Sophista plinius, PL, 1882

Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Zacca, Thamara, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2016, Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Sophista Plotz, 1879 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with description of a new species from north-east Brazil, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177 (3), pp. 526-540 : 532

S OPHISTA PLINIUS PL OTZ €, 1882 STAT. REST.

( FIGS 5 – 8 , 27 – 34 , 60 , 67 – 69 )

Sophista plinius Plotz, 1882 ;. Berl. Ent. Ztschr. 26: 265; no. 5.954, South America [ Brazil – on the label of the type]; Mus. Berol. Godman, 1907; Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 20: 136. Draudt, 1922; in Seitz. Gross-Schmett. Erde 5: 885, pl. 172 g (d, v). J. Zikan, 1928; Ent. Rdsch., Stuttgart, 45: 26. Shepard, 1934;. Lep. Cat. 64: 147. F. Hoffmann, 1934; Ent. Rdsch., Stuttgart, 51: 62. J. Zikan & W. Zikan, 1968; Pesq. Agropec. Bras. 3: 63. Bridges, 1983. Lep. Hesp. 1: 95; 2: 34.

Figures

Figures 1–18. Species of Sophista, dorsal and ventral views: 1–4, Sophista aristoteles, male and female from Amazonas, Brazil; 5–8, Sophista plinius, male and female from Parana, Brazil; 9–12, Sophista latifasciata, male from Distrito Federal, Brazil, and female from Parana, Brazil; 13, 14, Sophista matto, male from Mato Grosso, Brazil; 15–18, Sophista spectrum sp. nov., holotype and allotype. Scale bar: 1 cm.

Figures 19–58. Male genitalia of Sophista species: lateral view; left valva in internal view; right valve in external view; right valve in internal view; tegumen and uncus in dorsal view; tegumen, uncus, and gnathos in ventral view, and aedeagus in dorsal and ventral views; 19–26, Sophista aristoteles; 27–34, Sophista plinius; 35–42, Sophista latifasciata; 43–50, Sophista matto; 51–58, Sophista spectrum sp. nov., paratype. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Figures 59–63. Male genitalia of Sophista species, fultura superior: 59, Sophista aristoteles; 60, Sophista plinius; 61, Sophista latifasciata; 62, Sophista matto; 63, Sophista spectrum sp. nov., paratype. Scale bar: 1 mm.

Figures 64–75. Female genitalia of Sophista species: sterigma in lateral and left view; sterigma in lateral and right view; sterigma in ventral view; 64–66, Sophista aristoteles; 67–69, Sophista plinius; 70–72, Sophista spectrum sp. nov., paratype; 73–75, Sophista latifasciata. Scale bar: 1 mm.