Bungalotis erythus (Cramer, 1775)

Austin, George T., 2008, Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Taxonomic comments on “ night ” skippers, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Eudaminae), Insecta Mundi 2008 (29), pp. 1-36 : 3

Bungalotis erythus (Cramer, 1775)

( Fig. 1-2 , 86 , 126 )

Material of B. erythus from central Rondônia appears typical (figured in Seitz 1907-1924, Cock and Alston-Smith 1990; male mean FW length = 32.0 mm [31.5-33.0, n = 4]); male genitalia ( Fig. 86 ) do not differ appreciably from those illustrated by Williams and Bell (1934). The valva in Evans’ (1952) illustration is shorter than reality, a feature common to many of his Bungalotis depictions. No variation was noted within the series from Rondônia.

Bungalotis erythus is rare in the vicinity of Cacaulândia, with records for February, July, November, and December ( Fig. 126 ). This species has been reported from southern Mexico south into northeastern South America to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and the Distrito Federal, Brazil (Williams and Bell 1934, Evans 1952, Brown and Mielke 1967, Freeman 1976, de la Maza and de la Maza 1985, Cock and Alston-Smith 1990, de la Maza and Gutiérrez 1992, Murray 1996, Robbins et al. 1996, Warren 2000, Pinheiro and Emery 2006).

Figures

Figure 1-12. Bungalotis (from BRAZIL: Rondônia, unless noted otherwise; dorsum and venter of same specimens). 1-2) B. erythus male, 5 km S of Cacaulândia, 19 Dec 1993. 3-4) B. midas male, Fazenda Rancho Grande, 19 Jul 1994. 5-6) B. midas female, 5 km S of Cacaulândia, 9 Jan 1994. 7-8) B. aureus holotype male, data in text. 9, 12) B. milleri female, MEXICO: Veracruz; Catemaco, 21 Jul 1981. 10-11) Bungalotis sp. (“midas” group) female, GUATEMALA: Petén; El Remate, Cerro Cahul, 29 Sep 1994.

Figure 86-88. Male genitalia of Bungalotis (from BRAZIL: Rondônia, unless noted otherwise). Structures shown are lateral, dorsal, and ventral views of tegumen, uncus, gnathos, and associated structures; lateral internal view of right valva; lateral view of aedeagus and associated structures; and ventral view of transtilla and juxta. 86) B. erythus (GTA #4155). 87) B. midas (GTA #3168); variation of valvae, a. (GTA #7215), b. (GTA #7216), c. (GTA #7217), d. (GTA #7218). 88) B. aureus holotype, ECUADOR (GTA #3387), including lateral view juxta.

Figure 125-130. Phenology of some night skippers from central Rondônia, Brazil. 125-126) Bungalotis species. 127) Dyscophellus species. 128) Salatis salatisand Sarmientoia similis. 129) Nicephellus nicephorus and Euriphellus euribates. 130) Pseudonascus paulliniae and Nascus species.