Lerema (Morys) ecuadorica Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 64

Lerema (Morys) ecuadorica Grishin , new species

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( Fig. 6 part, 157–158, 384–385)

Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic trees reveal that a specimen from Ecuador identified as Lerema (Morys) micythus (Godman, 1900) (type locality in Mexico: Guerrero and Tabasco, and Costa Rica, illustrated specimen from Tabasco) is not monophyletic with it and shows prominent genetic differentiation from it ( Fig. 6): e.g., their COI barcodes differ by2.3%(15bp) and,therefore,represents a new species.This new species keys to“ Morys compta micythus ” (J.40.2(a)) in Evans (1955) but differs from it and other relatives by wings unspotted on both sides ( Fig. 157–158) and harpe massively expanded posteriad, somewhat ax-shaped, its dorsal tooth longer and narrower, smoothly merged with harpe without separation between them ( Fig. 384–385). 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: aly18312.9.17:A27T, aly18312.9.17:C39T, aly6841.19.2:A449G, aly4778.7.5:A84C, aly37338.27.1:G351A, aly 1042.2.2:C27C (not T), aly 1042.8.5:C138C (not G), aly 1042.8.5:C151C (not T), aly29.8.12:C153C (not A), aly536.180.3:T69T (not C), and COI barcode: A100G, T169C, T304C, C355T, T616C.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-19021F08, GenBank OR837693, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTCGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGAACAGAATTAGGTAATCCAGGATCTTTAATT GGGGATGACCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTACTGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCCATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATT GATTAGTTCCATTAATATTAGGAGCACCTGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCTCCTTCCTTAATATTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATCGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACAGGATGAACTGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTAATATTGCTCATCAAGGAGCTTCAGTTGATTTA GCAATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGTGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGAGTAAGAAATTTATCTT TTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTAGGAATTACTGCATTATTATTACTTTTATCATTACCTGTATTAGCAGGTGCTATTACTATACTTTT AACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGACCCTGCCGGAGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 157–158, bears the following four rectangular labels, three white: [ ECUADOR, Pichincha | Prov.: Tinalandia | 2200′ 18–20 Apr 1990 | coll J. W. Brown], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-19021F08 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01532698], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Lerema (Morys) | ecuadorica Grishin ].

Type locality. Ecuador: Pichincha Province, Tinalandia, elevation 2200 ft.

Etymology. The name is given for the type locality. The name is a feminine adjective.

Distribution. Currently known only from the holotype collected in Pichincha Province, Ecuador.