Eudamus nicomedes Plötz, 1881 Telemiades nicomedes Telemiades brazus Bell, 1949 Telemiades nicomedes brazus nicomedes Plötz. nicomedes Plötz. nicomedes Telemiades meris brazus Atlas Neotrop. Lep. nicomedes (Plötz) nicomedes (Plötz) Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Telemiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae), with descriptions of fourteen new species Siewert, Ricardo Russo Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik Casagrande, Mirna Martins Zootaxa 2020 2020-01-09 4721 1 1 111 9BPWP Bell, 1949 Bell 1949 [151,502,1161,1188] Insecta Hesperiidae Telemiades Animalia Lepidoptera 76 77 Arthropoda species brazus  ( Figs 136–139, 178, 205, 218)    Eudamus nicomedes Plötz, 1881. Stett. ent. Ztg. 43: 99; Brazil; praeocc.(Möschler, 1879).— Godman, 1907. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7)20: 135.   Telemiades nicomedes; Mabille & Boullet, 1912. Ann. Sc. nat., Zool., Paris, (9)16: 119, 121.   Telemiades brazus Bell, 1949. Amer. Mus. Novit. 1385: 8, fig. 5 (male gen.); male holotype, 9–XI–1939, Neudorf [Vila Nova, Joinville], Santa Catarina, Brazil; AMNH.   Telemiades nicomedes brazus; Evans, 1953. Cat. Amer. Hesp. 3, p. 27, pl. 27 (male gen.); syn.:  nicomedesPlötz.—K. Brown & Mielke, 1967. Jour. Lep. Soc. 21: 164.—Bridges, 1983. Lep. Hesp. 1, p. 18, 81; 2, p. 36; syn.:  nicomedesPlötz.—K. Brown, 1987. An. Prim. Simp. Pantanal, Brasília, p. 167.—Bridges, 1988. Cat. Hesp. 1, p. 28; 2, p. 60.— Canals, 2003. Marip. Misiones, p. 457. (no genus)  nicomedes; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 212.  (no genus)  brazus; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 99.    Telemiades meris brazus; Mielke & Casagrande, 1998. Revta bras. Zool. 14: 990.— Mielke, 2004. Hesperioidea, p. 56, inLamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea, inHeppner (ed.).  Atlas Neotrop. Lep.5A; syn.:  nicomedes(Plötz).— Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 3, p. 747; syn.:  nicomedes(Plötz).—Giovenardi et al., 2013. Rev. colomb. Ent. 39(2), Supl., p. 16.—Piovesan & Orlandin, 2016, inOrlandin et al.. Borb. Marip. S. Catarina, p. 80.   Type material.  Telemiades brazus Bell, 1949was described based on the male [holo]type from Neudorf [Vila Nova, Joinville], Santa Catarina, Brazil, and on the male paratype from Massaranduba–Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Themale holotype is deposited at the AMNHwith the following labels: / HOLOTYPE/  Neudorf Sta Catharina  XI–19–139 Brazil/  Telemiades brazusBell Holotype ♂/ G1944/.   Diagnosis.FW length: males 18–20 mm(n=28) and females 20–23 mm(n=6).  Telemiades brazusresembles  T. squandaand  T. trendabut is distinguished by the morphological pattern of the genitalia. Males with same morphological pattern of the genitalia of  T. meris, but is distinguished by the developed distal portion of valva, and by the shape of elevation in the inner portion of valva (horizontal in  T. brazus). Also,  T. brazusis larger than  T. meris.   Variation.Some specimens varies in its ground color, from light to dark brown.   Distribution.  