Eutychide ochoides Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 70

Eutychide ochoides Grishin , new species

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( Fig. 7 part, 169–170, 399–401)

Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic trees reveal that specimens from Ecuador and Peru identified as Eutychide ochus Godman, 1900 (type locality in Mexico: Veracruz) show prominent genetic differentiation from it ( Fig. 7): e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 7.3% (48 bp), and therefore represent a new species. This new species keys to “ Eutychide subcordata ochus ” (J.50.3(a)) in Evans (1955) but differs from it by more contrasty hindwing with submarginal area paler than discal area and typically larger subapical forewing spots of about equal size. Due to the cryptic nature of this species, most reliable identification is achieved by DNA and a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly5.7.1:T1986A, aly5.7.1:A2066G, aly1249.21.19:T39C, aly 1036.5.4:C96T, aly851.2.8:C43T, and COI barcode: T92C, 157C, T287C, 346A, T436C, T568A.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-19023E06, GenBank OR837699, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGATTATTAATTCGAACAGAATTAGGAAATCCTGGTTCACTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTAACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTCATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATT GATTAGTACCTTTAATATTAGGAGCACCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAACAATATAAGATTTTGAATATTACCCCCTTCATTAATATTACTAAT TTCTAGAAGAATTGTTGAAAATGGTGCAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTACCCCCCACTTTCATCTAATATTGCTCACCAAGGTTCTTCAGTTGATCTA GCAATTTTCTCCCTACACTTAGCAGGAATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCCATTAACTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAGAAATTTATCAT TTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTATGATCTGTAGGTATTACAGCCCTATTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGTGCAATTACAATACTTTT AACCGACCGAAATTTAAATACTTCTTTTTTTGATCCAGCTGGAGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATACCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ currently deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 169–170, bears the following four rectangular labels, three white: [ PERU: Cuzco:Cosñipata Valley | San Pedro vicinity 1,373m. | 13°03′30″S, 71°32′64″W | 11 August 2009 Brian Harris], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-19023E06 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01532848], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Eutychide | ochoides Grishin ] . Paratype: 1♂ NVG-18091D11 Ecuador: Morona-Santiago, Mendez, 800 m, GPS −2.42, − 78.20, 9-Nov-2012, J.-C. Petit leg., [EBrockmann].

Type locality. Peru: Cuzco, Cosñipata Valley, near San Pedro, elevation 1373 m, GPS −13.0583, −71.5483.

Etymology. The name reflects a similarity to E. ochus . It is longer to signify a more southern distribution. The name is an adjective.

Distribution. Ecuador and Peru.