Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Telemiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae), with descriptions of fourteen new species
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Siewert, Ricardo Russo
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Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik
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Casagrande, Mirna Martins
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Zootaxa
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2020-01-09
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Telemiades avitus
(
Stoll, 1781
)
(
Figs 24, 25
,
148
,
207
)
Papilio avitus
Stoll, 1781
,
in
Cramer.
Uitland. Kap. 4
, p. 123, pl. 354, figs D, E (male, female d);
Suriname
; van der Meulen collection.—Stoll, 1782,
in
Cramer.
Uitland. Kap. 4, Essai
, p. 15.—Jung, 1791.
Alphab. Verz. 1
, p. 66.
Telemiades avitus
; Hübner, [1819].
Verz. bek. Schmett.
, p. 106.—Herrich–Schäffer, 1869.
Corr.–Blatt zool.–min. Ver. Regensburg 23
: 188, 189.—Herrich–Schäffer, 1870.
Corr.–Blatt zool.–min. Ver. Regensburg 24
: 156.—
Butler, 1870
.
Ent. monthly
Mag. 7
: 57.—
Kirby, 1871
.
Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lep.
, p. 575.—
Mabille, 1878
.
Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 21
: 27.—Plötz, 1879.
Stett. ent. Ztg. 40
: 179.—
Plötz, 1882
.
Berl. ent. Ztschr. 26
: 73.—
Watson, 1893
.
Proc. zool. Soc. London
, p. 27.—
Godman & Salvin, 1893
.
Biol. Centr.–Amer., Lep.–Rhop. 2
, p. 317;
3
, pl. 78, fig. 16 (male gen.).—
Mabille, 1903
,
in
Wytsman.
Gen. Ins. 17
, p. 28.—
Mabille & Boullet, 1912
.
Ann. Sc. nat., Zool
., Paris,
(9)16
: 115, 121.—
Draudt, 1922
,
in
Seitz.
Gross–Schmett. Erde 5
, p. 869, pl. 168f (d).—Lindsey, 1925.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 18
: 103.—
Shepard, 1931
.
Lep. Cat. 47
, p. 76.—Williams & Bell, 1931.
Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 57
: 255.—Shepard, 1936.
Lep. Cat. 74
, p. 616.—
Evans, 1953
.
Cat.Amer. Hesp. 3
, p. 29, pl. 27 (male gen.);
syn
.:
lurideolus, lamus, xantho
.—Lewis, 1973.
Butt. World
, p. 87, fig. 25 (d), p. 249.—Lewis, 1975.
Marip. Mundo
, p. 87, fig. 25 (d), p. 249.—Bridges, 1983.
Lep. Hesp. 1
, p. 13, 63, 68, 127;
2
, p. 36;
syn
.:
lamus, lurideolus, xantho
.—de Jong, 1983.
Tijd. Ent. 126
: 241.—Bridges, 1988.
Cat. Hesp. 1
, p. 21, 99, 108, 201;
2
, p. 59;
syn
.:
lamus, lurideolus, xantho
.—Lamas, 1994,
in
Foster
et al
.
RAP Working Papers 6
: 174.—
Vargas
, 2003.
Bol. cient. mus. hist. nat
., Manizales,
7
: 203.—
Mielke, 2004
. Hesperioidea, p. 56,
in
Lamas (ed.).
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea
,
in
Heppner (ed.).
Atlas Neotrop. Lep.
5A
;
syn
.:
lurideolus, lamus, xantho
.—
Vargas
& Henao, 2004.
Bol. cient. mus. hist. nat
., Manizales,
8
: 349.—
Mielke, 2005
.
Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 3
, p. 743;
syn
.:
lurideolus, lamus, xantho
.
Hesperia avitus
; Latreille, [1824],
in
Latreille & Godart.
Enc. Méth. 9
, p. 750.—
Verloren, 1837
.
Cat. Syst. Cramer
, p. 131, 220.