Telemiades brazusoccurs in forested areas of Atlantic Forest of Paraguay, Argentina, and in the Brazilian States of Mato Grosso, Minais Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul.  Taxonomic discussion. Plötz (1881)described  Eudamus nicomedesbased on an unknown number of specimens from Brazil. However, the name is pre–occupied by  Telegonus nicomedesMöschler, 1879, now a species of  Telemiades. Bell (1949)described  Telemiades brazusand later Evans (1953)treated it as a subspecies of  Telemiades nicomedes(Möschler, 1879). In the same work, Evans (1953)synonymized  Eudamus nicomedes Plötz, 1881with  T. nicomedes brazus. The unpublished figure of  Eudamus nicomedes Plötz, 1881confirms its synonymy with  Telemiades brazus Bell, 1949.  Mielke & Casagrande (1998)analyzed the holotypeof  Telemiades meris(Plötz, 1886)and based on the similarity of the morphology of the male genitalia, considered  T. brazusas a subspecies of  T. meris. However, the external morphological differences between both species are constant. In addition, Li et al.(2019)justified its reinstated species status by molecular data.  Examined material.No data: 2 malesand 2 females, NHMUK 010242091*, NHMUK 010242093, NHMUK 010242092, NHMUK 010242094 (NHMUK); 2 females, 20/308, 62/063 (MNRJ).   BRAZIL:  MatoGrosso—  Chapadados Guimarães, 1 male, H.H. Smith leg., NHMUK 010242090( NHMUK). Bahia—  Amargosa,  6–8–IV–2002, 1 female, O.–C. Mielke leg., OM 56.124( DZUP–OM);  Camacan, Reserva Serra Bonita, 15°23’S, 39°33’W,  3–10–XII–2016, 1 male, Mielke, Carneiro, Dias, Dolibaina& Santos leg.,DZ 34.042 ( DZUP). Espírito Santo—  Conceição da Barra,  17–X–1968, 1 male, C. & C. T. Elias leg., DZ 26.239 ( DZUP);  Linhares,  28–III–1970, 1 male,  20–IX–1972, 1 male,  5–X–1972, 1 female,  19–24–VIII–1974, 1 male,  25–30–VI–1977, 1 male, C. Elias leg., DZ 26.241, DZ 26.247, DZ 26.238, DZ 4.663*, DZ 26.245 ( DZUP). Minas Gerais—no specific locality, 1 male, H. Rogers leg., NHMUK 010242089( NHMUK);  Ibirité,  800 m,  11–III–1993, 1 male, Mielke& Machado leg., OM 37.587* ( DZUP–OM);  Paracatu,  16–VI–1972, 1 male, Mielke& Brown leg., DZ 26.249 ( DZUP). Rio de Janeiro—no specific locality, 3 males, NHMUK 010242095*, NHMUK 010242096*, 010242097* ( NHMUK);  Duque de Caxias, Imbariê,  100 m,  2–II–1965, 3 males, Ebert leg., DZ 26.236, DZ 26.240, OM 29.537( DZUPand DZUP–OM);  150 m,  16–VII–1960, 1 male, Ebert leg., ex–coll. Ebert, DZ26.243 ( DZUP);  100 m,  VIII–1966, 2 males, Ebert leg., DZ 26.246, DZ 26.250 ( DZUP); Serra dos Órgãos,  20–VII–1969, 1 male, Ebert leg., ex–coll. Ebert, DZ26.235 ( DZUP);  Niterói,  7–IX–1942, 1 male, OM 11.479* ( DZUP–OM);  Rio de Janeiro, 1 female, ex–coll. J. Arp, 58/593 ( MNRJ); VIII–IX–1884, 1 female, P. Germain leg., NHMUK 010242177( NHMUK);  9–IX–1939, 1 male, D’Almeida leg., DZ 36.134 ( DZUP);  21–III–1966, 1 male, D’Almeida leg., DZ 36.133 ( DZUP);  500 m,  7–X–1956, 1 male, Ebert leg., ex–coll. Ebert, DZ26.242 ( DZUP); Alto da Gávea,  27– VII–1940, 1 female, Gagarin leg., OM 7.354( DZUP–OM); Corcovado,  VII–1932, 1 female, ex–coll. L. Travassos( IOC);  XII–1923, 1 male, ex–coll. L. Travassos( IOC); Covanca de Jacarepaguá,  20–III–1960, 1 male, Mielke leg., OM 3.253* ( DZUP–OM);  28–IV–1963, 