Oculicattus brehmi, 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

Oculicattus brehmi sp. nov. Figs 52-55 , 77 , 89 , 95

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Ecuador: Ecuador, 8 km SE of Loja, Parque Nacional Podocarpus Cajanuma, mont. Rainforest, Blacklight 2 × 15W (50), 04°06.86'S, 79°10.48'W, 20.ix.2008, 2897 m, Florian Bodner leg / DNA Barcode run 2010, COI-5P marker, University of Guelph / Arcec 32176. [DNA voucher Arcec 32455] deposited in FSU. Paratypes (1 ♂, FSU): Ecuador: Ecuador, Zamora-Chinchipe Parque Nacional Podocarpus , Cerro Toledo,Elfin Forest, Blacklight 2 × 15W (70), 04°23.13'S, 79°07.11'W, 6.II. 2013, 19.00-22.00 h, 2938 m, Gunnar Brehm leg. / DNA Barcode run 2013, COI-5P marker, University of Guelph / leg sampled in ethanol G. Brehm, Green vial caps / [Arcec 30239] (1 ♂). (4 ♂, 2 ♀, MGCL): Ecuador: Ecuador, Napo + 10 km Papallacta, 2730 m, 13-15 Sep. 1982, coll. N. Venedictoff (1 ♂, 2 ♀); Ecuador, Napo, Cosanga, 2150 m, 1 Feb. 1976, coll. N. Venedictoff (3 ♂). Additional examined specimens (2 ♂, 1 ♀ NJD): Ecuador: Ecuador, Eastern slopes of the Andes, east of Quito near Cosanga, Yanayacu Biological Research Station, 2100 m, 27 Aug. 2013, “YAN13_0136”, N. J. Dowdy (1 ♂); Ecuador, Eastern slopes of the Andes, east of Quito near Cosanga, Yanayacu Biological Research Station, 2100 m, 27 Aug. 2013, “YAN13_0056”, N. J. Dowdy (1 ♂); Ecuador, Eastern slopes of the Andes, east of Quito near Cosanga, Yanayacu Biological Research Station, 2100 m, 27 Aug. 2013, “YAN13_0072”, N. J. Dowdy (1 ♀).

Etymology.

The name is in honor of a great lepidopterist, Dr. Gunnar Brehm, who loaned some specimens for this research.

Diagnosis.

Oculicattus brehmi is the smallest species in this genus; pattern formed by relative pale, thin markings. Orbicular spot small, black. There V-shaped mark at the base of CuA2 is small. Male genitalia have a tapered cucullar region, wider at the base; the saccus smaller and more tapered than in other species, and the saccular process is the second shortest in the genus with only O. uturunku being shorter than O. brehmi .

Description.

Head. Wide, palp large, with last segment marbled in light yellow and black; frons pale yellowish gray; female similar to male, even in coloration. Thorax. Covered with dark sulfur-yellow scales and with small gray spots on dorsum. Wing. Pale yellow with pattern of thin dark gray lines; forewing length: male 16-18 mm; female: 21-23 mm; forewing with thin dots and stripes forming lines; lunate marking in reniform spot narrowly outlined by a thin yellow line; orbicular spot black, small; V-shaped mark at base of CuA2 small; hindwing with fringe yellow with long yellow lines between veins terminally. Leg. Prothoracic leg brown with joints pale yellow; mesothoracic legs marbled in brown and yellow, tarsi brown with each joint yellow; metathoracic legs yellow. Abdomen. Pale yellow with dorsal area gray; dorsal tufts sulfur-yellow along middle of abdomen, smaller on A1-A2, whereas A5-A8 are wide and combined with gray scales. Male genitalia. Cucullus tapered with small rounded apex and base wide, heavily covered with setae; sacculus wide with process long and densely clothed with setae; saccus V-shaped, and more narrowly tapered towards the end; juxta wide deeply concave posteriorly,, with the outer edges sharply pointed; tegumen wide; aedeagus 1 ¼ × length of vesica to medial cluster of spines; vesica with small patch of spines near middle; apical part of vesica bulbous, with large tapered patch of spines on each side. Female genitalia. anal papilla rounded posteriorly; posterior apophysis ⅓ × longer than anal papilla; anterior apophysis ⅔ × shorter than posterior apophysis; sterigma crescent moon shaped; corpus bursae ¼ × longer than appendix bursae.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

This species has been recorded only in Ecuador (Fig. 95 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Holotype (Fig. 52 ) and paratypes are in good condition; specimens from NJD were soaked in 100% ethanol with only the wings in good condition; they were kept in - 80 °C for molecular DNA analyses, so they are not included with the type series.

Figures

Figure 95. Distribution of examined specimens of the genus Oculicattus.

Figures 43 - 58. Adult habitus of Oculicattus species 43 Oculicattus renifera, ♂, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 44 O. renifera, ♂, MGCL, Junin, Peru 45 O. schmidti, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Pasco, Peru 46 O. schmidti, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru 47 O. inca, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 48 O. boliviana, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 49 O. uturunku, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Morona, Ecuador 50 O. raizae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 51 O. raizae, ♂, paratype, ZSM, Pichincha, Ecuador 52 O. brehmi, ♂, holotype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 53 O. brehmi, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 54 O. brehmi, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 55 O. brehmi, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 56 O. renifera, ♀, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 57 O. renifera, ♀, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 58 O. raizae, ♀, paratype, MGCL, La Paz, Bolivia.

Figures 74 - 79. Male genitalia of Oculicattus species 74 Oculicattus inca, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 75 O. boliviana, holotype, MGCL, Sierra Siberia, Bolivia 76 O. uturunku, holotype, MGCL, Morona, Ecuador 77 O. brehmi, holotype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 78 O. raizae, holotype, MGCL, Tolima, Colombia 79 O. schmidti, holotype, MGCL, Pasco, Peru.

Figures 85 - 90. Female genitalia of Gaujonia and Oculicattus species 85 Gaujonia arbosi, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 86 G. chiqyaq, holotype, MGCL, Marinio, Colombia 87 G. kanakusika, paratype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 88 Oculicattus renifera, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 89 O. brehmi, paratype, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 90 O. raizae, paratype, MGCL, La Paz, Bolivia.