Ginungagapus awarreni 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 awarreni

description: Ginungagapus awarreni Carneiro, Mielke & Casagrande sp. nov.
(Figs 3, 11, 18 and 24)
Diagnosis. Central and discal areas with scarce bluish scales over red ferruginous pattern, marked between welldefined bands. Posterior end of aedeagus with symmetrical lobes, both triangular. Posterior margin of sterigma with lateral projections separated by an inverted U-shaped convex margin.
Description. Forewing length: 12.5– 15 mm. Nudum 12–13; palpus ventrally yellowish to red ferruginous. VHW costal area red ferruginous, from base to Sc end; subapical spots narrow or fainted, orange to fainted brown; central and discal areas delimited between well marked red ferruginous bands. Male genitalia: median posterior projection of tegumen developed; fenestra triangular, wider than long; uncus bifid, arms projecting, medially separated. Valva with triangular sacculus; harpe posteriorly rounded, with an inverted C-shaped curved line on inner surface contiguous with harpe's border, without spines; ampulla undistinguished. Aedeagus cylindrical, straight; coecum lobed, slightly curved to the left; dorsally with median membranous hollow; posterior lobes well developed, symmetrical, both triangular; vesica proximally lightly sclerotized, wide; cornuti as small aligned spines. Fultura inferior dorsally thin and curved, but not joined dorsally forming an annellus. Female genitalia: lateral expansion of lamella postvaginalis ovoid, located lateraly to the sterigma. Posterior margin of sterigma with pointed lateral projections separated by an inverted U shaped convex margin. Ductus bursae proximally sclerotized, but without sclerotized strucutures within; corpus bursae with large lateral signa.
Geographical distribution and phenology. Mountains of Chapada Diamantina, Bahia to southern Serra do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais. BRAZIL: Bahia, Palmeiras (III). Minas Gerais, Barbacena (I), Catas Altas—Caraça (I–IV, VIII, IX, XII).
Altitude. 850–1400m
Examined material. Holotype male with the following labels: / HOLOTYPUS / Caraça, S[an]ta. Barbara [Catas Altas] [,] M[inas] G[erais, Brasil], 1–5-II-1985, 1300 –1500 m, Mielke & Casagrande leg./ DZ 9.627 [20,09991°S 43,486718°W]. Alotype female with the following labels: ALLOTYPUS/ Caraça, S[an]ta. Barbara [Catas Altas] [,] MG, 1–5-II-1985, 1300–1500 m, Mielke & Casagrande leg/ DZ 9.594 [20,09991°S 43,486718°W]. PARATYPES: Brazil: 1m, Bahia, Palmeiras, Pai Inácio, 12,46497°S 41,467487°W, 12.III.1999, O. Mielke leg., OM 50.437 (OM). 2m, Minas Gerais, Barbacena, Km 289, Rio-Belo Horizonte, 21,246875°S 43,68858°W, 6-XII-1970, C. Callaghan leg., SRS-3625, SRS-3626 (MGCL). 1m, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, Caraça, 20,09991°S 43,486718°W, 16–18.XI.2006, Mielke & Casagrande leg., DZ 16.187 (DZUP). 3m, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, Caraça, 20,09991°S 43,486718°W, 1.XII.1988, O. Mielke & E.J. Mielke leg., DZ 19.339, OM 19.340, OM 19.341 (DZUP, OM). 17m, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, Caraça, 20,09991°S 43,486718°W, 1–5.II.1985, Mielke & Casagrande leg., DZ 16.003, DZ 6.317, DZ 7.424, DZ 8.612, DZ 9.154, DZ 9.159, DZ 9.177, DZ 9.179, DZ 9.263, DZ 9.275, DZ 9.302, DZ 9.341, DZ 9.426, DZ 9.452, DZ 9.532, DZ 9.536, DZ 9.577 (DZUP). 4f, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, Caraça, 20,09991°S 43,486718°W, 1–5.II.1985, Mielke & Casagrande leg., DZ 9.584, DZ 9.636, DZ 9.520, DZ 9.552, DZ 9.576 (DZUP). 1m, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, Caraça, 20,09991°S 43,486718°W, 2Semestre 1884, P. Germain leg. (BMNH). 9m, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, Caraça, 20,09991°S 43,486718°W, 4–6.II.2003, (Mielke & Casagrande leg.), (OM, OM 59.433, OM 59.135, OM 59.379, OM 59.334, OM 59.572). 2f, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, Caraça, 20,09991°S 43,486718°W, 4–6.II.2003, (Mielke & Casagrande leg.), (OM, OM 59.315). 2m, Minas Gerais, Catas Altas, Caraça, 20,09991°S 43,486718°W, 19.IV.2003, (Mielke & Casagrande leg.), (OM, OM 60.750, OM 60.736). 1m, Minas Gerais, Diamantina, DZ 19.315, 18,238073°S 43,611013°W, 26–28.XI.1988, (O. Mielke & E.J. Mielke), (DZUP). Total: BMNH (1), DZUP (29), MGCL (2), OM (2).
Discussion. One female was identified among Lucida schmithi series of Evans’s collection in BMNH, probably the specimen mentioned in his catalogue from Caraça (Evans 1955). Despite the identification error, both species are sympatric at this locality.
Etymology. This species honors Dr. Andrew D. Warren (MGCL), for his significant contribution to butterfly biodiversity, especially with regard to Hesperiidae taxonomy and systematics.
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 203-204, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/233416