Cheimas opalinus cristalinus Pyrcz & Boyer, 2018

Pyrcz, Tomasz W., Lorenc-Brudecka, Jadwiga, Boyer, Pierre & Zubek, Anna, 2018, Subspecies-level systematics and affinities of Cheimas Thieme - an endemic genus of the subparamo of the Venezuelan Cordillera de Mérida (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), Zootaxa 4422 (2), pp. 219-243 : 233-240

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4422.2.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5950485
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scientific name	Cheimas opalinus cristalinus Pyrcz & Boyer
status	subsp. nov.

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Cheimas opalinus cristalinus Pyrcz & Boyer , n. ssp.

( Figs. 7A–F View FIGURE 7 , 8A–F View FIGURE 8 , 10A–D View FIGURE 10 , 11D–E View FIGURE 11 )

Type locality: Pico Tonojo sector, Km 27 Boconó—Trujillo old road, Trujillo State, Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela.

Material examined: HOLOTYPE ♂: VENEZUELA, Cordillera de Mérida, Trujillo State, Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2400–2450 m, 25.II.2010, T. Pyrcz leg., CEP-MZUJ (to be deposited in MIZA) ; PARATYPES: VENEZUELA, Cordillera de Mérida, Trujillo State: 2 ♂: P. N. Guaramacal, via La Vega de Guaramacal , 2800–2850 m, 22.XII.2004, M. Costa leg. ; 2 ♂: P. N. Guaramacal, Qda. El Caote , 2700–2750 m, 16.II.2007, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 4 ♂: P. N. Guaramacal, Qda. El Caote , 2700–2750 m, 26.II.2009, T. Pyrcz leg., 1 prep. genit. 387/ 21.06.2016 J. Lorenc ; 3 ♂: P. N. Guaramacal, Qda. El Caote , 2700–2750 m, 15.II.2007, T. Pyrcz leg., 1 prep. genit. 408/ 21.06.2016 J. Lorenc ; 1 ♂: P. N. Guaramacal, Qda. El Caote , 2550–2600 m, 08.XII.2005, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 14 ♂: Boconó—Burbusay, Cambimbú de San Miguel , 2900–2950 m, 19.II.2007, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 2 ♂: P. N. Dinira , Páramo Cendé , 3000–3050 m, 13.II.2010, T. Pyrcz leg., 1 prep. genit. 395/ 21.06.2016 J. Lorenc ; 2 ♂: P. N. Dinira , Páramo de Las Rosas , 3100–3150 m, 07.II.2010, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 1 ♂: P. N. Dinira, Agua de Obispo , 2600– 2550 m, 14.VIII.2003, T. Pyrcz leg., prep . genit. 04/ 05.01.2005 T. Pyrcz; 18 ♂: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2400–2450 m, 25.II.2010, T. Pyrcz leg., 1 prep. genit. 387/ 30.05.2016 J. Lorenc ; 9 ♂: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2300–2350 m, 28.VII.2009, T. Pyrcz leg., 1 prep. genit. 407/ 21.06.2016 J. Lorenc, 1 wing prep. ; 16 ♂: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2450– 2500 m, 18.IV.2006, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 13 ♂: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2450– 2500 m, 17.IV.2006, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 1 ♂: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2450– 2500 m, 19.IV.2006, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 1 ♂: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2450– 2500 m, 16.IV.2006, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 5 ♂: Trujillo, Pico Tonojo , 2500 m, 28.III.2011, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 6 ♀: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2400–2450 m, 25.II.2010, T. Pyrcz leg., 1 prep. genit. 486/ 17.11.2016 J. Lorenc ; 2 ♀: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2400–2450 m, 18.IV.2006, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 1 ♀: Trujillo—Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo, Km 27, 2300–2350 m, 28.VII.2009, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 1 ♀: P. N. Guaramacal, Qda. El Caote , 2700–2750 m, 16.II.2007, T. Pyrcz leg., prep . genit. 488/ 22.11.2016 J. Lorenc; 1 ♀: P. N. Guaramacal, Qda. El Caote , 2700–2750 m, 15.II.2007, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 1 ♀: P. N. Guaramacal, Qda. El Caote , 2600–2650 m, 26.II.2009, T. Pyrcz leg. ; 1 ♀: P. N. Dinira , Páramo Cendé , 3000–3050 m, 13.II.2010, T. Pyrcz leg., CEP-MZUJ ; 1 ♂: Guaramacal, Qda. El Caote , 2700–2750 m, 15.II.2007, T. Pyrcz leg., 2016 -221, köcsön anyag 2007. IX.29, HMNH; 2 ♂: Páramo de Ortíz, 2900 m, 5.II.2008, P. Boyer leg.; 2 ♂: Boconó vers Guaramacal, quebrada el Caote , 2650 m, 8.XII.2005, P. Boyer leg. ; 5 ♂: massif du Guaramacal, quebrada el Caote , 2600 m, 8.XII.2005, P. Boyer leg. ; 30 ♂ and 2 ♀: carretera vieja a Trujillo km8, “ El Rucio ”, pie del Pico Tonojo (30km sud de Boconó ), 2500 m, 16.IV.2006, P. Boyer leg. ; 1 ♀: via antigua de Boconó a Trujillo km8, 2400 m, 28.VII.2009, P. Boyer leg., PBF ; 5 ♂ and 1 ♀: Trujillo, Trujillo-Boconó old road, Sector Pico Tonojo , 2400–2500 m, 24.II.2010, H. Warren-Gash leg., HWG .

Diagnosis. Both sexes of this subspecies are characterized by a regular, rounded HW patch always entering discal cell, in this respect similar to the nominotypical, but considerably smaller. Female’s ductus bursae ( Fig. 11D–E View FIGURE 11 ) is narrow and longer than in other subspecies except the nominate.

FWL: 26–30.5 mm, mean: 27.6 mm (n=95).

D colour: blackish brown, uniform.

HWP colour: metallic bluish, usually with a greenish sheen

HWP shape: oval or rounded, small, but always entering discal cell, covering one–third or one–fourth marginally, but not reaching as far basally or distally as in other subspecies, extending distally considerably along vein CuA1, in some individuals distal edge slightly undulated.

Individual variation. Individuals from Guaramacal are consistently larger than in other populations. Also, in Cendé and Guaramacal the patch has usually a more bluish, whereas in the Pico Tonojo specimens a greenish sheen.

Etymology. The epithet of subspecies is derived from the Páramo La Cristalina , a mountain situated just south from its type locality.

A. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus male, PARATYPE, Pico Tonojo

B. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus female, PARATYPE, Pico Tonojo

C. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus male, PARATYPE, Guaramacal

D. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus female, PARATYPE, Guaramacal

E. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus male, PARATYPE, Páramo de Las Rosas

F. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus female, PARATYPE, Páramo de Las Rosas

A. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus male, PARATYPE, Pico Tonojo

B. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus female, PARATYPE, Pico Tonojo

C. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus male, PARATYPE, Páramo de Guaramacal

D. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus female, PARATYPE, Páramo de Guaramacal

E. Cheimas opalinus cristalinus male, PARATYPE, Páramo de Las Rosas