Ginungagapus tangerinii Carneiro, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Carneiro, Eduardo
name: Mielke, Olaf H. H.
name: Casagrande, M. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Ginungagapus
Ginungagapus tangerinii

description: Ginungagapus tangerinii Carneiro, Mielke & Casagrande sp. nov.
(Figs 5, 13, 20 and 24)
Diagnosis. Very similar to G. bocus comb. nov. with respect to the characters mentioned in its diagnosis. It is distinguished from it by a reduced forewing size, less produced harpe, ovoid lateral expansion of lamella postvaginalis and posterior margin of sterigma with larger lateral projections, separated by a V shaped concave margin.
Description. Forewing length: 13–14,5. Nudum 12. Palpus ventrally light brown. VHW costal area red ferruginous, from base to Sc end; subapical spot fainted; central and discal areas delimited between well marked bands, light brown or bluish. Male genitalia: median posterior projection of tegumen developed, fenestra triangular, longer than wide. Uncus bifid, arms projected, closely separated at the base. Valva with triangular sacculus; harpe posteriorly rounded with a ventro-posterior spined curved line on inner surface contiguous with harpe's border. Ampulla undistinguished. Coecum of aedeagus lobed, laterally straight. Aedeagus dorsally with median membranous hollow; posterior lobes developed, asymmetrically rounded; vesica proximally lightly sclerotized, wide; cornuti as small triangular aligned spines. Fultura inferior dorsally projected over aedeagus but not joined in an annellus, dorsally thin and straight. Female genitalia: lateral expansion of lamella postvaginalis ovoid. Posterior margin of lamella postvaginalis with pointed lateral projections separated by a V shaped concave margin. Ductus bursae sclerotized from the sterigma to the fold, without sclerotized strucuture within. Corpus bursae with large lateral signa.
Geographical distribution and phenology. Mountains of southern Minas Gerais to western Rio de Janeiro. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais, Barbacena (II, XI). Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis (III), Teresópolis (III).
Altitude. 900–1150m
Examined material. Holotype male with the following labels: / HOLOTYPUS / 16-IV-1965 [,] Petrópolis, R[io de] J[aneiro, Brasil] Mielke col./ [OM] 9.717/ [22,152318°S 42,924446°W]/ BC-DZ/ GEN. PREP. E. CARNEIRO 2013. Alotype female with the following labels: / ALLOTYPUS/ Teresópolis. [,] R[io de] J[aneiro[,] 8-I-1966 / O. Mielke leg[.]/ OM 25.461/ [22,412213°S 42,966833°W]. PARATYPES: Brazil: 1f, Minas Gerais, Barbacena, 21,246875°S 43,68858°W, 8.V.1967, K. Brown leg., DZ 9.486 (DZUP). 1m, Minas Gerais, Barbacena, 21,246875°S 43,68858°W, 27.II.1967, (N. Tangerinii), OM 12.823 (OM). 1m, Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis, São José do Rio Preto, 22,152318°S 42,924446°W, 16.IV.1965, OM 7.127 (OM). Total: DZUP (1), OM (4).
Discussion. No specimens are known from other collections.
Etymology. This species honors Sr. Nirton Tangerini, an important Brazilian butterfly collector, for his significant contribution to butterfly biodiversity including records of many undescribed species.
description: Published as part of Carneiro, Eduardo, Mielke, Olaf H. H. & Casagrande, M. M., 2015, The Neotropical genus Ginungagapus gen. nov. (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Moncini): phylogenetic position and taxonomic review, pp. 196-220 in Zootaxa 3931 (2) on pages 205-206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/233416