Reinmara wolfei Herbin & C. Mielke, 2014

Laurent, Ryan A. St, Herbin, Daniel & Mielke, Carlos G. C., 2017, Revision of the genus Reinmara Schaus, 1928 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae) with the descriptions of four new species from South America, ZooKeys 677, pp. 97-129 : 108-109

Reinmara wolfei Herbin & C. Mielke, 2014 Figs 13-16, 28, 32, 36

Reinmara wolfei Herbin and Mielke, 2014: 144, figs ♂ 40, 41, 43

Type material.

Holotype, ♂. BRAZIL: Maranhão: holotype, Reinmara wolfei HERBIN & MIELKE det./ Brésil, Maranhão, Feira Nova do Maranhão, Retiro, 480 m, 24/31-XII-2011, 07°00'31"S, 46°26'41"W, C. MIELKE leg./ DZ 15.713/ Genitalia prep. D. Herbin ref. H 953/ (DZUP, examined). Type locality: Brazil, MA, Feira Nova do Maranhão.

Additional material examined.

(7 ♂, 4 ♀ total) BRAZIL: Maranhão: 1 ♂, Balsas, 8°38'S, 46°43'W, 525 m: Coll. EMBRAPA-CPAC No. 20907 (CPAC). Goiás: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Leop. Bulhoes [Leopoldo de Bulhões]: XI.1935, III.1936, ex. coll. R. Spitz, H.R.P[earson] genitalia prep. 4184 [lost], NHMUK010354557, 010354558 (2 ♀, NHMUK); XII.1936, ex. coll. R. Spitz, HRP No. 1462 (1 ♂, MNRJ). Distrito Federal: 1 ♂, Brasília: 25.II.1966, ex. coll. Gagarin (DZUP). 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Planaltina, 15°35'S, 47°42'W, 1000 m: 11.XI.1976, 31.III.1977, 9.III.1978, 4.IV.1978, V.O. Becker leg., Coll. EMBRAPA-CPAC No. 2425, 4940, 6812, 6879 (CPAC). Mato Grosso: 1 ♂, 60 km south of Poconé, Pantanal, 100 m: 22.V.1998, V.O. Becker leg., ex. Coll. Becker 116547, St Laurent diss.: 11-1-16:2 (USNM). BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz: 1 ♂, Aguas Calientes [ Roboré]: Travassos, Barros & Albuquerque leg. (CEIOC).

Diagnosis.

Reinmara wolfei is characterized by the small size, sandy, tan brown coloration, only very faint to absent paler shading medially, and a faint or absent discal mark on the hindwing ventrum. The phallus of R. wolfei is the shortest and broadest of the genus. The female genitalia are not overly distinct from those of R. enthona .

Description.

Male.Head: As for genus, coloration brown, antenna coloration brown. Thorax: Coloration lighter brown than that of head. Legs: Coloration as for thorax. Forewing dorsum: Forewing length: 15-17 mm, avg.: 16.3 mm, wingspan: 30-36 mm, n=4. Triangular, outer margin concave, tornus weakly notched. Ground color sandy brown. Ante- and medial areas concolorous, submarginal area above tornus slightly darker brown than remainder of wing in fresh specimens, pale suffusion present on inner side of postmedial line near costa. Antemedial line faint brown, wavy, postmedial line slightly curved, usually thick, black. Discal mark weakly represented by pale splotch with darkened region centrally. Fringe coloration as for remainder of wing or slightly darker. Forewing ventrum: Similar to dorsum but pale suffusions most absent except near apex. Antemedial line absent, postmedial line reduced to wavy traces, discal mark more prominent, darker than on forewing dorsum. Hindwing dorsum: Notch on anterior margin weak, patterning as for forewing dorsum, but antemedial line absent, discal mark and postmedial line weakly defined. Hindwing ventrum: Following same pattern as forewing ventrum. Abdomen: Coloration as for thorax. Genitalia: (Fig. 28) n= 4. Typical of genus, differing in the relatively triangular shape of the uncus, more elongated gnathos mesal extensions with particularly elongated fingerlike tips that are usually slightly bent, sacculus fold with large tooth-like extensions, phallus short, blunt, broad, covered in fine setae. Female.Head: As for male but slightly broader; antenna dentate with very small pectinations along entire length of flagellum. Thorax: As for male. Legs: As for male. Forewing dorsum: Forewing length: 15-19 mm, avg.: 17.3 mm, wingspan: 33-35 mm, n=4. As for male but much broader, margin convex except for just below apex; tornus strongly notched. Coloration and patterning as for male but discal mark almost entirely absent. Forewing ventrum: Similar to dorsum but more homogenously brown overall due to absence of well-defined ante- and medial areas. Antemedial line absent, postmedial line reduced to outwardly curved traces, discal mark more prominent, discal mark darker than on forewing dorsum. Hindwing dorsum: Similar to forewing dorsum, but notch present on anterior margin, patterning as for forewing dorsum, but antemedial line absent, discal mark and postmedial line usually weakly defined. Hindwing ventrum: Following same pattern as forewing ventrum. Abdomen: Similar to that of males but more robust overall. Genitalia: (Fig. 32) n=1. Stout, robust; tergite VIII forms elongated, posteriorly directed shortened tongue-like overhang, VIII heavily sclerotized laterally forming curving plate below papillae anales. Apophyses anteriores roughly half-length of apophyses posteriores. Lamella ante- and postvaginalis converge as a wide, bowl-like structure covered in setae. Ductus bursae short, narrow. Corpus bursae rather small in comparison to robust, heavily sclerotized remainder of genitalia, balloon-like. Papillae anales broad, apical pronounced, covered in long, fine setae.

Distribution

(Fig. 36). Reinmara wolfei is endemic to the Cerrado of central South America, with few records from Brazil in the states of Maranhão, Goiás, and Distrito Federal. We also report a specimen from the wet Pantanal in Brazil, Mato Grosso. A specimen from Cerrado habitat in Bolivia, Santa Cruz, is reported here as well.

Remarks.

We figure and describe the female of this species for the first time, as well as the first Bolivian record. Until now, this species was known only from the male holotype from Maranhão, Brazil. We note some minor external differences between the specimens from drier Cerrado and that of the wet Pantanal, such as the slightly smaller size and brighter coloration in the Pantanal specimen (Fig. 15), but genitalia of this specimen are not noticeably different from those of typical R. wolfei .