Viuria Grishin, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): taxonomy, description of two new species, and remarks on the morphology of secondary sexual organs of males
Author
Siewert, Ricardo Russo
ricardo.siewert@gmail.com
Author
Lemes, José Ricardo Assmann
Author
Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik
5188F4F9-5876-45EA-AB24-D606DBCCF47D
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
omhesp@ufpr.br
Author
Casagrande, Mirna Martins
241FC1DB-F7FF-4480-A648-D72644538822
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
mibras@ufpr.br
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2023
2023-11-27
908
183
203
https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2347/10235
journal article
10.5852/ejt.2023.908.2347
2118-9773
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Viuria lista
(
Evans, 1953
)
Figs 1I–L
,
6–7
,
12D
Diagnosis
Viuria lista
resembles
V. innana
sp. nov.
in the genitalia pattern but is easily distinguished by the ventral left portion of the tegumen short while in
V. innana
sp. nov.
it is bigger with a spine-like process; both valvae elongated; right ampulla with a dorsal projection and smooth margin while in
V. innana
sp. nov.
the ampulla is smaller than the harpe. Females with the spine-like process of sterigma well developed and sparse when compared with its congeners.
Fig. 6.
Male genitalia of
Viuria lista
(
Evans, 1953
)
(OM 4.507).
A
. Left lateral view.
B
. Right lateral view.
C
. Dorsal view.
D
. Ventral view.
E
. Aedeagus, lateral view.
F
. Aedaegus, dorsal view. Scale bar: 500 µm.
Material examined
BRAZIL
•
1 ♂
;
Rondônia
,
Ariqueme
,
19–20 Mar. 1987
;
Mielke
leg.;
OM 14.507
;
OM
•
1 ♀
; same collection data as for preceding;
OM 14.504
;
OM
•
1 ♂
;
Rondônia
,
Cacaulândia
;
8–19 Nov. 1994
;
Mielke
leg.;
OM 39.078
;
OM
.
Fig. 7.
Male genitalia of
Viuria lista
(
Evans, 1953
)
(OM 4.507).
A–D
. Uncus and tegumen.
A
. Dorsal view.
B
. Ventral view.
C
. Left lateral view.
D
. Right lateral view.
E
. Valva, left lateral inner view.
F
. Valva, right lateral inner view. Scale bar: 500 µm.
Remarks
After its description,
Pachyneuria licisca lista
Evans, 1953
had its status elevated to species by
Steinhauser (1989)
, with this interpretation followed until its inclusion in the genus
Viuria
(
Cong
et al.
2019
)
.
Geographical distribution
Viuria lista
is known only from
French Guiana
(
Evans 1953
) and in the state of
Rondônia
,
Brazil
(
Fig. 14
).