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 4.986( DZUP–OM); Morro do Sumaré,  7–V–1965, 1 male, Mielke leg., OM 6.689( DZUP–OM);  10–IX–1965, 2 males, Mielke leg., OM 7.444, OM 7.445* ( DZUP–OM); Gávea, 1 female, 62/062 ( MNRJ); Sítio Gondoia, 1 male, E.May leg., ex–coll. E. May, 62/099 ( MNRJ). Paraná—  Antonina, Rio Pequeno,  20 m,  29–IV–2003, 1 male, Mielke& Casagrande leg., OM 60.235( DZUP–OM);  Guaratuba, Limeira,  10 m,  15–IV–2000, 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 51.530* ( DZUP–OM);  Morretes,  5-IV-2001, 1 male, Mielke leg., OM 53.109( DZUP-OM); Morro Alto,  400 m,  14–IV–2000, 1 male, Mielke leg., OM 51.686( DZUP–OM);  São Pedro do Ivaí, RPPN Barbacena, 23° 49’ 45’’S, 51° 55’ 49’’ W,  2–X–2012, 1 female, Exc. LABLEP, DZ 36.135 ( DZUP). Santa Catarina—  Joinville, 1 maleand 1 female, ex–coll. J. Arp, 57/664, 57/668 ( MNRJ); 1 female, Schmidt leg., 20/640 ( MNRJ);  II–1938, 1 male, B. Pohl leg.( MZUSP);  26–II– 1974, 1 male, Mielke leg., OM 29.403( DZUP–OM);  10–200 m,  9–III–1974, 1 male,  22–II–1977, 1 male, Mielke& Miers leg., OM 29.711, OM 39.453* ( DZUP–OM);  8–XI–1986, 1 male, Mielke leg., OM 29.837( DZUP–OM);  São Bento do Sul, Rio Vermelho,  850 m,  6–III–1973, 1 male, Rank leg., DZ 26.237 ( DZUP);  Seara,Nova Teutônia,  400–700 m,  1–II–1977, 1 male, Plaumann& Mielke leg., OM 39.561* ( DZUP–OM).  Rio Grandedo Sul—  Viamão, Saint Hilaire,  26–III–2004, 1 male, Silva leg., DZ 26.248* ( DZUP).   PARAGUAY: no specific locality— 1 male, P. Germain leg., NHMUK 010242176* ( NHMUK).  Paraguari—  Sapucai, 1 maleand 1 female, W. Foster leg., NHMUK 010242098*, NHMUK 010242099( NHMUK);  26–XI–1904,  1 maleand 1 female, W. Foster leg., NHMUK 010242100*, NHMUK 010242101( NHMUK). 2545463809 The Brazil Massaranduba-Blumenau 76 77 1 Santa Catarina holotype 2545463700 [377,1160,1837,1863] AMNH Brazil 76 77 1 Santa Catarina holotype 2545463574 2019-11 Brazil Neudorf Sta Catharina 76 77 1 1 holotype 2545463715 1968-10-17 2016-12-10 1968-10-17 NHMUK, DZUP-OM, DZUP H. H. Smith & O. - C. Mielke & Dolibaina & Santos & C. & C. T. Elias & C. Elias & H. Rogers & Mielke & Machado & Brown Brazil Mato 800 -15.383333 Reserva Serra Bonita 1285 -39.55 Chapada 77 78 NHMUK 010242090, OM 56.124, NHMUK 010242089, OM 37.587, NHMUK 010242095, NHMUK 010242096 15 2 13 Guimaraes 2545463730 1923-12 2012-10-02 1923-12 NHMUK, DZUP, DZUP-OM, MNRJ, IOC, MZUSP Ebert & Ebert, DZ & Serra dos Orgaos & J. Arp & P. Germain & D'Almeida & da Gavea & Gagarin & L. Travassos & de Jacarepagua & Mielke & E. May & Casagrande & Schmidt & B. Pohl & Miers & Rank & Plaumann & Silva Brazil Imbarie 100 -23.829168 Corcovado 21 -51.93028 Alto da Gavea 77 78 OM 29.537, OM 11.479, NHMUK 010242177, OM 7.354, OM 3.253, OM 4.986, OM 6.689, OM 7.444, OM 7.445, OM 60.235, OM 51.530, OM 53.109, OM 51.686, OM 29.403, OM 29.711, OM 39.453, OM 29.837, OM 39.561 39 10 29 Duque de Caxias 2545463812 [199,1248,1880,1907] NHMUK P. Germain Paraguay PARAGUAY 77 78 NHMUK 010242176 1 1 2545463782 1904-11-26 NHMUK W. Foster Paraguay Sapucai 77 78 NHMUK 010242098, NHMUK 010242099 2 1 1 2545463838 [151,1203,1952,1979] NHMUK W. Foster Paraguay 77 78 NHMUK 010242100, NHMUK 010242101 2 1 1