A new Andean genus, Lafontaineana, with descriptions of four new species and two new Neotropical species of Panthea (Noctuidae, Pantheinae)
Martinez, Jose I.
Schmidt, B. Christian
Miller, Jacqueline Y.
ZooKeys
2021
2021-04-06
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Martinez
Martinez
2021
Insecta
Pantheidae
Panthea
CoL
Animalia
Panthea hondurensis
Lepidoptera
0
113
Arthropoda
species
hondurensis
sp. nov.
Type material. Holotype:♂, Honduras: Fco. Morazan, Reserva BiologiaMonte Uyuca, 1.600 m, 14.034858°, -87.075035°, 16 vii. 2015, coll. D. Matthews & J. Y. Miller / Honduras Biodiversity Survey MGCL Accession, #2015-56 / Barcode MGCL 270947, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera& Biodiversity, UF. [DNA voucher LEP-75397] deposited in MGCL. Paratypes(1 ♂ MGCL): Same collecting data as holotype.
Etymology. This species is named after the only country in which it is known to occur.
Diagnosis. Panthea hondurensisis morphologically similar to P. guatemala. Externally, P. hondurensisis slightly smaller and darker with the lunate markings on the reniform spots longer than those of P. guatemala. In the male genitalia, P. hondurensishas wider valves without protuberances at the apex and shorter subuncal lobes. The aedeagus is noticeably shorter. Figures 25-28.Male genitalia of Lafontaineanaand Panthea 25 Panthea guatemala, CNC, Oaxaca, Mexico 26 P. hondurensis, MGCL, holotype, Francisco Morazan, Honduras 27 P. taina, MGCL, holotype, La Vega, Dominican Republic 28 P. reducta, ♂, CNC, Pedernales, Dominican Republic.
Description. Only known from two male specimens . Head.Male antenna brown and bipectinate; palpus black and dark brown; frons marbled with brown, white, and gray scales. Thorax.Marbled with brown and gray scales forming polygons outlined by black scales. Wing.Forewing length in male 21-23 mm; forewing with the basal, antemedial, and medial lines all in black, while the postmedial line is brown highlighted with gray scales; orbicular spot not present; reniform spot formed by long lunate marking; hindwing whitish brown with dark brown veins; wide well-developed pale-brown discal line, while the medial line is inconspicuous; fringe alternating with black and whitish brown scales; legs black with some dark brown and gray spots. Abdomen.Darker brown than thorax; dorsal and ventral sides black, tergite ends brown; last abdominal segment with long brownish gray scales. Male genitalia.Tegumen narrow; simple valva with narrow cucullar region and flattened apex; saccular region 11/2xwider than the cucullar region; saccular process ending in a Y-shaped clasper; juxta shield-shaped with the upper side concave; uncus tip flattened; subuncal lobes short; aedeagus short, 3 xlonger than width; vesica with a small basal diverticulum and a long sclerotized cornutus, second cornutus similar in size located laterally on the central region of the vesica. Figures 29-34.Female genitalia of Lichnopteraand Lafontaineana 29 Lichnoptera gulo, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 30 Lafontaineana alexandrae, FSU, holotype, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 31 L. imama, MGCL, paratype, Tolima, Colombia 32 L. marmorifera, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 33 L. puma, CNC, paratype, La Alegria, Ecuador 34 L. thuta, MGCL, paratype, Sucumbios, Ecuador.
Genetic characterization. DNA barcodes of Panthea guatemalaand P. hondurensisdiffer by 1%, comparable to differences between other closely related species of the genus ( Schmidt and Anweiler 2020) (Fig. 2).
Distribution. The only two known specimens were found in the cloud forest of south-central Honduras (Fig. 36).
Remarks. The holotype (Fig. 18) and paratype are in perfect condition.