Cisandina trinitensis ( Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012) Nakahara & Rodríguez-Melgarejo & Kleckner & Corahua-Espinoza & Tejeira & Espeland & Casagrande & Barbosa & See & Gallice & Lamas, 2022

Nakahara, Shinichi, Rodríguez-Melgarejo, Maryzender, Kleckner, Kaylin, Corahua-Espinoza, Thalia, Tejeira, Rafael, Espeland, Marianne, Casagrande, Mirna M., Barbosa, Eduardo P., See, Joseph, Gallice, Geoffrey & Lamas, Gerardo, 2022, Systematic Revision of a New Butterfly Genus, Cisandina Nakahara & Espeland, n. gen., with Descriptions of Three New Taxa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1), pp. 1-30 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1093/isd/ixab028

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8315229

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scientific name

Cisandina trinitensis ( Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012)
status

comb. nov.

Cisandina trinitensis ( Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012) , New Combination

( Figs. 1 View Fig , 2q and r View Fig , 3u–w View Fig , 4l and m View Fig , 8 View Fig )

Euptychia View in CoL ? sp.: D’Abrera 1988: 780, figs.

Magneuptychia trinitensis Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012: 47 , pl. 3, Figs. 1–4 View Fig View Fig View Fig View Fig , pl. 4, Figs. 8, 8a View Fig .

Systematic placement and diagnosis: Cisandina trinitensis n. comb. is moderately to strongly supported as sister to the remainder of Cisandina n. gen. ( Fig. 1 View Fig ; SH-aLRT/UFBoot=91.9/92), with three sequenced individuals (LCB251, LCB356, MB_1708_15) forming a well-supported clade ( Fig. 1 View Fig ; SH-aLRT/UFBoot = 100/100). Cisandina trinitensis n. comb. is readily distinguished from other species in the genus by the lack of an ocellus in VHW cell Cu 2, coupled with the presence of four submarginal ocelli on the VFW (in cells M 1, M 2, M 3, and Cu 1). However, it must be noted that some ocelli on the VFW may appear as faint or only a trace, and with the limited number of specimens examined this character may prove unreliable.

Taxonomy: Brévignon and Benmesbah (2012) described Magneuptychia trinitensis based on two males and two females, including the male holotype, all collected in French Guiana. The holotype was examined prior to deposition in MOBE, and it was also figured in the original description (pl. 3, Figs. 1 View Fig and 2 View Fig ), where the aforementioned characters are visible. We also incorporated sequences from the holotype in our molecular phylogeny ( Fig. 1 View Fig ; LCB 251), thus leaving no doubt as to its rather distinctive identity, which is also indicated as being sister to the rest of the genus according to the maximum likelihood tree ( Fig. 1 View Fig ) .

Distribution and natural history: Cisandina trinitensis n. comb. is so far known from a handful of sites all situated in French Guiana ( Fig. 8 View Fig ).

Specimens examined (3 ♂, 2 ♀): French Guiana: Cayenne : Montagne de la Trinité, [4°36 ′ 2 ″ N, 53°24 ′ 43 ″ W], (Benmesbah, M.), 10 Nov 2010, 1 ♀ [AT trinitensis ], ( LBCB), (Hermier, B.), 30 Oct 2008, 1 ♀ [PT trinitensis ], ( LBCB) GoogleMaps ; Nouragues Station , [4°5 ′ N, 52°41 ′ W], (Benmesbah, M.), 6 Sep 2010, 1 ♂, ( MOBE) GoogleMaps ; St-Laurent du Maroni : Maripasoula, Antecume-Pata, ‘filet’, [3°17 ′ 53 ″ N, 54°4 ′ 16 ″ W], (Benmesbah, M.), 13 Mar 2012, 1 ♂ [HT trinitensis ], ( MOBE) GoogleMaps ; Not located: ‘ French Guiana’, 1 ♂ [PT trinitensis ], ( MOBE) .

Other records: French Guiana: Cayenne: Cayenne, [4°56 ′ N, 52°20 ′ W], 1 ♂, 1 ♀, ( NHMUK) (D’Abrera (188: 780, ‘ Euptychia ? sp.’)) GoogleMaps ; St-Laurent du Maroni: Maripasoula, Antecume-Pata, ‘filet’, [3°17 ′ 53 ″ N, 54°4 ′ 16 ″ W], (Benmesbah, M.), 13 Mar 2012, 1 ♀ [PT trinitensis ], ( MOBE) ( Brévignon and Benmesbah (2012)) GoogleMaps .

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

Genus

Cisandina

Loc

Cisandina trinitensis ( Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012)

Nakahara, Shinichi, Rodríguez-Melgarejo, Maryzender, Kleckner, Kaylin, Corahua-Espinoza, Thalia, Tejeira, Rafael, Espeland, Marianne, Casagrande, Mirna M., Barbosa, Eduardo P., See, Joseph, Gallice, Geoffrey & Lamas, Gerardo 2022
2022
Loc

Magneuptychia trinitensis Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012: 47

Brevignon, C. & M. Benmesbah 2012: 47
2012
Loc

Euptychia

D'Abrera, B. 1988: 780
1988
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