Oculicattus inca, 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 inca sp. nov. Figs 47 , 74 , 95

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Peru: Peru, Department Cuzco, Manu Park, San Pedro, 1800 m, Mar. 1997, coll. local people / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049174. [DNA voucher MGCL-NOC- 65359] deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (8 ♂, MGCL): Peru: Same collecting data as holotype (4 ♂); Bolivia: BoliviaA, Sierra Siberia 18 km SE Pojo, 17°50.2'S, 64°42.1'W, 12-13.12.2009, H = 2442 m, leg/coll. Viktor & Svetlana Sinyaev + Alexei Zamesov (2 ♂); Bolivia, La Paz, Cotapata, 16°16.5'S, 67°51.6'W, 24.10.2010, H = 3200 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Oleg Romanov (1 ♂); Bolivia, La Paz, Santa Rosa de Lima, 16°23.6'S, 67°41.8'W, 20-22.10.2010, H = 1550 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Oleg Romanov (1 ♂).

Etymology.

This is species is named after the Inca Empire, which originated in the area around Cusco.

Diagnosis.

Oculicattus inca is similar to O. renifera ; however, there are some morphological features that are useful to differentiate them. O. inca is slightly smaller, darker in coloration, the orbicular spot smaller, and wing lines are thinner than in O. renifera ; the lunate marking in the reniform spot is not outlined in yellow. Genitalia have a wider cucullus; the juxta is flattened posteriorly, whereas in O. renifera the posterior margin has a V-shaped invagination. The DNA barcodes differ by 5% between the two species.

Description.

Head. Last segment of palp divided in black upper side and yellow under side; frons yellow with some gray scales. Thorax. Grayish yellow with some small gray patches. Wing. Forewing length: male: 19-21 mm; forewing grayish yellow with markings wide; orbicular spot small, elongated, grayish yellow, outlined with black scales and with some black scales inside orbicular spot; reniform spot with lunate marking not outlined; V-shaped mark short; hindwing with fringe black, vein ends yellow, with some black scales on vein CuA2. Leg. Prothoracic and mesothoracic legs black anteriorly, yellow posteriorly, whereas metathoracic legs all yellow. Abdomen. Dorsal area brown with some yellow scales between each tergite; a large yellow tuft on A3; last abdominal segment with long yellow scales. Male genitalia. Cucullar and saccular regions large; saccus triangular; juxta V-shaped with posterior part flattened; vesica 1 ½ × size of aedeagus; Vesica with small patch of spines near middle of vesica; bulbous apical part of vesica with large dense patch of spines posteriorly and smaller, less dense patch anteriorly.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Broadly distributed in the cloud forests in Peru and Bolivia (Fig. 95 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Holotype is in perfect condition (Fig. 47 ). This species was originally labeled as Oculicattus renifera , but DNA barcoding showed that the two species are genetically distinct.

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.