868), stat. rest. 20–21. Male from San Esteban, Venezuela (NHMUK 010242392—NHMUK). 22–23. Holotype female from Venezuela (BMNH(E) 1236491—NHMUK).

FIGURES 142–147. Male genitalia of Telemiades from the “amphion group”. A. Lateral view of uncus, tegumen, saccus and gnatho. B. Left valva, externa view. C. Right valva, internal view. D. Dorsal view of uncus and tegumen. E. Ventral view of uncus, tegumen and gnatho. F. Ventral view of saccus. G. Posterior view of fultura inferior. H. Dorsal view of aedeagus. I. Right view of aedeagus. J. Ventral view of aedeagus. K. Left view of aedeagus. 142. Telemiades amphion (Geyer, 1832) (DZ 25.957—DZUP). 143. Telemiades belli Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. (DZ 26.025—DZUP). 144. Telemiades fides Bell, 1949 (DZ 26.021—DZUP). 145. Telemiades marpesus (Hewitson, 1876), stat. rest. (DZ 26.069—DZUP). 146. Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888, stat. rest. (DZ 26.041—DZUP). 147. Telemiades pekahia (Hewitson, 1868), stat. rest. (NHMUK 010242392—NHMUK).

FIGURES 180–184. Female genitalia of Telemiades from the “amphion group”. A. Lateral view of sterigma. B. Ventral view. 180. Telemiades amphion (Geyer, 1832) (DZ 25.960—DZUP). 181. Telemiades belli Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. (OM 55.874—OM). 182. Telemiades fides Bell, 1949 (DZ 26.017—DZUP). 183. Telemiades marpesus (Hewitson, 1876), stat. rest. (OM 52.168—OM). 184. Telemiades pekahia (Hewitson, 1868), stat. rest. (NHMUK 010242391—NHMUK).