Planuncus laguerrei, Spitsyn & Doroshkin & Spitsyna & Yakovlev, 2022

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Doroshkin, Vyacheslav V., Spitsyna, Elizaveta A. & Yakovlev, Roman V., 2022, Planuncus laguerrei sp. nov. from Peru (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Ecologica Montenegrina 60, pp. 1-3 : 2-3

Planuncus laguerrei sp. nov.

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Fig 1 A−C

Type material. Holotype male: PERU, Junín province, road Satipo- Mariposa , 600−700 m, 29.xi.2000, V. Doroshkin leg. (Zoological Institute, Sankt-Petersburg, Russia).

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Planuncus absona (Draudt, 1916) and Planuncus cahureli Cerda, 2022 . However, it can be distinguished from it by having a one yellow line on the dorsal side of the thorax and the two first segments of the abdomen. Planuncus laguerrei sp. nov. differs from species of the genus Planuncus Cerda, 2022 by a specific basal saccular process having the appearance a sclerotized plate with spines.

Description. Male. Wingspan 26 mm, forewing length 14 mm. Eye black. Antenna black, branches long. Frons and vertex black. Thorax black with a yellow line on the dorsal side. Patagium and tegula black. Legs black. Forewings almost transparent, with dark brown outer and anal margins. Apex of forewings and upper part of costal margin (from top of central cell) dark brown. Apex of central cell with large black spot. Hindwings transparent, with blackish brown apex and outer margin. Underside of both wings follows pattern of the upper side. Dorsal side of the abdomen black, with yellow line on the first and second segments. Male genitalia. Tegumen large and broad, with two socii at the base of uncus. Uncus short, broad and flat, slightly bifurcated apically. Valva narrow and curved, with series of spines in the apical part; basal saccular process having the appearance a sclerotized plate with spines. Aedeagus short and broad.

Distribution. This species is not known beyond its type locality on Peru.

Etymology. The new species is named after the well known French entomologist Michel Laguerre (Paris) who helped us with the correct generic identification of the new species.

Figures

Figure 1. Holotype male of Planuncus laguerrei sp. nov. and type locality: A) upperside; B) underside. Scale bar = 5 mm; C) male genitalia and aedeagus. Scale bar = 1 mm; D) Type locality of P. laguerrei sp. nov. near Satipo, Peru.