Cibyra monique, Mielke & Grehan & Koike, 2025

Mielke, Carlos G. C., Grehan, John R. & Koike, Ricardo M., 2025, Review of the genus Cibyra Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea: Hepialidae) with descriptions of twenty-four new species from Brazil and Argentina, Zootaxa 5709 (1), pp. 1-74 : 24-25

Cibyra monique sp. nov.

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Pl. 4: Fig. 7 , Pl. 11: Fig. 1 , Pl. 15: Fig. 7 , Pl. 20: Fig. 3

Type material. Holotype ♂ ( Pl. 4: Fig. 7 ): / BRASIL —MG [ Minas Gerais], Espera Feliz, Pedra Menina ( ES), Casa Queimada , 2.180 m. 23.I.2017, 20°27'45.72"S, 41°48'24.59"W, C. Mielke & E. Joerke leg. / BC-CGCM/ 32.870 Col. C. Mielke / DZ 15.615 / HOLOTYPUS, Cibyra monique C. Mielke, Grehan & Koike, 2024 / ( DZUP) .

Paratypes (in total 6 ♂): Brazil. Minas Gerais. Alto Caparaó, Tronqueira, 1800 m: 8–12.I.1994 ( CGCM 48.895 , 49.198 , 51.520 , 51.404 , 51.677 , 51.777 ; CGCM) .

Diagnosis. This species is similar to the two previous, but the genital apparatus is 1.4× larger and the posterior portion of the saccus is clearly more protruded (Pl. 15: Fig. 7 ; see arrow) when compared with C. claudia sp. nov. (Pl. 15: Fig. 5 ) and C. mirna sp. nov. (Pl. 15: Fig. 6 ). In addition, the tergal lobe is not differentiated and the pseudotegumen is not reinforced anteriorly as in C. claudia sp. nov.

Description. Male ( Pl. 4: Fig. 7 ). Forewing length: 18 mm, wingspan: 37 mm. Epiphysis absent.

Male genitalia (Pl. 15: Fig. 7 , Pl. 20: Fig. 3 ). Tergal lobes flattened. Saccus with posterior edge straight mesally projected. Tegumen slightly S-shaped. Fultura inferior bilobed dorsally, trapezoidal.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Known from the Serra do Caparaó in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, at altitudes between about 1800 and 2200 m (Pl. 26: Fig. 1 ).

Etymology. Homonym in honour of Monique O. Koike, feminine. It is treated as a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Remarks. This species is known to be on the wing in January and from two localities in the Serra do Caparaó, an isolated mountain complex in eastern Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. Allopatric to all members of this species-group.

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PLATE 1. FIGURES 1−12. Cibyra spp. of ferruginosa species-group. Adults (dorsal): 1 (CGCM 33.377), 2 (CGCM 35.939), 3 (type no. 18604), 4 (CGCM 10.168), 5 (CGCM 27.547), 6 (CGCM 26.691), 7 (CGCM 23.321), 8 (CGCM 30.335), 9 (CGCM 30.343), 10 (CGCM 23.937), 11 (CGCM 42.000), 12 (CGCM 29.967). Depositories of the specimens: 1–2, 4–12 in CGCM; 3 in USNM.