Goniloba avitus
;
Westwood, 1852
,
in
Doubleday.
Gen. Diurn. Lep. 2
, p. 513.—Lucas, 1857,
in
Sagra.
Hist. phys. pol. nat. l’Ile
Cuba
7
, p. 637.
Eudamus avitus
; C. Felder & R.
Felder, 1862
.
Wien. ent. Monatschr. 6
: 181;
syn
.:
amphion
.—
Kirby, 1879
.
Cat. Coll. Diurn. Lep. Hewitson
, p. 214.
Telemiades lurideolus
Mabille, 1877
.
Pet. Nouv. Ent. 2
, p. 165;
Brazil
; Mabille collection.—
Mabille & Boullet, 1912
.
Ann. Sc. nat., Zool
., Paris,
(9)16
: 113, 121.—
Draudt, 1922
,
in
Seitz.
Gross–Schmett. Erde 5
, p. 868.—
Shepard, 1931
.
Lep. Cat. 47
, p. 78.
(no genus)
avitus
; Beattie, 1976.
Rhop. Direct
., p. 90.
(no genus)
lurideolus
; Beattie, 1976.
Rhop. Direct
., p. 188.
Type material.
Papilio avitus
Stoll, 1781
was described and illustrated based on an unspecified number of specimens from
Suriname
deposited in the van der Meulen collection. In the same study,
Stoll (1781)
interpretated the specimen from figure E as the female of
P. avitus
. Later,
Hübner [1819]
described
Telemiades
and designated
P. avitus
as the type species of the genus. Besides,
Hübner [1819]
interpretated the female of
T. avitus
figured by
Stoll (1781)
as a distinct species, describing it as
T. epicalus
. The
syntypes
of
Telemiades epicalus
are deposited at
NBC
. In contrast, no specimens that could correspond to
P. avitus
,
as identified by
Evans (1953)
, were found in this museum. Thus, a male
neotype
of
Papilio avitus
Stoll, 1781
is hereby designated in order to stabilize the identity of this species. The
neotype
has the same morphological characters than the male figured by
Stoll (1781
, pl. 354, fig. D), was collected near the same type locality (
Suriname
) and is deposited at
DZUP
with the following labels: /
Neotypus
/
II.1968
Obidos,
Pará
[
Brasil
] Kesselring leg/ DZ 26.211/
Neotypus
Papilio avitus
Stoll, 1781
Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande
det. 2019/.
Telemiades lurideolus
Mabille, 1877
, was described based on an unspecified specimens from ‘Brasilia’. One male
syntype
was found at
NHMUK
with the same characteristics published in the original description, and illustrated on Butterflies of America (
Warren
et al
. 2018
) with the following labels: / Type/
Colombia
/
T. lurideolus
Type Mab/ Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927–3./ BMNH(E) 1236493/. In order to stabilize the identity of this species, this male specimen is hereby designated
lectotype
of
Telemiades lurideolus
Mabille, 1877
and the following labels will be attached: /
Lectotypus
/
Lectotypus
Telemiades lurideolus
Mabille, 1877 Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande
det. 2019/. These labels will be sent to the curator for the collection.
Diagnosis.
FW length: males
16–17 mm
(n=3).
Telemiades avitus
is distinguished from the remaining species of “
avitus
group” by the following characters: tegumen with apophysis slightly curved inwards and saccus with anterior margin dorsally curved.
Variation.
The distal margin of hyaline spots of discal area in FW could be truncated or triangular in some specimens.
Distribution.
Telemiades avitus
occurs in forested areas in the Amazonia, with records in
Peru
,
Brazil
(
Acre
, Amazonas,
Pará
, and
Rondônia
states),
Suriname
,
Venezuela
and
French Guiana
.
Taxonomic discussion.
