Artines rica Steinhauser & Austin, 1993

Medeiros, Adalberto Dantas De, Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo, Carneiro, Eduardo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2019, Taxonomic revision of Artines Godman, 1901 (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Moncini) with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 4614 (1), pp. 1-49 : 17

Artines rica Steinhauser & Austin, 1993

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Artines rica Steinhauser & Austin, 1993 . Trop. Lep. 4, Suppl. 2: 14, figs 9, 10 (male d, v), 11, 12 (female d, v), 19 (male gen.), 20 (female gen.); holotype male, 1-VI-1972, Turrialba, Província Cartago, Costa Rica, H. L. King leg.; AME [MGCL].— Bridges, 1994. Cat. Fam.-Group, Gen.-Group, Sp. Group Nam. Hesp. (Lep.) World 8, p. 194; 9, p. 6.—O. Mielke, 2004. Hesperioidea, p. 62, in Lamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A.—O. Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 4, p. 833.— Garwood & Lehman, 2013. Butt. C. Amer. 3, Hesp., p. 228, fig. (v).—Carneiro; O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2015. Zootaxa 3931 (2): 198.—Dolibaina; A. Warren; Carneiro & O. Mielke, 2015. Trop. Lep. Res. 25 (2): 53, figs 3-4 (male d, v).

Taxonomic history. Artines rica was described by Steinhauser & Austin (1993) based in 12 specimens (males and females) from Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica. The other authors mentioned this species in taxonomic studies and catalogs.

Diagnosis. Artines rica differs from the other species of the “ aepitus group” in the following combination of characters: harpe with ventral process narrow and cylindrical, shorter than tegumen+uncus, with setae on apical portion; cornutus with thin and straight spines, directed posteriorly; proximo-ventral folds of lamella antevaginalis similar to A. aepitus , but less developed, distal projections of lamella postvaginalis separated by deeper cleft; distribution restricted to Central America.

Variation. According to Steinhauser & Austin (1993) there is variation in the presence or absence of discal and apical marks on forewing.

Comments. Steinhauser & Austin (1993) described Artines rica and mentioned some specimens from Rondônia and Distrito Federal, Brazil. They did not designate any of them as paratypes. The identification of the specimen from Distrito Federal is dubious because its genitalia, according to the authors, is damaged. The specimens from these localities studied by us belong to A. liege sp. nov. Therefore, A. rica probably does not occur in South America.

Geographic distribution ( Fig. 78 ). The species occurs in forested areas of Central America. COSTA RICA— Cartago: Turrialba. Guanacaste: Guanacaste Conservation Area ( Janzen & Hallwachs 2009).

Temporal distribution. This species occurs in April, June and July.

Host plant. Olyra caudata and Olyra latifolia (Poaceae) ( Janzen & Hallwachs 2009).

Etymology. According to Steinhauser & Austin (1993) the term " rica " refers to the type locality of the species.

Type material. Holotype male deposited at the MGCL (ex AME) with the following labels : / HOLOTYPE Artines rica, S. R. Steinhauser & G. T. Austin / COSTA RICA: CARTAGO, Turriable [sic!] l. vi.1972, H. L. King / SRS Database, Nº 568 / Allyn Museum Photo / No. 890626-19.20 / 890719-21, 22 / A. C. Allyn Ace. 1972-5 / MGCLFLMNH Specimen nº 47907 /.

Examined material. Illustration of the holotype and the following specimens: COSTA RICA— Cartago: Turrialba, 1 female, 5.VII.1971, 3 males, 1 female, 15–30.IV.1973, Becker leg., DZ 31.561, DZ 4.061, DZ 41.890, DZ 30.956, DZ 41.840 ( DZUP), 600m , 1 male, 29. VI .1973, Becker leg., DZ 8.870 ( DZUP).

Figures

FIGURE 78. Geographic distribution of the “aepitus group” species. The symbols with white inferior half represent records from literature.

FIGURES 9–13. Species of the “aepitus group” in dorsal and ventral views. 9. Artines maya, A–B: holotype male. 10. Artines litoralis sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 11. Artines rica, A–B: male, Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica (DZ 41.890), C–D: female from same locality of male (DZ 41.840). 12. Artines liege sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 13. Artines bamba sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: tentative female, Moyobamba, San Martin, Peru (OM 79.413). Scale bar = 1cm.

FIGURES 33–35. Male genitalia of the “aepitus group” species. 33. Artines rica, Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica (DZ 4.061). 34. Artines liege sp. nov., holotype. 35. Artines bamba sp. nov., paratype, Pakitza, Parque Nacional del Manu, Madre de Díos, Peru (DZ 9.728). For reference of the letters see legend of the figure 27. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 42–48. Dorsal view of vesica and cornutus of the "aepitus group" species. 42. Artines aepitus. 43. Artines panama sp. nov.. 44. Artines delfos sp. nov.. 45. Artines litoralis sp. nov.. 46. Artines rica. 47. Artines liege sp. nov. 48. Artines bamba sp. nov. Scale bar = 0,2 mm.