Cicadomorphus falkasiska, 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 falkasiska sp. nov. Figs 3 , 18 , 24 , 25 , 61 , 83 , 91A , 92

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Peru: Peru, Oxapampa near Villa Rica, 2700 m, 21 Feb. 2018, coll. Falk Zahlaus / reared with Quercus aquifolioides & Prunus laurocerasus / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049146. DNA voucher MGCL-NOC-65346 deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (4 ♂, 3 ♀, MGCL): Peru: same collecting data as holotype (2 ♂, 1 ♀); Peru-Pasco 9 km on 310° from Yapi, H = 2470 m, 10°41,8'S, 75°35,4'W, 11-13.02.2011, leg. Viktor Sinyaev & Alexander Poleschuk (2 ♂); Peru-Junin near Calabaza vill., 11°30.4'S, 74°51.7'W, 20.12.2010, H = 2722 m, leg/coll. Viktor & Svetlana Sinyaev + Vladimir Izerskiy (2 ♀). Additional examined specimens (2 ♂, 1 ♀, TK): Peru: same collecting data as holotype.

Etymology.

Falkasiska is the combination of the names from Falk Zahlaus who collect the first female specimen and Toni Kasiske, who reared the eggs obtained from that female.

Diagnosis.

Cicadomorphus falkasiska and C. chicharra share certain characters, especially in coloration and wing pattern. However, C. falkasiska is paler and the orbicular spot larger and outlined in black; also, the subterminal line is quite visible in C. chicharra , whereas in C. falkasiska it is inconspicuous. The male genitalia have a relatively wide aedeagus; the vesica is large and semi-rounded; the female genitalia have a wide appendix bursae and corpus bursae.

Description.

Head. Third segment of palp in both sexes black with a pale-yellow stripe ventrally and a dot of same color dorsally; frons darker-yellow than rest of body; antenna dark brown. Thorax. Pale yellow with some black blurred spots, which are more visible in male than female. Wings. Forewing length: male 23-25 mm; female 30-32 mm; forewing pale yellow; hyaline areas in male nearly without scales, whereas forewing slightly more covered with scales in female; postmedial and subterminal lines inconspicuous in male, whereas basal, antemedial, and medial lines well defined; female with all lines weakly defined; orbicular spot large and elongate; reniform spot slightly wide, outlined with black scales and with a black dot in middle; hindwing hyaline in male, semi-hyaline in female with fringe paler yellow than forewing. Leg. Pale yellow with prothoracic legs with some brown patches. Abdomen. Whitish gray with some tufts over middle of abdomen; tufts on A1-A3 yellow with a small black dot on A2, whereas remainder tufts on other segments are black with some yellow and white scales; female with yellow tufts on A1-A4. Male genitalia. Cucullar region relatively wide with an axe-shaped lobe; apex round with a lobe and apex covered with quite long setae; saccular region wide with process of sacculus thin and curved; juxta flat on upper side but with a small V-shaped depression in middle; aedeagus relatively wide at opening to vesica; aedeagus ca. as long as vesica; vesica rounded with narrow transverse band of spines. Female genitalia. Anal papilla long and wide with posterior apophysis ca. as long as anal papilla; anterior apophysis short; sterigma large, fused above ostium; ductus bursae wide and short; and appendix bursae large, well sclerotized; corpus bursae not sclerotized 1¼ × longer than appendix bursae.

Immature stages.

Egg. Pale yellow, turning dark brown close to emergence. Larva. Body black with yellowish orange verrucae and short setae; a set of long white setae on lateral verrucae, prothorax near head capsule, and on last tergite (Fig. 91A ). Pre-pupa. Similar to last instar but with verrucae and setae dark yellow. Pupa. Dark brown.

Distribution.

All specimens were found in central Peru at a high altitude of ca. 2500 m or above (Fig. 92 ).

Biology.

Cicadomorphus falkasiska is the only species in the genus for which immature stages are known. Adults are active throughout the year, but especially so in spring and summer. Cicadomorphus falkasiska feeds on Prunus spp. especially on P. subcorymbosa Ruiz ex Koehne (JIM, pers. obs.).

Remarks.

Holotype (Fig. 18 ) and paratypes are well preserved, but three of the specimens were destroyed and only identifiable by genitalia dissection.

Figures

Figure 91. A, B seventh instar larva A Cicadomorphus falkasiska, Oxapampa, Peru B Gaujonia kanakusika Cundinamarca, Colombia.

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

Figures 2 - 7. Adult head structure 2 Cicadoforma ocelotus, MGCL, Santander, Colombia 3 Cicadomorphus falkasiska, MGCL, Pasco, Peru 4 Gaujonia kanakusika, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 5 Gaujoptera amsa, MGCL, Cotapata, Bolivia 6 Millerana cajas, MGCL, Azuay, Ecuador 7 Oculicattus renifera, MGCL, Cusco, Peru.

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.