Cercopimorpha hoffmanni, Zerny, 1931

Pinheiro, L. R. & Gaal-Haszler, S., 2015, Illustrated catalogue of Neotropical Ctenuchina, Euchromiina and Pericopina types (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) described by Hans Zerny, with discussion on their taxonomic status, Zootaxa 3925 (4), pp. 505-535 : 513

hoffmanni Zerny, 1931

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Cercopimorpha hoffmanni Zerny, 1931b: 15 (Taf. 1, fig. 16). Lectotype hereby designated, male: [ BRAZIL], Santa Catarina, Jaraguá (Fr. Hoffmann), with two labels: one printed label “Sta. Catharina, Jaraguá, Fr. Hoffmann ” with the date handwritten on the underside “ 7.ix. [19]29”; and a handwritten label “ Cercopimorpha hoffmanni Zerny ♂ type ”. Three paralectotypes, all males, with the same labels, but different dates: “ 6.xi. [19]29”; “ 20.xi.1929 ”; and “ 31.x. [19]29”.

Current combination. Cercopimorpha hoffmanni Zerny, 1931 .

Condition of the types. Lectotype. Perfect condition. Paralectotypes. In perfect condition, except for the specimen from 31.x. [19]29, which has the two hind legs broken.

Remarks. This species was described from four males from the same locality. According to Zerny (1931b), C. hoffmanni is closely related to Heliura dolens Schaus, 1905 , and they may in fact be sister species. The genitalia of a male deposited at the MZSP is illustrated in Figure 51.

Cercopimorpha Butler, 1876 currently includes seven valid species, five of which share a similar habitus: C. hoffmanni , C. homopteridia Butler, 1876 , H. dolens , H. postflavida Rothschild, 1912 and C. sylva Schaus, 1920 . This phenotype was the very reason for the creation of the genus; according to Butler (1876b) the type species, C. homopteridia , resembles an homopteran, hence the name of the species. The name of the genus, on the other hand, is an allusion to Cercopidae . Despite Butler's suggestion, it is not known which species of Cercopidae could have been the one that he thought was similar to C. homopteridia (Dr. Andressa Paladini, personal information).

The two remaining species currently placed in the genus, C. tetragonia Hampson, 1898 and C. meterythra Hampson, 1898 , have a very different habitus, and may not belong in it. Their habitus resembles that of Diabaena cincticollis Felder, 1874 , type species of Diabaena Felder, 1874, which is currently a junior subjective synonym of Uranophora Hübner , [1831].

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 24. 1) Eucyane phanoptoides (Lectotype); 2) Eucyane variabilis flavofasciata (Lectotype); 3) Eucyane variabilis variabilis (Lectotype); 4) Pseudophaloe xiphydria (Holotype); 5) Pseudosphenoptera boyi (Holotype); 6) Correbia rufescens columbiana (Lectotype); 7) Diptilum [sic] crassum (Holotype); 8) Ptychotrichos [sic] fenestrifer (Holotype); 9) Episcepsis flavipuncta (Lectotype); 10) Schasiura gymnelioides (Holotype); 11) Heliura hagmanni (Lectotype); 12) Cercopimorpha hoffmanni (Lectotype); 13) Teucer imbecillus (Holotype); 14) Desmotricha josioides (Lectotype); 15) Eucereon lychnis (Lectotype); 16) Eucereon maternum (Holotype); 17) Episcepsis melanoneura (Lectotype); 18) Episcepsis nereus (Lectotype); 19) Ceramidia pinguis (Holotype); 20) Ctenucha reimoseri (Holotype); 21) Episcepsis rotundipennis (Lectotype); 22) Eucereon sericeum (Lectotype); 23) Pompiliodes acroleuca (Lectotype); 24) Calonotos acutipennis (Lectotype). Scale bars: 1 cm.

FIGURES 55 – 65. 55) Eucyane variabilis flavofasciata, genitalia of the lectotype, dorsal view and phallus; 56) Diptilon crassum, genitalia of the holotype, ventral view and phallus; 57) Schasiura gymnelioides, genitalia of the holotype, ventral view and phallus; 58) Cercopimorpha hoffmanni, genitalia of a specimen from Tambopata, Peru, deposited at MZSP, dorsal view and phallus; 59) Eucereon lychnis, genitalia of the lectotype, lateral view and phallus; 60) Eucereon lychnis, genitalia of one of the female paralectotypes, lateral view; 61) Ceramidia pinguis, genitalia of the holotype, lateral view and phallus; 62) Eucereon sericeum, genitalia of the lectotype, ventral view and phallus; 63) Calonotos acutipennis, genitalia of the lectotype, lateral view and phallus; 64) Abrochia spitzi, genitalia of a specimen without locality deposited at MZSP, dorsal view and phallus; 65) Heliura zonata ab. aurantiaca, genitalia of Zerny’s male, dorsal view and phallus. Scale bars: 1 cm.