Daedalma dinias salmoni Pyrcz, 2011

Pyrcz, Tomasz W., Greeney, Harold F., Willmott, Keith R. & Wojtusiak, Janusz, 2011, 2898, Zootaxa 2898, pp. 1-68 : 10-11

Daedalma dinias salmoni Pyrcz , n. ssp.

( Figs. 1E, 1F, 8B, 13B, 20A, 20B, 20E, 20G, 21B)

[ Daedalma dinias ; Weymer, pl. 50, row f, no. 3, verso]

[ Daedalma dinias ; Adams, 1986: 252–253, partim]

[ Daedalma dinias ; Vargas & Salazar, 2004: 259, fig. 4.]

Material examined: COLOMBIA: HOLOTYPE male: Antioquia, Medellín, above Envigado , 2600 m, 19.IX.2004, G. Rodríguez leg., red, rectangular label saying : Holotype, MZUJ (to be deposited in MHN-UNC) ; PARATYPES (36 males and 3 females): 1 male: same data as the holotype, TWP (prep. genit. 02/ 15.04.2004, T. Pyrcz) ; 1 male: Antioquia, Medellín, above Envigado , 2600 m, 20.XI.2002, G. Rodríguez leg., TWP ; 1 male: same data but 09.XI.2002, TWP ; 3 males: same data but 31.III.2002, TWP ; 1 female: Antioquia, El Retiro, VII.2000, G. Rodríguez leg., GRM ; 3 males: Antioquia, Envigado , 2400 m, XII.2000, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 1 male: Antioquia, Santa Rosa , 2700 m, VIII.2000, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 3 males: Antioquia, near Envigado (6°10’N 75°37’W), 08.XII.2000, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 2 males: Antioquia, Alto de las Palmas , 2600 m, 27.I.2002, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 1 male: Antioquia, Envigado , 2700 m, 20.VIII.2001, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 1 male: Antioquia, Belmira , 2650–3200 m, 16.IX.2001, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 1 male♂: Antioquia, Belmira , 2600– 2800 m, 09.I.2002, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 1 male: Antioquia, El Retiro, 23.VI.2001, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 1 female: Antioquia, Envigado , 2400 m, XII.2000, G. Rodríguez leg., MBLI ; 8 males: Antioquia, Loma Escobero, vía al Retiro , 2500–2900 m, 4.VIII.2007, P. Boyer leg., 06.IX.2001, PBF ; Additional material: 1 female: Caldas, Manizales-Bocatoma , 2300 m, 24.VII.1982, J. Vélez leg., MHNC ; 1 male: Caldas, Termales del Ruíz vers Manizales , vieille route km 4 à 6, 3000–3200 m, 7.VIII.2008, P. Boyer leg., PBF ; 1 male: Caldas, Manizales-Bocatoma , 2400 m, VIII.1983, J. Vélez leg., MHNC ; 1 male: same data but 28.I.1983, MHNC ; 1 male: Cauca (valley), Distrito de Pereira , Roman M. Valencia, 1886, ex. Oberthür coll., 1927-3, BMNH ; 1 male: Central Cordillera West (slopes), Cucarronera , 2700 m, 19.VIII.1916, E. Krüger leg., MIIZ ; 2 males: Caldas, Municipio de Manizales, Bocatoma , 2400 m, IX.1982, J. H. Vélez leg., USNM ; 1 male: same data but II.1982, USNM ; 1 male: Antioquia, Frontino, T. K. Salmon, Godman-Salvin coll., 1904-1, BMNH ; 1 male: Farallones de Citará, Bolívar , Antioquia, 23– 24.II.2006, 3100–3200 m, G. Rodríguez leg, GRM .

Description: MALE ( Fig. 1E): Head, thorax and abdomen: not differing from nominate subspecies. Wings: FW length: 26–27mm, mean: 26.9mm, n=6. FWD ground colour blackish-brown; oblique patch medium orange with a very light reddish shade, slightly lighter than nominate subspecies, larger and more elongate, reaching costal vein, covering distal 1/3 of discal cell and extending beyond vein Cu2. HWD uniform blackish brown. FWV median patch orange, lighter than on dorsal surface, but similar in shape. HWV not differing noticeably from nominate subspecies. Genitalia ( Fig. 8B): Tegumen stouter than in nominate, uncus slightly longer than in other subspecies; saccus very long, longer than in nominate and emma n. ssp., about same length or just just a fraction shorter than in leticia; valvae with an apical hook pointing upwards, slightly shorter than in nominate and leticia; aedeagus longer than in emma and leticia; otherwise similar to other subspecies.

FEMALE ( Fig. 1F): Slightly larger than male (FW length: 29 mm, n=2); compared to nominate subspecies orange FWD oblique patch is slightly wider, particularly along costa, and marginally longer, entering cell Cu2-1A; subapical whitish dots are smaller; HWV colour pattern is darker, whitish patches of nominate are replaced by sandy yellow. Genitalia ( Fig. 13B): Subspecies D. dinias salmoni differs from emma and from nominate by much wider and larger V-shaped batten on lamella postvaginalis that extends and bends posteriorly, tightly covering entrance to anterior part of sinus vaginalis. Corpus bursae much smaller than in emma, about same length as in nominate subspecies.

Etymology: This subspecies is dedicated to Thomas Knight Salmon, the collector of the first known specimen of this taxon in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Salmon (1841–1879) was an English railway engineer, who abandoned his profession and dedicated his life to natural history by opening a business in Guildford. He emigrated to Medellín, Colombia, where he worked for the government of Antioquia. In his time off, he continued collecting mammals, birds and insects to send to his agent in England, Edward Gerrard Jr., who was selling them principally to Godman and Salvin. Salmon died prematurely in Guildford at the age of 38.

Remarks: This subspecies occurs in the Colombian Central Cordillera, in both the central (Caldas, Tolima) and northern part of the range (Antioquia). Daedalma dinias salmoni is a relatively common species in mid-elevation forests around Medellín, occurring generally at 2400–2800 m. Males come to baited traps and occasionally "hilltop" in the company of Junea and Catasticta (Pieridae) . Females seem loath to fly, but are most commonly observed as they fly along forest trails.