Cibyra danieli ( Viette, 1961 )

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 : 33-34

Cibyra danieli ( Viette, 1961)

Pl. 6 : Figs 9–10 , Pl. 16: Fig. 6

Aepytus danieli Viette (1961: 2 ; fig. 2 ([ holotype] gen.)); holotype ♂, Argentina, Jujuy, Yala, 1450 m, 20. II. 1955, Juan Foerster leg.; GP P. Viette no. 3789; ZSBS (examined). Holotype ♂ with the following labels: Type/ Holotypus, Aepytus danieli Vtte, Zool. Staatssammlung München / Staatsslg. München, Argentinien, Prov. Jujuy, Yala, 1450 m, 20.II.[19]55, leg. Juan Foerster/ Specimen photog, Checklist Aust Lep [ sic], Film 169/33/ P. E. L. Viette det. 1960, Aepytus danieli n. sp. ♂, Holotype P. Viette/ Genitalia ♂, P. Viette, Prép. no. 3789.

Aepytus (Aepytus) danieli : Nielsen & Robinson (1983: 19).— Robinson & Nielsen (1984: 17).

Cibyra (Aepytus) danieli : Nielsen et al. (2000: 842).

Cibyra danieli : Mielke & Grehan (2012: 136).— Grehan et al. (2023: 75).

Diagnosis. This and the next two species have very similar male genitalia, and differences cannot be identified other than the fultura inferior being longer than wide in C. danieli and C. forsteri , while in C. zischkai it is as long as wide. In the original description, Viette (1961) only refers to the ornamentation of the male FW to separate these species as stated in the key cited above.

Examined material (in total 1 ♂ 1 ♀). Argentina. Jujuy . 1 ♂ ( HT) , 1 ♀ ( PT), same data as HT .

Male ( Pl. 6 : Fig. 10 ). Forewing length: 13.5 mm, wingspan: 29 mm ( Viette 1961).

Male genitalia (Pl. 16: Fig. 6 ). Saccus with concave posterior edge. Tegumen rectangular, slightly curved. Tergal lobes not observed. Pseudotegumen anteriorly wider than posteriorly. Fultura inferior bilobed dorsally, trapezoidal, 1.2× longer than wide. Valvae digitiform. Phallus not observed.

Female ( Pl. 6 : Fig. 9 ). Forewing length: 21 mm, wingspan: 43 mm ( Viette 1961).

Female genitalia. Not dissected.

Distribution. Known from the type locality only (Pl. 28: Fig. 1 ).

Remarks. Cibyra danieli is only known from the type-series, the HT male and the PT female. The inclusion of this and the next two within dorita species-group is in reference to the expansion of the pseudotegumen anteriorly and the cup-shaped fultura inferior that is generally longer than wide, except for C. zischkai .

Figures

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.

PLATE 6. FIGURES 1−12. Cibyra spp. of dorita species-group. Adults (dorsal): 1 (CGCM 25.041), 2 (CGCM 24.038), 3 (CGCM 19.994), 4 (CGCM 44.053), 5 (CGCM 46.675), 6 (CGCM 39.483), 7 (CGCM 42.772), 8 (CGCM 43.070), 9 (3789), 10 (no voucher), 11 (3552), 12 (3788). Depositories of the specimens: 1–8 in CGCM; 9–12 in ZSBS.