Telemiades xantho Hayward, 1939

Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Telemiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae), with descriptions of fourteen new species, Zootaxa 4721 (1), pp. 1-111 : 23

Telemiades xantho Hayward, 1939 , stat. rev.

( Figs 26–29 , 149 , 185 , 207 )

Telemiades xantho Hayward, 1939 . An. Soc. cient. arg. 126: 430, fig. 1 (male gen.); male holotype, Misiones, Argentina; Hayward collection.—Hayward, 1941. Rev. Mus. La Plata, n. s., Zool. 2: 250.— Hayward, 1948. Gen. Sp. Anim. Arg. 1, p. 134, 137, pls 5, fig. 12 (male gen.), 20, fig. 9 (d).—Hayward, 1964. Acta zool. Lill. 19: 330.

Telemiades avitus [misidentification]; Hayward, 1973. Op. Lill. 23: 37; syn.: lurideolus, lamus, xantho .— Canals, 2003. Marip. Misiones, p. 457.—Francini et al., 2011. Revta bras. Ent. 55 (1): 67.

(no genus) xantho ; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 288.

Type material. Telemiades xantho Hayward, 1939 was described based on the male holotype from Misiones, Argentina. The male holotype is deposited at the IML with the following labels: / Misiones Hayward./ HOLOTIPO/ TIPUS/ Telemiades xantho Hayw. Holotipo ♂./ No. 95 K. J. Hayward det./ Prep 375./.

Diagnosis. FW length: males 16–18 mm (n=26) and females 18–21 mm. Telemiades xantho is distinguished from the remaining species of “ amphion group” by the following characters: tegumen with apophysis slightly dorsally curved; harpe with a developed spine–like projection; lamela antevaginalis with lateral expansion broader than in Telemiades austini sp. nov.. Additionally, T. xantho has its distribution in Atlantic Forest areas. Besides the sympatric distribution, the females from T. xantho are similar with females from T. atlantiope sp. nov. but it could be distinguished by the broader apical hyaline spots in FW and by the dark spot in CuA 2 –2A in VFW.

Variation. Somes specimens varies on the ground color.

Distribution. Telemiades xantho occurs in Atlantic forest and southern Amazonia forest areas, with records in the brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná and Santa Catarina, and in Misiones, Argentina.

Taxonomic discussion. Hayward (1939) described Telemiades xantho and Evans (1953) considered it as a synonym of T. avitus . Despite the phenotypic similarity between the two species, the analysis of the holotype of T. xantho and the illustration of the male genitalia ( Hayward 1939: 430, fig. 1), together with other morphological characters (see diagnosis), are sufficient to revalidate T. xantho .

Examined material. No data: 1 male, 59/871 (MNRJ); 1 male, ex–coll. J. Arp, 58/355 (MNRJ).

