Lerodea sonex, Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 74

Lerodea sonex Grishin, new species

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Definition. Evans (1955) misidentified Pamphila xenos Mabille, 1898 (type locality Bolivia: Tanampaya), which as we show above is Vehilius inca (Scudder, 1872) (type locality Peru), and the species Evans called “ Lerodea xenos ” is now left without a name, which is given here. The description of this species is given by Evans (1955: 394) and it keys to N.3.2. Diagnosed by a bifid, crab claw-like harpe with equal length parallel to each other processes. Identified by variegated pattern on hindwing; forewing cell spots (if present) not in line with spot in cell CuA 1 -CuA 2; fringes not checkered, mostly whitish, except on apical half of forewing; forewing below with pale violet triangular area along the margin, wider in the middle; hindwing below variegated pale violet, with small discal pale spots in some specimens and mostly brown wing segment by anal margin. The holotype is a female from Peru: Cuzco, Cosnipata Valley, Waykecha, elevation 2835 m, GPS -13.177500, -71.603889, collected on 19 August 2009 by Brian Harris, illustrated in Fig. 12o,p and deposited in the Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (MUSM). The four males from the Evans’ series in the Natural History Museum, London, UK (BMNH) are paratypes, from Peru: Carabaya, Limbani and Agualani.Additional paratypes, 9♂♂ and 13♀♀ from Peru: Huánuco, Junín, Huancavelica, Apurímac, and Cuzco are in MUSM. Type identification labels will be mailed to curators of these collections to be placed on these specimens.

Etymology. The name of the species is a reversed word xenos , and it is a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 12. Specimens of Hesperiinae. a) Decinea colombiana Grishin, sp. n. holotype dorsal; b) ibid. ventral; c) Cynea rope Grishin, sp. n. holotype dorsal; d) ibid. ventral; e) Hesperia dido Plötz, 1882 neotype dorsal; f) ibid. ventral; g) Godman’s copy of an unpublished Plötz’s illustration of H. dido, left/right dorsal/ventral, no. 577; h) ibid. no. 577a; i) Lerema lucius Grishin, sp. n. holotype dorsal; j) ibid. ventral; k) Godman’s copy of an unpublished Plötz’s illustration of Hesperia lochius Plötz, 1882, left/right dorsal/ventral, no. 576; l) H. lochius illustration (left-right inverted for comparison) from the plate 187c[5] in Draudt (1921-1924), ventral; m) Cymaenes laureolus (Schaus, 1913) ventral, Panama: Cocoli, 4-Oct-1962, leg. G. B. Small, NVG-7250 [USNM]; n) ibid. Mexico: Veracruz, Coatepec, Jun-1917, NVG-15111G01 [AMNH]; o) Lerodea sonex Grishin, sp. n. holotype dorsal; p) ibid. ventral; q) Metiscus goth Grishin, sp. n. holotype dorsal; r) Godman’s copy of an unpublished Plötz’s illustration of Apaustus vicinus Plötz, 1884, left/right dorsal/ventral, no. 764; s) specimen of Corticea from the Staudinger and Bang-Haas collection bearing an old identification label “Padraona vicinus”, NVG-18096C08, dorsal; t) ibid. ventral. Specimen images are to scale and missing data are in the text. Photographs a–d (by Bernard Hermier) and g, h, k, r (by N.V.G.) are © of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum London and are made available under Creative Commons License 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), and photographs o, p are © of Jim Brock, used with permission.