Artines aepitus (Geyer, 1832)

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 : 7

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Key to the males of the “ aepitus View in CoL group”

1 Uncus with disto-lateral lobes ( Fig. 29C View FIGURES 27–29 )....................................................... solange sp. nov.

- Uncus without disto-lateral lobes ( Figs 27 View FIGURES 27–29 C–28C, 30C–35C)................................................... 2

2 Harpe with ventral process broad, non-cylindrical and longer than tegumen ( Figs 27 View FIGURES 27–29 E–30E).......................... 3

- Harpe with ventral process narrow and cylindrical ( Figs 33 View FIGURES 33–35 E–35E) or short and triangular, in this case shorter than tegumen ( Figs 31 View FIGURES 30–32 E–32E)....................................................................................... 5

3 Harpe with dorsal process on proximal margin; ventral process longer than tegumen+uncus, with distal end angular ( Fig. 27E View FIGURES 27–29 ).......................................................................................... aepitus View in CoL

- Harpe with the dorsal process away from the proximal margin; ventral process shorter than tegumen+uncus, with angular or rounded distal end ( Figs 28E View FIGURES 27–29 , 30E View FIGURES 30–32 )....................................................................... 4

4 Harpe with distal end of ventral process dilated and rounded ( Fig. 28E View FIGURES 27–29 ).............................. panama sp. nov.

- Harpe with distal end of ventral process angled ( Fig. 30E View FIGURES 30–32 ).......................................... delfos sp. nov.

5 Harpe with long and cylindrical ventral process ( Figs 33 View FIGURES 33–35 E–35E)................................................ 6

- Harpe with short and triangular ventral process ( Figs 31 View FIGURES 30–32 E–32E)................................................ 7

6 Harpe with ventral process strongly arched in dorsal view, with bristles on subapical portion ( Fig. 35F View FIGURES 33–35 )...... bamba sp. nov.

- Harpe with ventral process slightly arched in dorsal view, with bristles on apical portion ( Figs 33 View FIGURES 33–35 F–34F)................ 8

7 Ampulla distally curved ventrally ( Fig. 31E View FIGURES 30–32 ); distribution restricted to Central America ( Fig. 78 View FIGURE 78 )................... maya

- Ampulla straight ( Fig. 32E View FIGURES 30–32 ); distribution restricted to the Brazilian coast ( Fig. 79 View FIGURE 79 )..................... litoralis sp. nov.

8 Cornutus as a triangular plate, containing thick spines directed laterally ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 42–48 ); distribution restricted to South America ( Fig. 79 View FIGURE 79 )....................................................................................... liege sp. nov.

- Cornutus as an elongated plate, containing fine spines directed posteriorly ( Fig. 46 View FIGURES 42–48 ); distribution restricted to Central America ( Fig. 78 View FIGURE 78 ).......................................................................................... rica