Thracides aepitus, Geyer, 1832

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 : 6

“ aepitus group”

Figs 1 , 4–13 , 27–35 , 42–48 , 54–60, 66–72, 78–79

Description. Male and female: forewing with opaque and reduced discal spots; ventral forewing with white, broad and diffuse spot on distal 1/2 of CuA 2 –2A; ventral forewing with the discal area yellow, containing central black spot, postdiscal band yellow, limited distally by a dark brown not wavy stripe. Male: no brand; saccus triangular; uncus simple and wide, with or without disto-lateral lobes; arms of gnathos with not pointed apex; harpe and ampulla not fused; harpe bifid (except in A. solange Medeiros & O. Mielke sp. nov.), with ventral process of variable size, wide or narrow and cylindrical, and the dorsal process with conical and strongly sclerotized spines ( Fig. 27E ); aedeagus with the disto-dorsal expansion triangular (when vesica is not everted it is difficult to observe); ventral projection of aedeagus simple, narrow and long, directed parallel to the longitudinal axis ( Fig. 27J ); cornutus as a sclerotized plate on distal end of vesica, containing elongate and setae-like spines, sometimes very thick as in A. bamba Medeiros & O. Mielke sp. nov. ( Figs 42–48 ); fultura inferior straight in lateral view, with proximal end bifid ( Figs 27 L–35L). Female: externally similar to male; region between seventh sternite and lamella antevaginalis sclerotized, forming a rounded plate that covers the opening of the ostium ventrally; lamella postvaginalis completely sclerotized, ranging from more or less triangular to rectangular; lamella antevaginalis containing proximo-ventral folds ( Fig. 54B ); lamella postvaginalis bifid, with lateral fold present or absent, strongly sclerotized, proximo-lateral expansions simple or bilobed and with variable length ( Fig. 54B ); ductus bursae membranous or with small, irregular and strongly sclerotized plates.

Included species: Artines aepitus ( Geyer, 1832) , Artines panama Medeiros & Carneiro sp. nov., Artines solange Medeiros & O. Mielke sp. nov., Artines delfos Medeiros & Casagrande sp. nov., Artines maya A. Warren & Dolibaina, 2015 , Artines litoralis Medeiros & Dolibaina sp. nov., Artines rica Steinhauser & Austin, 1993 , Artines liege Medeiros, O. Mielke & Casagrande sp. nov. and Artines bamba Medeiros & O. Mielke sp. nov.

Figures

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 5–8. Species of the “aepitus group” in dorsal and ventral views. 5. Artines aepitus, A–B: male, Cueva de Las Pavas, Tingo Maria, Huánuco, Peru (OM 80.822), C–D: female, Ilha de Maracá, Alto Alegre, Roraima, Brazil (DZ 41.790). 6. Artines panama sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 7. Artines solange sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: tentative female, Sumaúma, Maranhão, Brazil (DZ 41.800). 8. Artines delfos sp. nov., A–B: holotype male. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 9–13. Species of the “aepitus group” in dorsal and ventral views. 9. Artines maya, A–B: holotype male. 10. Artines litoralis sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 11. Artines rica, A–B: male, Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica (DZ 41.890), C–D: female from same locality of male (DZ 41.840). 12. Artines liege sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: allotype female. 13. Artines bamba sp. nov., A–B: holotype male, C–D: tentative female, Moyobamba, San Martin, Peru (OM 79.413). Scale bar = 1cm.

FIGURES 27–29. Male genitalia of the “aepitus group” species. 27. Artines aepitus, Jusepín, Monagas, Venezuela (OM 29.417). 28. Artines panama sp. nov., holotype. 29. Artines solange sp. nov., holotype. A) lateral view of tegumen, saccus, uncus and gnathos. B) ventral view of saccus. C) dorsal view of tegumen, uncus and gnathos. D) ventral view of tegumen, uncus and gnathos. E) interior view of right valva. F) dorsal view of right valva. G) dorsal view of aedeagus and vesica. H) left lateral view of aedeagus. I) ventral view of aedeagus. J) right lateral view of aedeagus. K) dorsal view of fultura inferior. L) lateral view of fultura inferior. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 30–32. Male genitalia of the “aepitus group” species. 30. Artines delfos sp. nov., holotype. 31. Artines maya, holotype. 32. Artines litoralis sp. nov., paratype, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil (DZ 41.215). For reference of the letters see legend of the figure 27. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 33–35. Male genitalia of the “aepitus group” species. 33. Artines rica, Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica (DZ 4.061). 34. Artines liege sp. nov., holotype. 35. Artines bamba sp. nov., paratype, Pakitza, Parque Nacional del Manu, Madre de Díos, Peru (DZ 9.728). For reference of the letters see legend of the figure 27. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 42–48. Dorsal view of vesica and cornutus of the "aepitus group" species. 42. Artines aepitus. 43. Artines panama sp. nov.. 44. Artines delfos sp. nov.. 45. Artines litoralis sp. nov.. 46. Artines rica. 47. Artines liege sp. nov. 48. Artines bamba sp. nov. Scale bar = 0,2 mm.

FIGURES 54–60. Female genitalia of the “aepitus group” species. 54. Artines aepitus, Jusepín, Monagas, Venezuela (OM 30. 125). 55. Artines panama sp. nov., allotype. 56. Artines solange sp. nov. (tentative female), Sumaúma, Maranhão, Brazil (DZ 41.800). 57. Artines litoralis sp. nov., paratype, Linhares, Espírito Santo, Brazil (DZ 41.820). 58. Artines rica, Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica (DZ 41.840). 59. Artines liege sp. nov., paratype, Parque do Gama, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil (DZ 41.830). 60. Artines bamba sp. nov. (tentative female), Moyobamba, San Martin, Peru (OM 81.229). A) lateral view of tergum VIII, sterigma and papilla analis; B) ventral view of esterigma. Scale bar = 1 mm.