Artines aquilina (Plotz, 1882)

Medeiros, Adalberto Dantas De, Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo, Carneiro, Eduardo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2019, Taxonomic revision of Artines Godman, 1901 (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Moncini) with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 4614 (1), pp. 1-49 : 21

“ aquilina group”

Figs 2–3 , 14–18 , 20 , 21–25 , 36–40 , 49–53, 61–64, 73–76, 80

Description. Male and female: dorsal forewing with semi-hyaline and large discal spots; ventral forewing with or without white spot in distal 1/2 of CuA 2 –2A; ventral hind wing with discal area yellow to orange, with a central black spot and a yellow postdiscal band limited distally by ground stripe, wavy or not. Male: brand present; saccus wide and long, shape variable; uncus long and narrow; arms of gnathos with pointed apexes; valva with distal projection composed of harpe and ampulla, with triangular aspect from 1/2 its length; harpe simple and fused with ampulla; aedeagus without disto-dorsal projection; ventral projection of aedeagus wide, distally bifid or trifid, diverging ventrally at angle of approximately 45 degrees with aedeagus; cornutus as a moderately sclerotized plate over most of vesica and with spines of variable thickness and length; fultura inferior arched in lateral view, proximal end simple. Female: externally similar to male; region between seventh sternite and lamella antevaginalis membranous; sterigma partly sclerotized, rectangular and joined with tergum by the lateral plate ( Fig. 61A ); lamella postvaginalis with one or two sclerotized plates ( Fig. 62B ); lateral fold of lamella postvaginalis membranous ( Fig. 61B ); ductus bursae with basal portion sclerotized or membranous.

Included species: Artines aquilina ( Plötz, 1882) , Artines angelica Medeiros sp. nov., Artines focus Evans, 1955 , Artines cofus Medeiros & Dolibaina sp. nov. and Artines donia Medeiros & Carneiro sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Variation in the color pattern of the ventral forewing of Artines aquilina. A: Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil; B: Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil and C: Caranavi, La Paz, Bolivia. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 1–2. Color pattern of ventral wings of Artines: 1. Artines bamba sp. nov.; 2. Artines aquilina.

FIGURES 3–4. Androconial organs present in the species of Artines. 3. Brand (with scales) on dorsal forewing of Artines aquilina (absent in “aepitus group”). 4. Tuft of elongated scales along 2A of the dorsal hind wing of Artines liege sp. nov. (presente in all species of Artines).

FIGURES 14–19. Species of the “aquilina group” (14–18) and “bipunctata group” (19) in dorsal and ventral views. 14. Artines aquilina, A–B: male, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil (DZ 41.321), C–D: female from same locality of male (DZ 41.220). 15. Artines angelica sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 16. Artines focus, A–B: male, Ilha de Maracá, Alto Alegre, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.233), C–D: female, Pacaraima, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.333). 17. Artines cofus sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 18. Artines donia sp. nov., A–B: holotype male. 19. Artines bipunctata, A–B: male, Jardim Zoológico, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 30.961), C–D: female, Córrego Bananal, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 41.224). Scale bar = 1cm.

FIGURES 21–26. Male brands (no scales) on dorsal forewing of the “aquilina group” (21–25) and “bipunctata group” species (26). 21. Artines aquilina, Joinville, Santa catarina, Brazil, (DZ 41.341). 22. Artines angelica sp. nov., paratype, Fazenda Ter- rasse, Santa Luzia, Maranhão, Brazil (DZ 41.273) 23. Artines focus, Ilha de Maracá, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.233). 24. Artines cofus sp. nov., paratype, Santa Rosa do Purus, Acre, Brazil (DZ 41.303). 25. Artines donia sp. nov., paratype, Santa Rita do Araguaia, Goiás, Brazil (OM 66.000). 26. Artines bipunctata, Ponte Funda, Vianópilis, Goiás, Brazil (DZ 41.264). Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 36–37. Male genitalia of the “aquilina group” species. 36. Artines aquilina, Caminho da Lagoinha, Cachoeiras de Macacú, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (DZ 41.196). 37. Artines angelica sp. nov., holotype. M) dorsal view of vesica showing the cornuti. For reference of the letters see legend of the figure 27. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 38–39. Male genitalia of the “aquilina group” species. 38. Artines focus, Reserva Duque, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil (DZ 41.192). 39. Artines cofus sp. nov., paratype, Tambopata, Puerto Maldonado Madre de Díos, Peru (MUSM). For reference of the letters see legend of the figures 27 and 36. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 40–41. Male genitalia of the “aquilina group” (40) and “bipunctata group” (41) species. 40. Artines donia sp. nov., paratype, Santa Rita do Araguaia, Goiás, Brazil (DZ 66.000). 41. Artines bipunctata, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 41.194). For reference of the letters see legend of the figures 27 and 36. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 61–65. Female genitalia of the “aquilina group” and “bipunctata group” species. 61. Artines aquilina, Cananéia, São Paulo, Brazil (OM 49.831). 62. Artines angelica sp. nov., paratype, Tambopata, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Díos, Peru (DZ 41.222) 63. Artines focus, Pacaraima, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.333). 64. Artines cofus sp. nov. paratype, Tambopata, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Díos, Peru (DZ 41. 293). 65. Artines bipunctata, Reserva IBGE, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 41.165). For reference of the letters see legend of the figure 54. Scale bar = 1 mm.