Gaujonia kanakusika, 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

Gaujonia kanakusika sp. nov. Figs 4 , 30 , 34 , 66 , 87 , 91B , 93

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Colombia: Colombia, Cundinamarca, Guasca, El Chochal de Siecha, 3120 m, 28 Nov. 2019, coll. Jose I. Martinez / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049048. [DNA voucher MGCL-NOC-65232] deposited in MGCL. Paratypes (7 ♂, 2 ♀, MGCL): Colombia: Same collecting data as holotype (1 ♂); Colombia, Cundinamarca dpt, Vereda La Concepción, Bosque La Guajira, 4°47'34 ’’ N, 75°46'60 ’’ W, 8-12.XI.2014, 2910 m, leg. V. Sinyaev & M. Márquez (2 ♂); Colombia, Cundinamarca, Municipio Guasca, Alto El Paramo, 04°53'44"N, 73°45'46"W, 29-31.12.2017, 3250 m., Leg Viktor Sinjaev and Juan Machado (1 ♂); Colombia, Cundinamarca, Municipio Guasca, near Alto El Paramo, 04°53'55"N, 73°46'21"W, 22-23.02.2018, 3070 m. Leg Viktor Sinjaev and Juan Machado (3 ♂, 2 ♀)

Etymology.

The name is formed from the Quechua words kanaku (fire) and sika (caterpillar), based on the immature stages of this species (Fig. 91B ).

Diagnosis.

This species can be differentiated from other species by the sulfur-yellow coloration of most of the body, including the abdomen.

Description.

Head. Palp with basal and second palpal segment sulfur-yellow, last segment with white tip; frons with small black line; female with similar wing pattern, but brighter in coloration. Thorax. Sulfur-yellow, covered with small black dots. Wings. Forewing sulfur-yellow; length: male 18-20 mm; female 27-29 mm; forewing with lines visible from posterior margin to fold; basal and antemedial lines almost completely developed; no presence of a V-shaped mark; Hind wing fringe same yellow color as body. Legs. Prothoracic and mesothoracic legs black with some sulfur-yellow spots on joints; tarsal scales yellow and black. Abdomen. Sulfur-yellow with a small area of gray in middle of dorsum divided by black and yellow tufts. Male genitalia. Cucullus large, rounded apically; sacculus narrow with a long process; juxta shell-shaped with apices pointed; tegumen wide; saccus narrow; aedeagus short and wide; vesica 1 ½ x as long as aedeagus with two large spine patches ca. same size. Female genitalia. Anal papilla small, semicircular; posterior apophysis ⅓ × longer than anal papilla; sterigma narrow and large, semi-rectangular; anterior apophysis relatively long and heavily sclerotized; corpus bursae 1 ½ × longer than appendix bursae.

Immature stages.

Egg. Completely light green, turning dark brown close to emergence. Larva. In general, body pale orange with dark pink verrucae and neon-orange setae on dorsal verrucae; long pale-yellow setae on lateral verrucae; inter-tergal membrane brown with white dots (Fig. 91B ). Pre-pupa. Darker than ultimate instar. Pupa. Dark brown with white setae covering the whole body.

Distribution.

All specimens were found in deciduous forests from the central-north Colombia between 2900- 3300 m (Fig. 93 ).

Biology.

Gaujonia kanakusika is the second species in this genus known to feed on Alnus acuminata Kunth. Adults fly year-round, mainly in summer (JIM, pers. obs.).

Remarks.

Holotype (Fig. 30 ) and paratypes in good condition. This species was the only one whose phylogenetic placement had low support in the gene tree; however, it shares apomorphic characters with other Gaujonia species, so it is maintained as a Gaujonia .

Figures

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

Figure 93. Distribution of examined specimens of the genera Gaujonia and Gaujoptera.

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 26 - 42. Adult habitus of Gaujonia, Gaujoptera, and Millerana species 26 Gaujonia arbosi, ♂, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 27 G. bichu, ♂, holotype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 28 G. bichu, ♂, paratype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 29 G. chiqyaq, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Marinio, Colombia 30 G. kanakusika, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 31 G. sourakovi, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 32 G. arbosi, ♀, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 33 G. chiqyaq, ♀, holotype, MGCL, Marinio, Colombia 34 G. kanakusika, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 35 Gaujoptera amsa, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Cotapata, Bolivia 36 G. amsa, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru 37 Millerana arbosioides, ♂, MGCL, Carchi, Ecuador 38 M. austini, ♂, holotype, CUIC, Cotopaxi, Ecuador 39 M. matthewsae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Ancash, Peru 40 M. cundinamarquensis, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 41 M. tigrina, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Carchi, Ecuador 42 M. cajas, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Azuay, Ecuador.

Figures 64 - 68. Male genitalia of Gaujonia and Gaujoptera species 64 Gaujonia bichu, holotype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 65 G. chiqyaq, paratype, MGCL, Marinio, Colombia 66 G. kanakusika, holotype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 67 G. sourakovi, holotype, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 68 Gaujoptera amsa, holotype, MGCL, Cotapata, Bolivia.

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.