Cicadomorphus chuya, Martinez, 2020

Martinez, Jose I., 2020, Revision of the South American genus Gaujonia Dognin (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 985, pp. 71-126 : 71

Cicadomorphus chuya sp. nov. Figs 17 , 23 , 60 , 84 , 92

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Colombia: Colombia, Tolima, Nevado del Tolima, 4°36'20 ’’ N, 75°19'36 ’’ W, 2850 m, 08-11.XII.2013, leg. Victor Sinyaev & Mildred Márquez / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049072, deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (5 ♂, 1 ♀, MGCL): Colombia: Colombia, Santander, km 23 rd. Barbosa - Arcabuco, 5°49'14 ’’ N, 73°30'14 ’’ W, 18-22.IX.2014, 2360 m, leg. V. Sinyaev & M. Márquez (1 ♂); Peru: Peru, Department Cuzco, Manu Park, San Pedro, 1800 m, III.1997, local people leg. (4 ♂); Bolivia: Bolivia, Cochabamba, Sierra Siberia, 16°48,3'S, 64°40,8'W, 01-02.XI.2010, H = 3060 m, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Oleg Romanov (1 ♀).

Etymology.

Ch’uya means pure, transparent, or glassy in the Quechua language.

Diagnosis.

Although Cicadomorphus chuya shares some characters with C. chicharra , it is easy to distinguish by wing pattern; C. chuya is the only species that has both the terminal and subterminal lines serrated. In addition, the genitalia have the lobe reduced, and the juxta is pentagonal-shaped. The base of the lobe opens externally diagonally from the tornus to the cucullus.

Description.

Head. Third segment of palp divided with upper side black, underside white, but white areas with a few brown spots; antenna dark brown basally, distal segments paler. Thorax. Whitish yellow coated with small black dots dorsally. Wings. Pattern in both sexes well defined and visible; forewing length: male 22-24 mm; female 29-31 mm; forewing whitish yellow with pattern somewhat blurred; nearly all lines visible and slightly blurred with exception of postmedial line, which is formed by black dots on wing veins plus some dispersed scales; subterminal and terminal lines zigzag; reniform spot relatively wide, outline poorly defined; orbicular spot medium sized and elongate; hindwing hyaline with yellow scales on fringe paler than thorax; wing veins darkened. Leg. Prothoracic and mesothoracic legs whitish yellow with two patches of brown scales on femur. Abdomen. Dorsally gray, black, and whitish yellow tufts in middle segment with A1 and A3 whitish yellow; whitish yellow ventrally. Male genitalia. Cucullar region wider close to apex; lobe small, almost completely covered by long setae from middle of costal margin to lobe; tooth-like protuberance barely visible; lobe diagonal to tornus of valva; saccular region relatively short with tip of process just touching tooth-like protuberance externally; saccus thin, rhomboid shaped; juxta pentagonal shaped; tegumen narrow with a small hood on base of uncus; aedeagus short and wide; opening to vesica square shaped ventrally; vesica tapered, with a large band of spines. Female genitalia. Anal papilla square shaped with short setae; posterior apophysis almost same size as anal papilla; anterior apophysis short; sterigma V-shaped, lightly sclerotized, above ostium; ductus bursae wide posteriorly, narrow toward appendix bursae; appendix bursae ¼ × shorter than corpus bursae; corpus bursae semi-transparent.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Males were found in Colombia and Peru, whereas the female was found in Bolivia, all in deciduous forest habitats at moderate to high elevations from 1800-3000 m (Fig. 92 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

The holotype is in near perfect condition (Fig. 17 ) with only the right hindwing slightly bent inwards at the posterior margin. The female is missing the left antenna, otherwise the specimen is complete. The palpi in the female are broken, but still attached to the mouth parts. The female was originally thought to be a different species; however, the DNA match with the male of Cicadomorphus chuya .

Figures

Figure 92. Distribution of examined specimens of the genera Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus.

Figures 12 - 25. Adult habitus of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 12 Cicadoforma vau-nigrum, ♂, CNC, Tovar, Venezuela 13 C. ocelotus, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 14 C. ocelotus, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Boyaca, Colombia 15 C. ocelotus, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Quindio, Colombia 16 Cicadomorphus lilianae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 17 C. chuya, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 18 C. falkasiska, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 19 C. chicharra, ♂, holotype, MGCL, San Rosa, Bolivia 20 C. vau-nigrum, ♀, CNC, El Junquito, Venezuela 21 C. ocelotus, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 22 C. lilianae, ♀, paratype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 23 C. chuya, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Cochabamba, Bolivia 24 C. falkasiska, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 25 C. falkasiska, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru.

Figures 59 - 63. Male genitalia of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 59 Cicadoforma ocelotus, holotype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 60 Cicadomorphus chuya, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 61 C. falkasiska, holotype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 62 C. lilianae, holotype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 63 C. chicharra, holotype, MGCL, San Rosa, Bolivia.

Figures 80 - 84. Female genitalia of Cicadoforma and Cicadomorphus species 80 Cicadoforma ocelotus, paratype, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 81 C. vau-nigrum, CNC, El Junquito, Venezuela 82 Cicadomorphus lilianae, paratype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 83 C. falkasiska, paratype, MGCL, Oxapampa, Peru 84 C. chuya, paratype, MGCL, Cochabamba, Bolivia.