Punargentus tandilensis ( Kohler, 1939 ) (Cosmosatyrus)

Matz, Jess & Brower, Andrew V. Z., 2016, The South Temperate Pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a phylogenetic hypothesis, redescriptions and revisionary notes, Zootaxa 4125 (1), pp. 1-108 : 67

Punargentus tandilensis ( Kohler, 1939) (Cosmosatyrus) n. comb.

( Figs. 10 D; 29)

Lectotype: (male) coll Breyer, 7 Dec. 1930 (MACN?) (photo examined).

Type location: Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Other combinations:

Argyrophorus tandilensis —D’Abrera (1988, p. 798); Pyrcz & Wojtusiak (2012)

Cosmosatyrus tandilensis — Heimlich (1972)

Etcheverrius tandilensis — Lamas & Viloria (2004, p. 216)

Distribution. The species is endemic to a relatively small area of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, not particularly close to the distribution of most other south-temperate pronophilines ( Fig. 29). Diagnosis. Wing shape and general facies quite similar to P. chiliensis , and both were placed in the nowsynonymized genus Etcheverrius by Lamas & Viloria (2004). P. tandilensis differs from P. chiliensis in being generally gray-brown on the ventral surface ( Fig. 10 D). There are dark, sinuate AM and PM bands on the HWV that separate a mottled brownish basal area from a lighter postmedial region. The whole hindwing is overlain by a ripple pattern. The forewing M1-M2 ocellus is oval and not pupillated.

Remarks. This species was not available for detailed study.

Figures

FIGURE 10. A, B: Pampasatyrus reticulata (Weymer, 1907), dorsal and ventral wing surfaces of a living specimen. Pedra do Bão, Campos de Jordão, Brazil, 1756 m S 22 ° 40.541 ’, W 45 ° 37.890 ’, 6 Feb. 2015 (Photos by Bill Berthet, used with permission); C: Pampasatyrus yacantoensis (Köhler, 1939) ventral view of a living specimen, Capilla del Monte, Córdoba, Argentina, 17 – 24 Feb. 2013. (Photo by Alec Earnshaw, used with permission); D: Punargentus tandilensis (Köhler, 1935) n. comb. Tandil, Buenos Aires Prov., Argentina, Photo by Rittner Oz. http: // www. argentinean-insects. com / satyrinae. htm (used with permission).