Curvie chiapensis Grishin, new species

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Definition and diagnosis. This new species from Chiapas, Mexico, is sister to all other species of Curvie Grishin, 2019 (type species Symmachia emesia Hewitson, 1867) and is more strongly differentiated genetically from them (Fig. 11 magenta vs. others), e.g., COI barcodes differ between the new species and a specimen of Curvie yucatanensis (Godman & Salvin, 1886), stat. rest. (type locality in Mexico, Yucatán) from Chiapas by 6.4% (42 bp). The new species differs from its relatives by more angular wings with a more strongly hooked forewing apex; only two, not three, pale spots by the forewing costa in males, which also have a rustier, redder, and darker ventral side of the wings with a less defined dark pattern; a darker, grayer, less saturated color of the dorsal side of the wings in females, which in addition have a wider pale patch by the forewing costa, more weakly separated into three spots; and a more contrasting paler (rusty) apical spot on the forewing. Due to unexplored individual variation, most reliable identification is achieved by DNA, and a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: cne10339.2.10:A99T, cne10339.2.10:A114C, cne3135.7.1:T1353C, cne3135.7.1:G1362A, cne 2156.9.4:A84T; and COI barcode: T103C, A202G, T238C, T487C, T574A.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-23116C07, GenBank PV549982, 658 base pairs: AACATTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCAGGAATAGTAGGAACATCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGAATAGAATTAGGAACTTCAGGTTCTTTAATTGGAGACGATCAAATTTATAATACT ATTGTAACAGCCCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTCGGAAATTGATTAGTGCCATTAATATTAGGGGCCCCAGATATAGCTTTCCCCCGAA TAAATAACATAAGATTTTGACTTTTACCTCCTTCTTTATTTTTATTAATTTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACAGGATGAACAGTGTACCCCCCACTTTCTTCTAATATCGC TCATGGAGGATCATCAGTTGATTTAGCTATTTTTTCCTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACCACTATTATTAATATACGTATTAATAATTTATCT TTCGATCAAATACCTTTATTTATTTGATCAGTAGGTATTACCGCTCTTTTACTTTTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCGGGTGCTATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATCTTAATACAT CATTTTTTGATCCTGCAGGAGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ currently deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA (USNM), illustrated in Fig. 15a, bears the following four printed (text in italics handwritten) rectangular labels, three white: [T. Escalante | Las Delicias | Chis-VII- 69], [A. C. Allyn | Acc. 1973–48], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-23116C07 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Curvie chiapensis | Grishin]. Paratype: 1♀ NVG-23116C08 Mexico, Chiapas, Santa Rosa Comitán, Apr-1959, T. Escalante leg. [USNM] (Fig. 15b) .

Type locality. Mexico: Chiapas, Las Delicias .

Etymology. The name is given for the type locality and is an adjective.

Distribution. Currently known only from Chiapas in Mexico.