Decinea notata Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 42

Decinea notata Grishin , new species

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( Fig. 4 part, 95–96, 318–319)

Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic analysis of specimens from Ecuador identified as Decinea lydora lyco (Mabille, 1878) ( type locality in Peru) reveals that they are not monophyletic, and the former specimens represent a most prominently differentiated new species without close relatives ( Fig. 4). COI barcodes of the new species differ from D. lydora lyco and D. dama by 8.5% (56 bp) and 10% (66 bp), respectively. The new species keys to “ D. neroides lyco ” (currently D. lydora lyco ) (L.11.5(b)) in Evans (1955) but differs from it by the abdomen being white beneath (not brown) and forewing with three well-defined subapical dots in a row. These dots are smaller, and some may be missing in Decinea lydora ( Plötz, 1882) ( type locality in Venezuela) subspecies and junior subjective synonyms. This species is not cryptic and is diagnosed reliably by phenotype. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly499.50.4:G45C, aly1656.33.2:A51T, aly291.13.2:G39T, aly291.13.2:G66A, aly 2631.9.19:G72A, and COI barcode: T121C, T145C, T250C, T436C, T589C, T461C.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-18118B04, GenBank OR837666, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACTTCCTTAAGTTTACTAATTCGTACAGAATTAGGTAGACCTGGATCTTTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACCATCGTAACAGCTCATGCTTTTATCATAATTTTTTTCATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATT GATTAGTACCCTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCCTTCCCTCGAATAAATAACATAAGATTTTGAATACTACCCCCTTCTTTAACCTTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGTGCAGGAACTGGTTGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTTTATCATCAAATATTGCTCACCAAGGATCTTCAGTTGATTTA GCTATTTTTTCTCTTCATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCCATTAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAACATACGAATTAAAAATCTATCAT TTGATCAAATACCACTATTTGTTTGATCAGTAGGAATTACAGCTTTATTATTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATACTTCT TACTGACCGAAATTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGTGGAGGAGACCCTATTCTTTATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 95–96, bears the following five rectangular labels, four white: [ ECUADOR: Napo Prov | 9 km E Puerto Napo | 1° 03′S 77° 44′W | 600m 20 Sept 1990 | S S Nicolay], [ ♂ genitalia | slide/vial # | H1076 | Prep. S.S. Nicolay], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-18118B04 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | { QR Code} | 01531768], and one red [ HOLOTYPE ♂ | Decinea | notata Grishin ] . Paratype: 1♂ NVG-18091E07 Ecuador: Morona-Santiago, Mendez, 800 m, GPS −2.42, −78.20, 10-Nov-2012, J.-C. Petit leg. [EBrockmann].

Type locality. Ecuador: Napo Province, 9 km E of Puerto Napo, elevation 600 m, GPS −1.05, −77.73.

Etymology. In Latin, notatus means marked, written, signified, noted, or distinguished. The name reflects the prominent subapical dots and a white abdomen below. It also reflects the prominent phylogenetic position separate from all others. The name is a feminine perfect passive participle in the nominative singular.

Distribution. Ecuador.