Lafontaineana imama Martinez, 2021

Martinez, Jose I., Schmidt, B. Christian & Miller, Jacqueline Y., 2021, A new Andean genus, Lafontaineana, with descriptions of four new species and two new Neotropical species of Panthea (Noctuidae, Pantheinae), ZooKeys 1028, pp. 113-134 : 113

Lafontaineana imama Martinez sp. nov. Figures 10 , 11 , 22 , 31

Type material.

Holotype: ♂, Columbia, Tolima, Nevado del Tolima, 4°36'02"N, 75°19'51"W, 2600 m, 5-7 Dec. 2013, legit Victor Sinyaev & Mildred Márquez / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049058. [DNA voucher MGCL-NOC-65241] deposited in MGCL. Paratype (1 ♀ MGCL): Colombia, Tolima, Cerro Bravo, La Libia, 5°06'21"N, 75°16'22"W, 15.-18. Dec. 2015, 3000 m, leg Sinyaev & Machado coll. Dr. Ron Brechlin / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049056.

Etymology.

Imama is the common name of the jaguar Panthera onca (Linnaeus) in the Embera language. The name is a noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

Lafontaineana imama and L. puma resemble each other; however, L. imama has a more squared forewing shape. Also, the forewing is paler and shorter, the copper color standing out over the black and brown patterns barely visible. In addition, in L. imama the polygons on the thorax are clearly separated, while in L. puma some polygons are fused in the middle of the thorax. In the male genitalia the valva is noticeably wider than in L. puma , but the apex is much shorter; the vesica has a smaller diverticulum and a shorter row of spines. In the female, the corpus bursae and appendix bursae are narrower than in L. puma , and the papillae anales are also wider in L. puma .

Description.

Head. Palpus with the last segment pale yellow with some spots in black, female with longer spots; frons divided into black and yellow. Thorax. The black polygons are separated from each other by pale-yellow lines; grayish blue ventrally. Wing. Forewing length, male 19-21 mm; female 23-25 mm; forewing pale yellow with black lines and brownish yellow scales in median field; a pale-yellow band in the fold; black orbicular spot square with a yellow dot on the middle; rectangular reniform spot with the outer margin slightly concave and a black lunate marking inside close to the upper area, while female with presenting only a small dot; hindwing with brown veins; fringe same yellow color with some black spots extending through costal and Sc+R1 cells; tornal lunate marking relatively large; female costal and Sc+R1 cells with large black and pale-yellow spots with the black lines extending and forming discal, medial, and postmedial lines; female tornal lunate marking fused with the postmedial line expanding through 2A and CuA2 cells; black line on the outer margin between 2A and CuA2 vein ends in both sexes. Legs. black with some patches in pale yellow on the joints and yellow tufts on the back area of the legs. Abdomen. Brown covered by white scales except for A8, which is brown in male ventrally; upper side complete orange with a small line of tufts except on A8; female brown with the intersternal membrane white and the last segment yellow ventrally but dorsally similar to male with the A7 and A8 brown, line of tufts with some white scales dorsally. Male genitalia. Very wide cucullar region, square apex with rounded edges, densely clothed by setae; costal margin with remarkably swollen protuberance; saccular region narrow and its process narrower; juxta spoon-like and quite concave on the upper side; aedeagus short and narrow; diverticulum is not very prominent; line of spines short. Female genitalia. Anal papilla small; sterigma sclerotized, thin and elongated; posterior apophysis reduced and almost imperceptible; appendix bursae sclerotized, ⅛ × shorter than the corpus bursae.

Genetic characterization.

Although Lafontaineana imama looks externally most similar to L. puma , the DNA barcode of L. imama is closer to that of L. thuta , differing by only 1.07%. Unfortunately, the DNA of L. puma was not available for comparison.

Distribution.

The two known specimens were found in deciduous forests of west-central Colombia (Fig. 35 ).

Remarks.

Holotype and paratype are in perfect condition (Figs 10 , 11 ).

Figures

Figure 35. Distribution of examined specimens of Lafontaineana.

Figures 6 - 20. Adult habitus of Lichnoptera, Lafontaineana, and Panthea 6 Lichnoptera gulo, ♂, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 7 L. gulo, ♀, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 8 Lafontaineana marmorifera, ♂, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 9 L. marmorifera, ♀, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 10 L. imama, ♂, MGCL, holotype, Tolima, Colombia 11 L. imama, ♀, MGCL, paratype, Tolima, Colombia 12 L. puma, ♂, CNC, holotype, La Alegria, Ecuador 13 L. puma, ♀, CNC, paratype, La Alegria, Ecuador 14 L. thuta, ♂, MGCL, holotype, Loja, Ecuador 15 L. thuta, ♀, MGCL, paratype, Sucumbios, Ecuador 16 L. alexandrae, ♀, FSU, holotype, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 17 Panthea guatemala, ♂, CNC, San Lorenzo, Guatemala 18 P. hondurensis, ♂, MGCL, holotype, Francisco Morazan, Honduras 19 P. reducta, CNC, ♂, Pedernales, Dominican Republic 20 P. taina, ♂, La Vega, MGCL, holotype, Dominican Republic.

Figures 21 - 24. Male genitalia of Lichnoptera and Lafontaineana 21 Lichnoptera gulo, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 22 L. imama, MGCL, holotype, Tolima, Colombia 23 L. puma, CNC, holotype, La Alegria, Ecuador 24 L. thuta, MGCL, holotype, Loja, Ecuador.

Figures 29 - 34. Female genitalia of Lichnoptera and 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.