Pseudomarimatha flava Ferris & Lafontaine, 2010

Ferris, Clifford & Lafontaine, Donald, 2010, Review of the North American species of Marimatha Walker with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eustrotiinae) and the description of Pseudomarimatha flava (Noctuinae, Elaphriini), a new genus and species confused with Marimatha, ZooKeys 39 (39), pp. 117-135 : 133-134

Pseudomarimatha flava Ferris & Lafontaine , sp. n.

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Type material. Holotype ♂. New Mexico. Grant Co., Spring Canyon, Mimbres Mts , 32°54.16'N 107°49.15'W, 7000’ (2135 m), 22–24 June, 2009. C. D. Ferris. CNC . Paratypes: 33 ♂, 48 ♀. USA. Arizona. Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., Onion Saddle , 7700’, 2 July 2005, B. Walsh, Ponderosa Pine / Oak habitat (1 ♀) ; Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., Cave Creek Canyon , 5400’, 13–24 June 1966, J. G. Franclemont (1 ♂, 4 ♀) ; Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., East Turkey Creek , 25 June – 8 July 1966, J. G. Franclemont (6 ♀) ; Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., Onion Saddle , 7600’, 7 July 1966 (1 ♀), 28 June 1967 (1 ♀), 29 July 1967 (1 ♀), J. G. Franclemont ; Cochise Co., Chiricahua Mts., Pinery Canyon , 31°56.90'N 109°18.43'W, 5980’ (1824 m), 31 July, 2007, C. D. Ferris (1 ♀) ; Cochise Co., Portal , 10 Aug. 1976, H. F. Howden. Genitalia CNC slide # 15035 m (1 ♂) ; Cochise Co., Southwest Research Station, 5400’, 5 mi W Portal, C & M. Cazier (1 ♀) ; Santa Cruz Co., Harshaw Rd, Patagonia Mts , 31°28.201 N 110°42.45'W, 4820’ (1537 m), 29 June, 2005, C. D. Ferris (4 ♂, 1 ♀) ; Santa Cruz Co., Harshaw Rd., Patagonia Mts. , 31°27.701N 110°47.21'W, 5040’ (1470 m), 29 June, 2005, C. D. Ferris (2 ♂) ; Santa Cruz Co., Madera Canyon, 5800’, Santa Rita Mts. , 1–13 July 1960, J. G. Franclemont (6 ♀) . New Mexico. Grant Co., Spring Canyon, Mimbres Mts. , 32°54.16'N 107°49.15'W, 7000’ (2135 m), 22–24 June, 2009 (23 ♂, 22 ♀), 24 June 2008 (1 ♂, 3 ♀), C. D. Ferris ; Grant Co., Cherry Creek Canyon, Pinos Altos Mts. , 32°54.74'N 108°13.61'W, 6800’ (2074 m), 25 June, 2008 (1 ♂) . Paratypes deposited in CDF, CNC, CUIC, JBW, and USNM.

Etymology. The species name refers to the yellow color of the forewings and body.

Diagnosis. Recognized by elongate, acutely-angled, yellow forewing with no trace of maculation except for gray and blackish-gray shading on forewing margin and fringe. Male genitalia: recognized as member of Elaphrini by membranous suture dividing sacculus; other characteristics: tegumen broad, enlarged into posterior lobe ventrally; clasper near costal margin of valva; vesica with large apical cornutus 3/4 × as long as aedeagus. Female genitalia: corpus bursae gourd shaped, narrowing into anterior extension; anal papillae broad, flat, heavily sclerotized, sparsely setose.

Description. Genus monotypic, so structural characters given in generic description.

Distribution and biology. Known only from southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Flight season late June to mid-August.

Acknowledgments

We thank Terhune Dickel (Anthony, Florida), John Heppner (FSCA, Gainesville, Florida), Martin Honey (BMNH, London), Ed Knudson and Charles Bordelon (TLSC, Houston, Texas), James Liebherr and Richard Hoebeke (CUIC, Ithaca, New York), Daren Mann (OUMNH, Oxford), Wolfram Mey (ZMHB, Berlin), James Miller (AMNH, New York, NY), Michael Pogue (Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, USNM, Washington, DC), John Rawlins (CMNH, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), and Bruce Walsh (Tucson, Arizona) for the loan of specimens. We also thank Jocelyn Gill (CNC, Ottawa) for assistance with the preparation of the genitalia and photographs. Paul Hebert and the staff at the Canadian Centre for DNA Barcoding, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, provided data and information from the Barcode of Life Data (BOLD) system. Bo Sullivan (Beaufort, North Carolina) generously shared data and specimens of Marimatha from Costa Rica from the study material for his revision of the genus in Central America and also reviewed the manuscript.

Figures

Figures 23–26. Pseudomarimatha flava adults and genitalia. 23 ♂, Portal, Cochise Co, Arizona 24 ♀, Onion Saddle, Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona 25 male genitalia 26 female genitalia.