Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888

Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Telemiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae), with descriptions of fourteen new species, Zootaxa 4721 (1), pp. 1-111 : 18-19

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Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888
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Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888 View in CoL , stat. rest.

( Figs 18, 19 View FIGURES 2–23 , 146 View FIGURES 142–147 , 206 View FIGURE 206 )

Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888 View in CoL . Le Nat. (2)2 (38): 221, fig. 3 [recte 4] (d, v); Chanchamayo, [ Peru]; Staudinger 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.—Lamas, 1969. Biota 7: 354.

Telemiades amphion misitheus View in CoL ; Bell, 1949. Amer. Mus. Novit. 1385: 3, fig. 2 (male gen.).— Evans, 1953. Cat. Amer. Hesp. 3, p. 30, pl. 28 (male gen.).—Bridges, 1983. Lep. Hesp. 1, p. 77; 2, p. 36.—Bridges, 1988. Cat. Hesp. 1, p. 121; 2, p. 59.—Maes et al., 1999, in Maes. Cat. Ins. Art. Nicaragua 3, p. 1259.— Murray, 2000. Jour. Res. Lep. 35: 52.— Mielke, 2004. Hesperioidea, p. 56, in Lamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A.— Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 3, p. 742.

(no genus) misitheus View in CoL ; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 203.

Celaenorrhinus sp. [misidentification]; Garwood et al., 2007. Butt. South. Amaz., p. 211, fig. (v).

Type material. Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888 was described based on an unspecified number of specimens from Chanchamayo, Peru, provided by Otto Staudinger collection. One male syntype was found at ZMHU, where the Staudinger material is housed, and it is illustrated at Butterflies of America ( Warren et al. 2018) with the following labels: / Origin/ Chanchamayo Thamm/ Telemiades misitheus M/ Telemiades misitheus Mab. / Coll. Staudinger/ Misitheus Mab. /. In order to stabilize the identity of this species, this male specimen is hereby designated lectotype of Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888 and the following labels will also be attached: / Lectotypus / Lectotypus Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888 Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande det. 2019/. These labels will be sent to the curator for the collection.

Diagnosis. FW length: males 20 mm (n=2). Telemiades misitheus is distinguished from the remaining species of the “ amphion group” by the following characters: FW with developed and rounded hyaline spots; valva with distal process pointed; fultura inferior distally bifid with distal margin and base rounded; aedeagus with dorsal opening almost half of its total length.

Distribution. Telemiades misitheus occurs in the eastern Andes, from Chanchamayo ( Peru) to Chulumani ( Bolivia) in altitudes ranging from 1000m to 1400m.

Taxonomic discussion. Mabille (1888) described and illustrated Telemiades misitheus , but the illustration was also used in the description of T. megallus , in the same contribution. Later, Bell (1949) considered T. misitheus

as a subspecies of T. amphion , an arrangement that has been followed up to now. The wing patterns and the male genitalia can be used to reliably distinguish T. misitheus from other species of the “ amphion group”. In addition, T. misitheus may occur in sympatry with T. amphion in Bolivia and Peru, which supports the restoration of its status as a separate species.

Examined material. No data, 1 male (ZMHU).

ECUADOR: Morona–Santiago— Macas , 4–VIII–2011, 1 male, 19–VIII–2011, 1 male, 13–XII–2011, 1 male, 8–I–2012, 1 male, Sangay–Projekt , J.–C. Petit leg. ( CEB) .

PERU: Cuzco— Callanga , 1500m, 1898, O. Garlepp leg. ( ZMHU) .

BOLÍVIA: Cochabamba— Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 1905–06, 1 male, J. Steinbach leg., NHMUK 010242515 View Materials ( NHMUK) . La Paz — Chulumani, 1400 m, 22–24–X–1983, 2 males, Mielke & Casagrande leg., DZ 26.041, DZ 26.042* ( DZUP); Yungas, 1000 m, 1908, 2 males, ex–coll. H. Rolle, NHMUK 010242516 View Materials *, NHMUK 010242517 View Materials ( NHMUK); Yungas del Espiritu Santo, 1888–89, 3 males, P. Germain leg., NHMUK 010242512 View Materials , NHMUK 010242513 View Materials , NHMUK 010242514 View Materials ( NHMUK) .

ZMHU

Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universitaet

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

DZUP

Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Telemiades

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Telemiades misitheus Mabille, 1888

Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins 2020
2020
Loc

Telemiades misitheus

Mabille 1888
1888
Loc

Telemiades amphion misitheus

Mabille 1888
1888
Loc

misitheus

Mabille 1888
1888
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