Astraptes centralis Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 14-15

Astraptes centralis Grishin , new species

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( Fig. 1 part, 25–26, 237–238)

Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic trees reveal that Central American specimens identified as Astraptes aulus ( Plötz, 1881) (type locality in Brazil, a syntype sequenced as NVG-21114H07) show prominent genetic differentiation from it ( Fig. 1): e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 5% (33 bp), and therefore represent a new species. This new species keys to “ Astraptes fulviluna ” (C.14.14) in Evans (1952), which is currently a junior subjective synonym of A. aulus and differs from it by a straighter dorsoposterior margin of harpe ( Fig. 238), less extensive green area on the dorsal forewing ( Fig. 25) and not pupillated pale spot by inner margin on the ventral hindwing ( Fig. 26). 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: aly 1341.9.2:G264C, aly1019.14.10:G1446A, aly 1497.4.1:T63C, aly887.6.4:C66G, aly594.10.7:G171A, and COI barcode: T35T, T169C, A217G, T292C, T508C.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-14105A07, GenBank OR837632, 658 base pairs: AACTCTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGATTAGTTGGAACTTCTTTAAGTCTTCTTATTCGAACTGAATTAGGAACACCAGGATCTTTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTACAGCTCATGCATTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCCATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATT GACTAGTACCATTAATATTAGGGGCCCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTCTGATTATTACCCCCCTCTTTAACTCTCTTAAT CTCAAGAAGTATCGTAGAAAATGGTGCTGGTACTGGTTGAACTGTCTATCCCCCACTTTCATCTAATATTGCCCACCAAGGAACTTCTGTTGATTTA GCAATTTTCTCCCTTCATCTTGCTGGAATTTCCTCCATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACTATTATTAATATACGAATCAATAATTTATCAT TTGATCAAATACCATTATTTATCTGAGCAGTAGGAATTACTGCATTATTATTATTACTTTCTTTACCCGTACTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTACT AACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCATTTTTTGATCCTGCAGGTGGTGGGGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History , Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 25–26, bears the following three rectangular labels, two white: [ PANAMÁ: Canal Zone | Gamboa | X.18.78 | Gordon B. Small], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-14105A07 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Astraptes | centralis Grishin ] . Paratypes: 2♂♂ and 1♀ in USNM: 1♂ NVG-14105A06 the type locality, with the same data, additionally “Pipeline Road, NW of Gamboa 9° 07′N, 79° 41′W ” ; and Costa Rica, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Guanacaste Prov., Sector Mundo Nuevo, Estacion La Perla , 325 m, GPS 10.76737, −85.43313: 1♂ NVG-17106D09 06-SRNP-60359 eclosed on 10-Jan-2007 and 1♀ NVG-17106D08 11-SRNP-56351 eclosed on 29-Aug-2011 .

Type locality. Panama: Colón Province, Gamboa.

Etymology. The name is for the range of this species in Central America and is a masculine adjective.

Distribution. Costa Rica and Panama.