Menkeleon bellulus ( Banks, 1905 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2023-0044 |
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Menkeleon bellulus ( Banks, 1905 ) |
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Menkeleon bellulus ( Banks, 1905) View in CoL
Figs. 1C View Figure 1 , 8–9 View Figure 8 View Figure 9
Maracandula bellula Banks, 1905: 7 View in CoL [Lectotype female, Three Rivers, California (MCZ), designated by Stange, 1970: 155]. – Baker, 1905: 90 [distribution]. – Banks, 1907: 32 [species list]. – Banks 1927: 59 [redescription, taxonomy, distribution]. – Markl, 1954: 224 [illustration of wings]. – Adams, 1956: 93 [genitalia illustration].
= Maracandula minima Banks, 1942: 140 View in CoL [Holotype male, San Miguel, Lower California, 03.vii.1938, M & R (CAS)]. – Banks, 1942 [illustrations]. – Stange, 1970: 155 [synonymy].
= Menkeleon bellulus ( Banks, 1905) View in CoL . – Stange, 1970: 155 [new combination, redescription, taxonomy, distribution]. – Penny, 1977: 45 [distribution].– Penny et al., 1997: 85 [taxonomy, distribution].– Stange, 1994: 92, 112, 117 [larvae description, illustration, larvae photograph]. – Stange, 2004: 251 [taxonomy, types, distribution]. – Badano et al., 2018: 936, 937 [phylogeny].
Distribution. US (AZ, CA, NM, TX, UT), Mexico (BC, CHIH, SON).
Diagnosis. Adults. Abdomen banded with pale and dark brown; wings in rest in a moth-like position; male gonarcus broad, not twisted laterally; paramere plates sclerotized ventrally; paramere teeth basally expanded, broad, slightly curved and pointing posterodorsally; female lateral gonapophysis with long digging setae; posterior gonapophysis cylindrical, with hairlike setae.
Remarks. This species was first recorded from Mexico (and Baja California) by Stange (1970). The general pale and dark coloration with a banded abdomen and setose body are very characteristic for this species. Additionally, when perched, M. bellulus individulas rest their wings in a characteristic moth-like position ( Fig. 1C View Figure 1 ), a behavior also seen in Chaetoleon tripunctatus ( Banks, 1922), C. variabilis Banks, 1942 and in a few Brachynemurini formerly included in the Lemolemini.
Material examined. (1♂, 2♀) México – Baja California: Ensenada, Rancho Mike’s Sky, Hotel , 1205 m; 31°06.569’N, 115º38.199’W; 01.vii.2022 GoogleMaps ;
1 ♀; colecta manual; A. Contreras, A. Gómez, Y. Marquez, A. Ramírez, M. Ramírez; CNIN NEU:MYR:4008 • Sierra Juarez , 1.1 km N Rancho El Piedra, ca. 15 km S Parque Nacional Constitución de 1857, 1512 m; 31°53.832’N, 115º57.936’W; 29.vi.2022 GoogleMaps ; 1♂; trampa de luz UV, vapor de mercurio, aditivos metálicos; A. Contreras, A. Gómez, Y. Marquez, A. Ramírez, M. Ramírez; CNIN NEU:MYR:4091. Sonora: La Aduana ; 22.v.1062 ; 1 ♀; F. D. Parker, L. A. Stange; CNIN NEU:MYR:2637 .
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Coleccion Nacional de Insectos, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico |
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Departamento de Biologia de la Universidad del Valle |
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Menkeleon bellulus ( Banks, 1905 )
Tavares, Leon Gustavo de Miranda, Marquez-López, Yesenia, Machado, Renato Jose Pires, Martins, Caleb Califre & Contreras-Ramos, Atilano 2023 |
Menkeleon bellulus ( Banks, 1905 )
Badano, D. & Miller, R. & Stange, L. A. 2018: 936 |
Stange, L. A. 2004: 251 |
Penny, N. D. & Adams, P. A. & Stange, L. A. 1997: 85 |
Stange, L. A. 1994: 92 |
Penny, N. D. 1977: 45 |
Stange, L. A. 1970: 155 |
Maracandula minima
Stange, L. A. 1970: 155 |
Banks, N. 1942: 140 |
Maracandula bellula
Stange, L. A. 1970: 155 |
Adams, P. A. 1956: 93 |
Markl, W. 1954: 224 |
Banks, N. 1927: 59 |
Banks, N. 1907: 32 |
Banks, N. 1905: 7 |