Eutus incus Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 53

Eutus incus Grishin , new species

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( Fig. 5 part, 121–122, 353–354)

Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic trees reveal that a specimen from the Cosñipata Valley in Peru that was superficially similar to Eutus amazonicus new species is genetically differentiated from it ( Fig. 5): e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 6.5% (43 bp) and, therefore, represents a new species. This new species is similar to Eutus amazonicus new species and differs from it by having a larger brand at the base of forewing cell CuA 1 -CuA 2, larger hyaline spots, smaller ventral hindwing tornal pale area, and larger (although still small, dot-like) yellowish spots on ventral hindwing. 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: aly85.15.2:A144C, aly349.15.2:A54G, aly1468.20.2:T507C, aly18826.15.1:T129C, aly1432.18.2:A42G, aly1656.16.2:A48A (not C), aly1656.16.2:A63A (not G), aly4456.8.2:C72C (not T), aly425.14.6:C90C (not T), aly517.17.2:C372C (not G), and COI barcode: T10C, A34G, T112C, T223A, T499C.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-19023C07, GenBank OR837679, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATACTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGGATATTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGTACTGAATTAGGAAATCCAGGCTCTTTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATCTATAATACTATTGTTACAGCACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATT GATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGGGCCCCAGACATAGCTTTCCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATACTACCTCCTTCTTTATTTTTATTAAT CTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGTACAGGATGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTCTATCTTCTAATATTGCCCACCAAGGATCCTCTGTTGATTTA GCAATTTTTTCCTTACATTTAGCAGGAATTTCATCCATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAGAAATATATCAT TTGATCAAATACCCTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTAGGTATTACTGCTTTATTATTACTTTTATCTTTGCCCGTATTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATACTTTT AACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGAGGAGGAGATCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ currently deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 121–122, bears the following four rectangular labels, three white: [ PERU: Cuzco: Cosñipata Valley | Quebrada Quitacalzón 1,050m. | 13° 01′ 13″S, 71° 29′ 50″W | 12 August 2009 Brian Harris], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-19023C07 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01532830], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Eutus incus | Grishin].

Type locality. Peru: Cuzco Region, Cosñipata Valley, Quebrada Quitacalzón, elevation 1050 m, GPS −13.020278, −71.497222.

Etymology. The name is for the type locality in Cuzco, the center of the Inca Empire. The name is a noun in apposition.

Distribution. Currently known only from the holotype collected in Cosñipata Valley, Peru.