BRAZIL: Mato Grosso— Brasnorte, Fazenda Paraná, 400 m, 5–20–VII–1990, 3 males, C. Mielke & Miers leg., OM 26.390 *, OM 26.396 , OM 26.402 ( DZUP–OM). Bahia— Ilhéus, 22–IX–1928, 1 female, 34.909 ( MNRJ). Minas Gerais— no specific locality, 1 male, Harrod leg., ex–coll. Thieme ( ZMHU); Conceição dos Ouros, IV– 2017, 1 male and 2 females, Pereira leg., OM 83.500 , OM 83.470 , OM 83.560 ( DZUP–OM). Espírito Santo— Baixo Guandú, X–1920, 1 male, ex–coll. J. Arp, 58/356 ( MNRJ). Rio de Janeiro— no specific locality, 1 male, ex coll. Druce, ex coll. Kaden, NHMUK 010242363 ( NHMUK); Magé, 25 m, 3–VIII–1968, 1 male, Ebert leg., ex–coll. Ebert, DZ 26.212 ( DZUP); Rio de Janeiro, Gávea, III–1959, 2 males, DZ 9721, DZ 10.372 ( DZUP). Paraná— Alexandra, 27–IV–1968, 1 male, Mielke leg., DZ 26.208* ( DZUP); 17–IV–1969, 1 male, Mielke leg., DZ 26.218 ( DZUP); Antonina, Cacatu , 10–20 m, 25–IV–1973, 2 males, Mielke leg., DZ 26.214, DZ 26.217* ( DZUP); 9–IV– 1982, 1 male, Mielke leg., DZ 26.204 ( DZUP); 20–III–1987, 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 14.074 * ( DZUP–OM); 25–IV–1987, 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 14.209 ( DZUP–OM); 18–IV–1998, 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 48.711 ( DZUP–OM); 21–IV–1998, 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 49.313 * ( DZUP–OM); 6–IV–2001, 1 male, Mielke leg., OM 53.312 ( DZUP–OM); Cedro, 18–IV–2013, 1 male and 1 female, Mielke, Siewert & Zacca leg., DZ 36.155, DZ 36.154 ( DZUP); Rio Pequeno , 26–IV–2009, 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 60.887 ( DZUP–OM); Guaraqueçaba, Tagaçaba, 17–IV–1971, 2 males, Moure & Mielke leg., DZ 26.207, DZ 26.209 ( DZUP); Guaratuba, Limeira, 15–IV–2000, 1 male e 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 51.782 , OM 51.789 ( DZUP–OM); Morretes, 10 m, 5–IV–2001, 2 males, Mielke leg., OM 52.934 , OM 52.927 ( DZUP–OM); Engenheiro Lange, 30 m, 2–IV–2003, 1 male and 1 female, Mielke & Casagrande leg., OM 60.323 , OM 60.278 ( DZUP–OM); Morro Alto, 300–400 m, 14–IV–2000, 1 female, Mielke leg., OM 51.742 ( DZUP–OM); 31–III–2001, 2 males e 3 females, Mielke leg., OM 52.926 *, OM 52.961 , OM 53.373 , OM 53.367 , OM 52.954 ( DZUP–OM). Santa Catarina— no specific locality, 1 male ( ZMHU). Joinville, 1 male and 1 female, Schmidt leg., 18/845, 18/839 ( MNRJ); I–1939, 2 males, B. Pohl leg. ( MZUSP); IX– 1940, 1 male, B. Pohl leg. ( MZUSP); 10–200 m, 6–VI–1971, 1 male, Miers leg., DZ 26.213 ( DZUP); 10–III–1974, 1 male, Mielke & Miers leg., DZ 26. 217 ( DZUP); 2–X–1982, 1 male, Miers leg., DZ 26.210 ( DZUP); 16–IV–1988, 1 male, Mielke leg., DZ 17.294 ( DZUP); São Bento do Sul , Rio Natal , 500m, 16–IV–1987, 1 male, Rank leg., OM 15.331 ( DZUP–OM); 14–IV–1992, 1 male, Rank leg., OM 32.568 ( DZUP–OM); 5–V–2014, 1 female, Rank leg., DZ 36.156 ( DZUP); Rio Vermelho , 850 m, 1–VII–1993, 1 female, Rank leg., DZ 26.206 ( DZUP) .

Figures

FIGURE 207. Geographical distribution of Telemiades from the “avitus group”.

FIGURES 24–33. Species of Telemiades from the ‘avitus group’, dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views. 24–25. Telemiades avitus (Stoll, 1781), neotype male from Óbidos, Pará, Brazil (DZ 26.211—DZUP). 26–29. Telemiades xantho Hayward, 1939, stat. rev. 26–27. Male from Guaratuba, Paraná, Brazil (OM 51.782—OM). 28–29. Female from Morretes, Paraná, Brazil (OM 53.367—OM). 30–33. Telemiades austini Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. 30–31. Holotype male from Puerto Viejo, Sarapiqui, Costa Rica (OM 40.251—DZUP). 32–33. Allotype female from Cocoli, Panama (DZ 26.097—DZUP).

FIGURES 148–150. Male genitalia of Telemiades from the “avitus group”. 148. Telemiades avitus (Stoll, 1781) (OM 39.036— OM). 149. Telemiades xantho Hayward, 1939, stat. rev. (DZ 26.217—DZUP). 150. Telemiades austini Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. (OM 37.633—OM).

FIGURES 185–186. Female genitalia of Telemiades from the “avitus group”. 185. Telemiades xantho Hayward, 1939, stat. rev. (OM 53.373—OM). 186. Telemiades austini Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. (DZ 26.097—DZUP).