Wahydra mapiriensis Casagrande, Henao, Carneiro & Mielke

Henao, Efrain R., Carneiro, Eduardo, Mielke, Olaf H. H. & Casagrade, Mirna M., 2015, Taxonomic notes on Wahydra Steinhauser (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Anthoptini) with description of four new species, Zootaxa 4040 (1), pp. 59-73 : 70

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.1.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:703E3F2B-69F7-4781-ACDE-51C6291544BF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6110626

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4A5E87B9-FFBA-9A1E-FF19-B6CF6C27B3DA

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Plazi

scientific name

Wahydra mapiriensis Casagrande, Henao, Carneiro & Mielke
status

sp. nov.

Wahydra mapiriensis Casagrande, Henao, Carneiro & Mielke sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. Male: Forewing length 12mm. Nudum 13. DFW brand thin; subapical spot orange in R5-M1. VFW costal area, apical spot and marginal band homogeneous orange. VHW dark orange with faint dark brown central band. Median apophyses of tegumen developed, large, straight; lateral projections pointed. Harpe large, sharply angled.

Description. Male: DFW orange spots in R4-M1, M2-CuA2 and posterior half of CuA2 area to anal margin; compact dark orange scales present on costal, central and anal areas close to base. Brand thin, black, bipartite, anterior part elongated, emarginated with CuA1 and slightly angled towards CuA2, posterior part shorter and thinner, comma-shaped, emarginated anteriorly with CuA2. DHW orange spot large, from Rs to CuA2; bristles elongated and dark orange, mainly concentrated in discal cell and anal areas. VFW ground color dark brown; costal area and apical spots dark orange; faint orange spots in R5-M1, and developed in M3 to CuA2. VHW ground color dark orange, with a central dark, poorly marked reddish band from base to margin. Genitalia: median apophyses of tegumen as long as fenestra, larger than half of fenestra; fenestra semicircular, longer than wide; lateral apophyses of tegumen symmetrically pointed. Saccus shorter than tegumen's lenght, lobed. Uncus symmetric; arms separated from each other by a short distance. Valvae symmetric; harpe’s projection large, apex truncated with reduced spines on tip; sacculus short, triangular. Aedeagus shorter than valva + saccus length; coecum dorsally straight; dorsoposterior end of aedeagus hollowed, hollow long, extending anteriorly and contiguous with the opening of ejaculatorius bulbus; ventro-posterior end of aedeagus with right large and left thin sclerotized foldings. Fultura inferior as lateral fusiform lobes united medially by a thin bar. Female unknown.

Studied material: HOLOTYPE male with the following labels: / Holotypus / Mapiri, La Paz, Bolivia / DZ 12.077 / Holotypus Wahydra mapiriensis Casagrande, Henao, Carneiro & Mielke det. 2014/ ( DZUP).

Etymology. The name comes from the city where the holotype was collected.

DZUP

Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Wahydra

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