Oculicattus schmidti, Martinez, 2020

Martinez, Jose I., 2020, Revision of the South American genus Gaujonia Dognin (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 985, pp. 71-126 : 71

Oculicattus schmidti sp. nov. Figs 45 , 46 , 79 , 95

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Peru: Peru-Pasco 15 km SW Oxapampa, 10°42.2'S, 75°28.1'W, 10.02.2011, H = 1977 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Alexander Poleschuk / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049179. [DNA voucher MGCL-NOC- 65328] deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (6 ♂, MGCL): Peru: Peru, Dept. Junin, Cerro Pichita, Res. Sta. nr. San Ramon, 2165 m, 7-9 Apr. 2011, coll. J. B. Heppner & C. Carrera (2 ♂); Peru, Department Cuzco, Manu Park, San Pedro, 1800 m, Mar. 1997, coll. local people (3 ♂); Bolivia: Bolivia, La Paz, Cotapata, 16°16.5'S, 67°51.6'W, 24.10.2010, H = 3200 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Oleg Romanov (1 ♂).

Etymology.

The name of this species is in honor of my colleague and friend Dr. B. Christian Schmidt, who shared his knowledge with me about Noctuoidea without hesitation.

Diagnosis.

Oculicattus schmidti has a set of remarkable characters that separate it from other species, such as the orbicular spot is rounded; the lunate marking of the reniform spot is incomplete, being similar to those of Gaujonia species; the forewing is more stylized with straighter margins. The male genitalia are similar to those of O. boliviana , but can be distinguished from them by the cucullar region, which is narrower than those of other species; the saccular is large and densely covered with setae; also the uncus is wider and the saccus longer than the other species of Oculicattus . The DNA barcode is similar to that of O. renifera ; however, external and internal morphology reveal enough differences to identify the two species.

Description.

Head. Palp marbled in black and white with frons yellowish gray; black patch between antennae small. Thorax. Covered in yellow with some black patches on dorsum. Wing. Forewing length: male 17-19 mm; forewing, dark yellow with well-developed lines from posterior margin to fold that look similar to those of other Oculicattus species; reniform spot with lunate marking narrowed in middle of base of cell M1; orbicular spot small, outlined in black, rounded; V-shaped mark on CuA2 base small, with upper line longer, extending to lower side of reniform spot; hindwing with fringe marbled in yellow and black; posterior margin with a combination of yellow and brown hair-like scales; veins yellow with two black lines in middle of veins from M2 to CuA2; black line posterior to base of CuA2. Leg. Prothoracic and mesothoracic legs marbled in yellow and black; metathoracic legs yellow. Abdomen. Dark yellow with dorsum clothed with dark brown and black scales; yellow tufts in middle of A1-A4 with a small vertical line on each tuft. Male genitalia. Cucullus bullhorn-like, with pointed apex heavily coated with setae; sacculus narrow with its process long and wide, densely covered with setae; terminus of saccular process tapered to apex; saccus long rhomboid-shaped, tip barely rounded; juxta shield-shaped and upper side concave; juxta with an expanded upper side; wide tegumen; aedeagus ¼ × longer than basal area of vesica, remarkable curved inwards; vesica ⅔ × longer than wide; one of patches of spines on tip small slightly squared and other covering ⅓ of whole vesica.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

This species is distributed from Central region of Peru and to the east region of Bolivia (Fig. 95 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Holotype in perfect condition (Fig. 45 ), paratypes in good condition even though the forewings are slightly damaged, but they are still well preserved.

Figures

Figure 95. Distribution of examined specimens of the genus Oculicattus.

Figures 43 - 58. Adult habitus of Oculicattus species 43 Oculicattus renifera, ♂, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 44 O. renifera, ♂, MGCL, Junin, Peru 45 O. schmidti, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Pasco, Peru 46 O. schmidti, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru 47 O. inca, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 48 O. boliviana, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 49 O. uturunku, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Morona, Ecuador 50 O. raizae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 51 O. raizae, ♂, paratype, ZSM, Pichincha, Ecuador 52 O. brehmi, ♂, holotype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 53 O. brehmi, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 54 O. brehmi, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 55 O. brehmi, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 56 O. renifera, ♀, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 57 O. renifera, ♀, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 58 O. raizae, ♀, paratype, MGCL, La Paz, Bolivia.

Figures 74 - 79. Male genitalia of Oculicattus species 74 Oculicattus inca, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 75 O. boliviana, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 76 O. uturunku, holotype, MGCL, Morona, Ecuador 77 O. brehmi, holotype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 78 O. raizae, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 79 O. schmidti, holotype, MGCL, Pasco, Peru.