Tarmia Lindsey, 1925

Medeiros, Adalberto Dantas De, Warren, Andrew D., Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo, Carneiro, Eduardo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the genus Tarmia Lindsey, 1925 stat. rev. (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini: Moncina) with the description of a new species from the Andes, Zootaxa 4674 (2), pp. 215-224 : 216

Tarmia Lindsey, 1925 stat. rev.

Type species. Tarmia monastica Lindsey, 1925 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Tarmia can be distinguished from most genera of Moncina by the VHW with a row of whitish to purple discal spots from Rs to 2A, each one distally limited by conspicuous dark spots. This character is also shared with a few other Moncina species currently placed in Phanes Godman, 1901 , Artines Godman, 1901 , Panca Evans, 1955 and Vidius Evans, 1955 . However, Tarmia can be distinguished from these genera by the male genitalia with the concave ampulla and aedeagus twisted in the median portion, and by the female genitalia with the ductus bursae about as wide as lamella postvaginalis. Additionally, the nudum on Tarmia antennae bear 11–12 segments, restricted to apiculus; FW with a faint vein-like fold from mid cell to origin of M 3 (the recurrent vein of Lindsey)( Figs 11–12 ); male with a sagittate brand on the DFW ( Figs 13–14 ) and symmetrical valvae. The male genitalia of Tarmia species are very similar to those of Ginungagapus Carneiro, Mielke & Casagrande, 2015 ( Carneiro et al. 2015) in the form of the valva and ampulla. However, the discal spots of the VFW, and the other genitalic characters above mentioned are unique to the Tarmia species.

Etymology. The name Tarmia is probably a reference to the Tarma River, where the type specimen of T. monastica was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 11–14. Male forewing showing the recurrent vein (11–12) and brand (13–14) of Tarmia monastica (11, 13) and Tarmia greeneyi sp. nov. (12, 14). The arrows point to the recurrent vein described by Lindsey (1925).