Orotaygetis surui Nakahara, Zacca and Lamas 2018, new species
Creators: name: Nakahara, Shinichi
name: Willmott, Keith R.
name: Mielke, Olaf H. H.
name: Schwartz, Johanna
name: Zacca, Thamara
name: Espeland, Marianne
name: Lamas, Gerardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae
Orotaygetis
Orotaygetis surui

description: Orotaygetis surui Nakahara, Zacca and Lamas, new species
Magneuptychia sp. n. 5: Robbins et al. 1996: 231.
Harjesia [n. sp.] Lamas MS (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae 1366): Lamas 2004: 220.
Description. See above description for the genus.
Types. Holotype. MALE: PERU: Madre de Dios Manu, Pakitza, 340 m 11°55′48″S 71°15 ʹ 18 ʺ W 11 May 1991 leg. D. J. Harvey // MUSM-LEP 102416// Photographed By K. Willmott June 2015 // [genitalia vial associated with specimen] (MUSM).
Paratypes. (7 ♂, 6 ♀) Brazil: Mato Grosso: Diamantino, Alto Rio Arinos, [14°10 ʹ S, 56°4 ʹ W], 300–400 m, (H. Ebert and H.D. Ebert), 1–8 Aug 1974, 1 ♀ (dissected) [DZ-38931], (DZUP); Rondônia: Ouro Prêto do Oeste, [10°40′S, 62°18′W], (Elias, C.), 16-23 Dec 1987, 1 ♂ [DZ-39531], (DZUP), 17–31 Aug 1987, 1 ♂ (dissected) [DZ-38220], 1 ♂ [DZ-38242], 1 ♂ [DZ-39532], 1 ♂ [DZ-39534], 1 ♂ [DZ-39536], (DZUP). Peru: Cuzco: above Chontachaca, [13°2′S, 71°28′W], 972 m, (Faynel, C.), 24 Oct 2014, 1 ♂ [MUSM-LEP-102417], (MUSM); Madre de Dios: Parque Manu, Pakitza, [11°55′48′′S, 71°15′18′′W], 340 m, (Clarke, N. L.), 14 May 1991, 1 ♀ (Genitalia vial SN-16-60 S. Nakahara) [MUSM-LEP-102418], (MUSM); (Harvey, D. J.), 20 Apr 1991, 1 ♀ [MUSM-LEP-102420], (MUSM); 1 ♀ (Genitalia vial SN-16-58 S. Nakahara) [MUSM- LEP-102421], (MUSM); Parque Manu, Pakitza, [“ 12°07′′S, 70°58′W ”], “ 400 m ”, (Harvey, D.), 16 Sep 1989, 1 ♀, (USNM); 8 Sep 1989, 1 ♀ [MUSM-LEP-102419], (MUSM).
Etymology. This specific epithet is based on the name of the Suruí tribe, an indigenous people inhabiting the known range of the Brazilian population of this new species. This specific epithet is treated as a latinized masculine noun in apposition.
Distribution. This species is known from the southwestern Amazon basin (Madre de Dios and Cuzco, Peru; Rondônia and Mato Grosso, Brazil).
Systematic placement and diagnosis. The systematic placement of this species is discussed above. Although not closely related, this species is phenotypically similar to H. argentata, which is distinguishable by the ventral submarginal band being more jagged in Orotaygetis surui n. gen. et n. sp., in addition to several genitalic characters, including: brachia pointing upwards in lateral view in O. surui n. gen. et n. sp., whereas almost pararell to uncus in lateral view in H. argentata; apical process of valva narrow in O. surui n. gen. et n. sp., whereas rather broad in H. argentata; saccus appearing somewhat broad in O. surui n. gen. et n. sp., whereas rather narrow in H. argentata; phallus longer than valva plus saccus in O. surui n. gen. et n. sp., whereas slightly longer than valva in H. argentata.
description: Published as part of Nakahara, Shinichi, Willmott, Keith R., Mielke, Olaf H. H., Schwartz, Johanna, Zacca, Thamara, Espeland, Marianne & Lamas, Gerardo, 2018, Seven new taxa from the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with revisional notes on Harjesia Forster, 1964 and Pseudeuptychia Forster, 1964, pp. 1-38 in Insecta Mundi 639 on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3708152