Taxonomic revision of the genus Tarmia Lindsey, 1925 stat. rev. (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini: Moncina) with the description of a new species from the Andes
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Medeiros, Adalberto Dantas De
Author
Warren, Andrew D.
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Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo
Author
Carneiro, Eduardo
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Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik
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Casagrande, Mirna Martins
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-24
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Tarmia
Lindsey, 1925
stat. rev.
Type
species
.
Tarmia monastica
Lindsey, 1925
, by original designation.
Diagnosis.
Tarmia
can be distinguished from most genera of Moncina by the
VHW
with a row of whitish to purple discal spots from Rs to 2A, each one distally limited by conspicuous dark spots. This character is also shared with a few other Moncina species currently placed in
Phanes
Godman, 1901
,
Artines
Godman, 1901
,
Panca
Evans, 1955
and
Vidius
Evans, 1955
. However,
Tarmia
can be distinguished from these genera by the male genitalia with the concave ampulla and aedeagus twisted in the median portion, and by the female genitalia with the ductus bursae about as wide as lamella postvaginalis. Additionally, the nudum on
Tarmia
antennae bear 11–12 segments, restricted to apiculus;
FW
with a faint vein-like fold from mid cell to origin of M
3
(the recurrent vein of Lindsey)(
Figs 11–12
); male with a sagittate brand on the
DFW
(
Figs 13–14
) and symmetrical valvae. The male genitalia of
Tarmia
species are very similar to those of
Ginungagapus
Carneiro, Mielke & Casagrande, 2015
(
Carneiro
et al
. 2015
) in the form of the valva and ampulla. However, the discal spots of the
VFW
, and the other genitalic characters above mentioned are unique to the
Tarmia
species.
Etymology
. The name
Tarmia
is probably a reference to the Tarma River, where the
type
specimen of
T. monastica
was collected.