Callipia jakobi, Brehm, 2018

Brehm, Gunnar, 2018, Revision of the genus Callipia Guenée, 1858 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae), with the description of 15 new taxa, European Journal of Taxonomy 404, pp. 1-54 : 14

Callipia jakobi sp. nov.

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BIN (holotype): BOLD:AAK2186.

Diagnosis

The smallest species of the balteata group, relatively pale and less contrasting patterns of the wings than in the other species. The cornuti of the vesica are much longer than in the other species of the balteata group. COI-barcode: the observed distance to the genetically most similar species ( C. balteata ) is 4.3%.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of my son Jakob Brehm, Jena, Germany.

Type material

Holotype ( Figs 8 , 13 ) BOLIVIA: ♂, [La Paz Department], Route La Paz-Rio Songo [Rio Zongo, ca 16.104° S, 68.065° W], 3300 m, 3 Mar. 1984, G. Lachaume and T. Porion leg. ( ZSM) ( C-0190 with GS-409, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN).

Description

As illustrated. Only a single male is known.

Distribution

Eastern Andes of W Bolivia, 3300 m a.s.l. Distance to the collection site of C. balteata is ca 250 km.

Without assignment to group

Callipia paradisea is known from a few specimens only. Wing patterns and structure of male genitalia not easily fitting into any of the other groups, but vicinaria group is possibly most closely related. Since no molecular data are available either, C. paradisea is provisionally treated separately.

Figures

Figs 3–8. Eight adult moths (a = dorsal view; b = ventral view). 3. Callipia balteata Warren, 1905, ♂, holotype(NHM).4.C.balteataWarren,1905,♂(C-0189,COIdata).5.C.balteataWarren,1905(holotype ofC. confluens Warren, 1907) (NHM).6.C.fiedlerisp.nov.,♂, holotype(C-0074, COIdata).7.C. lamasi sp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0074, COIdata). 8. C. jakobisp. nov., ♂, holotype (C-0190, COI data).

Figs 9–16. Male genitalia (left: valves, right: aedeagus). 9. Callipia balteata Warren, 1905, holotype. 10. C. balteata Warren, 1905 (C-0189, COI data). 11. C.fiedleri sp. nov., holotype (C-0074, COIdata). 12. C.lamasi sp. nov.,holotype(C-0075,COIdata).13. C.jakobi sp.nov.,holotype(C-0190, COIdata) 14.C.paradisea Thierry-Mieg,1904,holotype(C-0194).15.C.paradisea Thierry-Mieg,1904(holotype of C. admirabilisWarren, 1904) (NHM). 16. C.paradisea Thierry-Mieg, 1904.