Review of some species groups of the genus Oospila Warren, with descriptions of nine new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae)
Lindt, Aare
Hausmann, Axel
Viidalepp, Jaan
Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-09
4497
2
151
194
Lindt & Hausmann & Viidalepp, 2018
Lindt & Hausmann & Viidalepp
2018
[151,507,1810,1836]
Insecta
Geometridae
Oospila
GBIF
Animalia
Lepidoptera
13
164
Arthropoda
subSpecies
similiplaga
subsp. nov.
bolarpata
Holotype: ♂, Bolivia, Caranavi, 1200 m, 5.11.2010, 15°43'19"S, 67°29'07"W(slide 265), TAMZ0175906. Paratypes: 2♂, Bolivia, Caranavi, 1200 m, 5.11.2010, 15°43'19"S, 67°29'07"W; 1♂, Bolivia, Caranavi, 900 m, 29.10.2010, 15°49'46"S, 67°32'23W (slide 323) ( A. Lint); 1♂, Bolivia, Buena Vista, 350 m, 10.10.2010, 17°32’54“S, 63°44’55“W; 1♂, Bolivia, Inicua, 555 m, 31.10.2010, 15°37'062"S, 67°11'52"W( A. Lindt). 1♂, Bolivia, Chapare region, upper Chipiriririver, 400m, 0 4.11.1953( W. Forster, ZSM). The holotype will be deposited in the collection of EMNH (Tallinn), paratypes in coll. A. Lindt and ZSM.
Diagnosis.The isolated blackish blotches to fore wing tornus and hind wing apex are characteristic but occur also (in limited numbers) as individual form in the nominotypical subspecies. All other species of the O. arpatacomplex have red-brown marginal bands on wings. The last sternite of male abdomen of O. similiplaga bolarpatais sclerotized, as long as broad, with a sharp V-shaped posterior incision. The nominotypical subspecies has similar male sternite A8 but a long, straight, stick-shaped harpe whilst being shorter and slightly upcurved apically in O. s. bolarpata.
Description.Wingspan, 17–18 mm(Fig.14). The frons and the palpi are light brown with a reddish tint, the interantennal fillet is light green, the vertex green. The male antennae are bipectinate with the longest, external and inner rami on the fifth segment reaching 0.6 mmand 0.4 mmin length. The thorax is dark green dorsally, the dorsum of the abdomen is mottled green and whitish. The crests are blackish brown. The male hind tibiae are hairy. The ground colour of wings is yellowish green, mottled dark green and striated thin brown. The fore wing bears a small triangular blackish marginal blotch at the veins M1–M2 and a bold blackish one from the vein CuA2 to the tornus, edged yellowish. The hind wing has a bold blackish apical blotch reaching the vein M2, and a tiny tornal blotch. The marginal line is dark grey, disrupted, the fringe are greenish, chequered grey to the vein ends. The discal spots are dark on both wings. The Buena Vista specimen differs in the colour of the blotches, darker green and irrorated brown-grey, with a brown-grey perimeter, and in light brownish fringe. Male genitalia (Fig. 50): The uncus is reduced and the socii are relatively small. The sacculus is fused to the valvula. The harpe is comparatively short, stouter towards its base and slightly sinuate, the emargination of the ventral edge of the valva is weakly sclerotized and smoother than in O. s. similiplaga. The aedeagus is provided with a short dorsal spine. The posterior edge of sternite A8 is strongly sclerotized, incised V–shaped, with a notch over 1/3 length of sternite (Fig. 50). Female genitalia unknown. Genetic data. Subspecies not yet DNA barcoded.
Distribution. Bolivia.
Biology.The material was collected in low mountain tropical forests, from 350 to 1200 mabove sea level, in October and November.
Remarks.Admittedly, the unclear typelocality of similiplagacould also refer to the Bolivian populations (as possibly indicated by the male genitalia, see above) and make it necessary to synonymize this newly introduced name. Considering the abundance of the species in the Peruvian Andes we suspect, however, that similiplagawas described from the Peruvian Andes (see above).
1915261747
[151,1433,1917,1942]
2010-05-11
TAMZ
Bolivia
1200
-15.721944
Caranavi
21
-67.485275
13
164
TAMZ0175906
1
1
holotype
1915261756
[151,1073,1953,1978]
2010-05-11
Bolivia
1200
-15.721944
Caranavi
21
-67.485275
13
164
2
2
paratype
1915261766
2010-10-29
A. Lint
Bolivia
900
-15.829444
Caranavi
13
164
1
1
paratype
1915261781
2010-10-10
Bolivia
350
14
165
-17.548332
Buena Vista
21
-63.74861
13
164
1
1
paratype
1915261769
[464,1379,151,176]
2010-10-31
A. Lindt
Bolivia
555
Inicua
-67.19778
14
165
1
1
paratype
1915261749
1953-04-11
ZSM
W. Forster
Bolivia
400
Chapare region
upper Chipiriri
14
165
1
1
paratype