Hübner ([1819]) described the genus
Telemiades
and designated
Papilio avitus
Stoll, 1781
as the
type
species. In the same publication, Hübner considered the specimen that
Stoll (1781)
had previously illustrated as the female of
P. avitus
as a distinct species, which he described as
Telemiades epicalus
. After the description of
T. avitus
, the species was transferred to
Hesperia
Fabricius, 1793
(
Latreille [1824]
),
Goniloba
Westwood, [1852] (
Westwood 1852
)
and then to
Eudamus
Swainson, 1831
(C. Felder & R.
Felder 1862
).
Kirby (1871)
transferred it back to
Telemiades
and later to
Eudamus
(
Kirby 1879
)
.
Plötz (1882)
returned the species to
Telemiades
.
Telemiades lurideolus
Mabille, 1877
was described from an unknown number of specimens from ‘Brasilia’. Subsequently,
Mabille & Boullet (1912)
indicated ‘
Amazone
sup.’ as its distribution range.
Evans (1953)
considered this species as synonymous with
T. avitus
.
After examining
type
material of
T. lurideolus
deposited in the NHMUK the synonym with
T. avitus
has been corroborated.
Examined material.
No data,
2 males
,
NHMUK 010242359
,
NHMUK 010242365
(
NHMUK
)
;
1 female
(
ZMHU
)
;
1 male
(
ZMHU
)
;
1 male
, 5032 (
ZMHU
)
;
1 male
, ex–coll. Weymer (
ZMHU
)
.
PERU
:
Loreto—
Pebas
,
1 male
(
ZMHU
)
.
Rio Sucussari
,
Explornapo–Aceer
,
140 m
,
8–IX–1995
,
1 female
,
R. Robbins
leg
. (
MHNL
)
.
Madre
de Díos—
Reserva Tambopata
,
Boca do Rio La Torre
,
300 m
,
1–VI–1992
,
1 male
,
G. Lamas
leg
. (
MHNL
)
;
VENEZUELA
:
Carabobo—
Puerto Cabello
,
1 male
,
Hahnel
leg.
(
ZMHU
)
.
SURINAME
: no specific locality,
1 male
(
ZMHU
)
.
FRENCH GUIANA
:
Caiena
,
1 female
,
Sahike
leg.
(
ZMHU
)
.
BRAZIL
:
Acre—
Bujari
,
200 m
,
10–12–IX–2004
,
1 male
,
Mielke
&
Casagrande
leg
., DZ 26.205* (
DZUP
).
Amazonas—
sem localidade específica,
1 male
,
NHMUK 010242171
(
NHMUK
);
1 male
,
Saunders
leg
.,
NHMUK
010242362 (NHMUK);
Maués,
Rio Preto,
15–30–XI–2007
,
1 male
, OM 69.460* (DZUP–OM);
Rio Tapajos
,
1 male
, H. W. Bates
leg
., NHMUK 010242366 (NHMUK);
Tefé
,
1 male
, ex coll. Staudinger, NHMUK 010242367 (NHMUK).
Pará—
no specific locality,
1 male
, ex–coll. Weymer (ZMHU);
1 male
, Saunders
leg
., NHMUK 010242361 (NHMUK);
Óbidos
,
VI–1923
,
1 male
, B. Pohl
leg.
(MZUSP);
Santarém
,
1 male
and
1 female
, H. H. Smith
leg
., NHMUK 010242364, NHMUK 010242358 (NHMUK);
1 male
, H. W. Bates
leg
., NHMUK 010242360 (NHMUK);
Alter do Chão
,
2 males
, H. W. Bates
leg
., NHMUK 010242357, NHMUK 010242369 (NHMUK);
Itaituba
,
1 male
, ex–coll. Staudinger (ZSM);
1 male
, Michael
leg.
(ZMHU); Itaituba a Obidos, I–IV–06,
1 male
, W. Hoffmans
leg
., NHMUK 010242368 (NHMUK).
Rondônia—
Cacaulândia
,
8–19–XI–1994
,
1 male
, Mielke
leg
., OM 39.036* (DZUP–OM).