Artines panama Medeiros & Carneiro, 2019

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 : 11-12

Artines panama Medeiros & Carneiro sp. nov.

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Artines atizies (misid.); Godman, 1901, in Godman & Salvin. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Lep.-Rhop. 2, p. 608.— Huntington, 1932. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63: 230. Artines aepitus (misid.); Basset et al., 2015. PLoS ONE 10 (8) (e0136623), S1 App.

Taxonomic history. This species was treated as A. atizies by Huntington (1932) and A. aepitus by Basset et al. (2015).

Diagnosis. Artines panama sp. nov. differs from the other species of the “ aepitus group” in the following combination of characters: harpe with ventral process wide, slightly shorter than tegumen+uncus and with distal 1/3 dilated and rounded; dorsal process of harpe on median portion; sterigma narrower at base; lamella antevaginalis with proximo-ventral folds more or less rectangular; lamella postvaginalis with proximo-lateral projections weakly developed and not bilobed.

Description. Male ( Fig. 6 A-B). Head: antenna with nudum bearing 12 segments.

Forewing length: 13 mm.

Dorsal forewing ( Fig. 6A ): three apical spots; discal spots as in A. aepitus , but less conspicuous; white spot in CuA 2 –2A present.

Ventral forewing ( Fig. 6B ): as in A. aepitus , except for paler coloration.

Ventral hind wing ( Fig. 6B ): apical portion of discal cell with few yellow scales; central black spot rectangular and longer than wide.

Genitalia ( Figs 28 A–L, 43): tegumen more or less rectangular, with proximal margin straight and distal margin convex and angled ( Fig. 28C ), in lateral view, shorter than length of gnathos; ventral arm of tegumen longer than dorsal arm of saccus ( Fig. 28A ). Saccus shorter than tegumen+uncus, with base approximately as wide as lateral margin ( Fig. 28B ). Uncus, in dorsal view, rectangular, about one and a half times longer than wide, shorter than tegumen, without disto-lateral projections, distal margin rounded ( Fig. 28C ). Gnathos as in the other species of the group ( Figs 28A, 28D ). Valva about three times longer than wide; sacculus triangular, more than 1/2 width of valva; costa narrow and not contiguous with ampulla; ampulla elongated, shorter than costa, distally directed ventrally; ventral process of harpe wide, slightly shorter than tegumen+uncus, distal 1/3 dilated and rounded, with apical setae thick and long (setae lost during preparation), in dorsal view narrow and slightly curved; dorsal process of harpe over median portion, triangular in dorsal view, narrower than ventral process ( Fig. 28 E–F). Aedeagus as long as valva, moderately curved dorsally; ventral projection distally wide and weakly curved ventrally ( Fig. 28 G–J); posterior end of cornutus wide and triangular, with thin and straight spines ( Fig. 43 ).

Female ( Fig. 6 C–D). Forewing length: 12–13 mm. Similar to male, except for the absence of spot in CuA 2 –2A on dorsal forewing.

Genitalia ( Figs 55 A–B, 67): tergum VIII with spiracular opening incomplete. Sterigma rectangular; lamella antevaginalis with proximo-ventral folds more or less rectangular; lamella postvaginalis without lateral fold and with distal projections narrow, separated medially by a relatively deep indentation, proximo-lateral projections weakly developed and not bilobed. Ostium as in A. aepitus ; ductus bursae without sclerotized plate.

Variation. No relevant variation was observed.

Comments. This species is well characterized by the male and female genitalia. It is also the only species of the genus that has been recorded from Panama ( Fig. 79 ). For this reason, all literature references to Artines in that country are here interpreted as referring to A. panama sp. nov. ( Huntington 1932; Basset et al. 2015). Given the great similarity with A. aepitus , particularly in the female genitalia, Godman (1901) included two specimens from Panama in the description of A. atizies . According to Godman (1901) those specimens were not well preserved. Given that A. aepitus does not occur in Central America, those specimens probably belong to A. panama sp. nov..

Geographic distribution ( Fig. 78 ). The species occurs in forested areas of Panama. PANAMA— Canal Zone: Farfan, Barro Colorado Island ( Huntington 1932).

Temporal distribution. This species occurs in January. There is also in the literature record for November ( Huntington 1932).

Host plant. Unknown.

Etymology. This species is named in reference to the type locality.

Type material. Holotype male deposited at the OM–DZUP with the following labels: / HOLOTYPUS / 13.I.1968, Farfan, C [anal] Zone, Panama, Brown leg. / gen. prep. Mielke 1992 / OM 29.165 / Holotypus Artines panama Medeiros & Carneiro det. 2018 /.

Allotype female deposited at the OM–DZUP with the following labels: / ALLOTYPUS / 13.I.1968, Farfan, C [anal] Zone, Panama, Brown leg. / gen. prep. Mielke 1992 / gen. prep. A. Medeiros 2018 / OM 30.179 / Allotypus Artines panama Medeiros & Carneiro det. 2018 /.

Paratype: 1 female, same data as holotype, OM 30.083 ( OM) .

Figures

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

FIGURE 79. Geographic distribution of the “aepitus group” species. The symbols with white inferior half represent records from literature.

FIGURES 5–8. Species of the “aepitus group” in dorsal and ventral views. 5. Artines aepitus, A–B: male, Cueva de Las Pavas, Tingo Maria, Huánuco, Peru (OM 80.822), C–D: female, Ilha de Maracá, Alto Alegre, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.790). 6. Artines panama sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 7. Artines solange sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: tentative female, Sumaúma, Maranhão, Brazil (DZ 41.800). 8. Artines delfos sp. nov., A–B: holotype male. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 27–29. Male genitalia of the “aepitus group” species. 27. Artines aepitus, Jusepín, Monagas, Venezuela (OM 29.417). 28. Artines panama sp. nov., holotype. 29. Artines solange sp. nov., holotype. A) lateral view of tegumen, saccus, uncus and gnathos. B) ventral view of saccus. C) dorsal view of tegumen, uncus and gnathos. D) ventral view of tegumen, uncus and gnathos. E) interior view of right valva. F) dorsal view of right valva. G) dorsal view of aedeagus and vesica. H) left lateral view of aedeagus. I) ventral view of aedeagus. J) right lateral view of aedeagus. K) dorsal view of fultura inferior. L) lateral view of fultura inferior. 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.

FIGURES 54–60. Female genitalia of the “aepitus group” species. 54. Artines aepitus, Jusepín, Monagas, Venezuela (OM 30. 125). 55. Artines panama sp. nov., allotype. 56. Artines solange sp. nov. (tentative female), Sumaúma, Maranhão, Brazil (DZ 41.800). 57. Artines litoralis sp. nov., paratype, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil (DZ 41.820). 58. Artines rica, Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica (DZ 41.840). 59. Artines liege sp. nov., paratype, Parque do Gama, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 41.830). 60. Artines bamba sp. nov. (tentative female), Moyobamba, San Martin, Peru (OM 81.229). A) lateral view of tergum VIII, sterigma and papilla analis; B) ventral view of esterigma. Scale bar = 1 mm.