Annotated list of Mimallonidae (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea) from Trinidad and Tobago, with the description of a new species of Cicinnus Blanchard, 1852 and taxonomic notes
Author
St Laurent, Ryan A.
Author
Cock, Matthew J. W.
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2017
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Cicinnus joanna
Schaus, 1905
(
Figs. 15, 16
)
Type
locality.
French Guiana
[
USNM
,
syntype
examined]
The name
Cicinnus joanna
is currently applied to all populations of several similar species ranging from
Guatemala
and
Belize
south to throughout South America, but are all currently considered synonyms except for
C. joanna
(
Becker 1996
)
. All synonyms of
C. joanna
are likely to be have full species status considering external and genitalia differences (R.A. St Laurent unpublished) and thus were inappropriately synonymized by
Schaus (1928)
and
Becker (1996)
. Furthermore, genitalia examinations displays that
C. joanna
sensu lato
belongs to
Psychocampa
Grote & Robinson, 1866
. Future revisions of
Cicinnus
and
Psychocampa
will ultimately be necessary to determine the true status of the several names treated as
C. joanna
as well as a definitive generic placement, thus we have chosen not to make these taxonomic changes at this time.
The species present in Trinidad is most likely true
C. joanna
due to the relative proximity of the
type
locality and affinity of
Trinidad
species with those found in
French Guiana
.
The population of
Trinidad
also matches the
type
of
C. joanna
in external appearance.
The two specimens known from
Trinidad
were taken at light on a forested hill-top (Brigand Hill,
217 m
, in the
Central
Range) and ridge top (Morne Bleu Textel Installation,
700 m
, in the
Northern
Range).
Material
examined.
(
1 ♂
,
2 ♀
total)
TRINIDAD
:
1 ♀
,
Brigand Hill Lighthouse
:
17.I.2004
,
M.J.W. Cock
[
leg.
], at security lights by 2200 h (
MJWC
)
. 1 ♀, Morne Bleu, Textel Installation:
11.X.1978
, M.J.W. Cock, at light (MJWC).
FRENCH GUIANA
:
1 ♂
,
Saül
,
Point de Vue
,
8.IX.2010
(
CPC
)
.