Euriphellus panamicus Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 9-10

Euriphellus panamicus Grishin , new species

https://zoobank.org/ F9D83659-187D-4AC5-8EAC-D1B5A599D972

( Fig. 1 part, 13–14, 225–226)

Definition and diagnosis. Sister to previous species and differs from it by 1.8% (12 bp) in COI barcode. The previous species is either sympatric with this new species in Panama or comes close to it in distribution. Keys to “ Dyscophellus phraxanor phraxanor ” (D.4.2(b)) in Evans (1952) but differs from it and other relatives by a combination of more convex and wider tegumen in lateral view, terminally rounded and wider basal tooth of harpe ( Fig. 226), ventral margin of harpe being even less shouldered than in E. panador new species ( Fig. 224), well-defined hindwing discal spots, not hyaline (could be pale-centered), spot in cell M 2 -M 3 nearly within the row, comparatively (to the ventral hindwing discal yellow spots) smaller forewing subapical spots, and stronger orange overscaling in the anterior part of ventral forewing ( Fig. 13–14). Due to the cryptic nature of this species, most reliable identification is achieved by DNA and a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly671.39.2:T432C, aly887.9.1:G232A, aly102.20.9:G45T, aly272.9.2:G61A, aly272.9.2:G79A, aly 2578.3.9:G222G (not T), aly 2578.3.9:A230A (not G), aly2275.23.9:A72A (not G), aly4036.9.5:G321G (not A), aly27.16.1:T1497T (not C), and COI barcode: T118C, A181A, A202G, T376G, A625G.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-17104C10, GenBank OR837626, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATGTTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGTTTACTAATTCGAACTGAATTAGGAACTCCAGGATCTTTAATT GGAAATGATCAAATTTATAACACTATTGTTACAGCCCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATGCCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTCGGAAACT GATTAGTGCCATTAATATTAGGAGCCCCAGATATAGCTTTTCCACGAATAAACAATATAAGATTTTGATTACTTCCCCCTTCTTTAATATTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATCGTTGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACAGGATGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTGCTAATATTGCTCATCAAGGATCGTCAGTTGATTTA GCAATTTTTTCTCTTCACTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACGATTATTAATATACGAATTAGAAACTTATCTT TCGATCAAATACCATTATTTGTTTGAGCTGTAGGAATTACAGCTTTATTATTACTTCTCTCTTTACCTGTACTAGCAGGTGCAATTACTATATTATT AACAGACCGAAATTTTAATACATCTTTTTTTGATCCTTCTGGGGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATACCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History , Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 13–14, bears the following four rectangular labels, three white: [Cerro Jefe 2200’ | Pma., Panama | April 10, 1974 | G B Small], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-17104C10 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 00913859], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Euriphellus | panamicus Grishin ].

Type locality. Panama: Panama Province, Cerro Jefe, elevation 2200′.

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

Distribution. Currently known only from the type locality in central Panama.