Talides laeta Zhang & Cong & Grishin 2023, new species
Creators: name: Zhang, Jing
name: Cong, Qian
name: Grishin, Nick V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Talides
Talides laeta

description: Talides laeta Grishin, new species   
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(Fig. 8 part, 205–206, 444–445)  
 Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic trees reveal that specimens from Peru identified as Talides alternata E. Bell, 1941 (type locality in Brazil: Santa Catarina, holotype sequenced as NVG-18025D05) show prominent genetic differentiation from it and other species in the genus (Fig. 8): e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 6.4% (42 bp) and from Talides eluta new species by 4.9% (32 bp), and therefore represent a new species. This new species keys to T. alternata alternata (K.13.3(a)) in Evans (1955) but differs from it by a broader, nearly squareshaped yellow spot in the forewing discal cell and the broader area of ventral forewing with submarginal pale overscaling. Due to the cryptic nature of this species, most reliable identification is achieved by DNA and a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly536.106.3:C159T, aly444.1.12:C24T, aly444.1.12:G45A, aly444.1.12:G138A, aly971.9.9:C61T, and COI barcode: A34T, A67G, T133A, C271A, 499C.   
 Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-18111H05, GenBank OR837717, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGTATATTAGGAACTTCATTAAGATTATTAATTCGGACAGAATTAGGTAATCCAGGATTTTTAATC GGAGATGATCAAATCTATAATACTATTGTAACAGCACATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATT GATTAGTTCCTCTTATACTTGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATACTTCCACCCTCTTTAACATTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGTGCTGGTACAGGATGAACTGTATACCCCCCTCTTTCAGCTAATATTGCCCATCAAGGTTCCTCTGTTGATTTA GCAATTTTTTCACTTCATTTAGCAGGAATTTCTTCTATTTTGGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAGAAATTTATTAT TTGATCAAATACCCCTATTTGTATGATCTGTAGGAATTACAGCTTTATTGTTATTATTATCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACAATACTTCT TACAGATCGAAACTTAAATACTTCATTTTTTGATCCTGCAGGTGGAGGAGATCCTATCTTATACCAACATTTATTT   
 Type material. Holotype: ♂ currently deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA (USNM), illustrated in Fig. 205–206, bears the following four rectangular labels, three white: [PERU: Cuzco, 1375m | San Pedro Lodge | Cosnipata Valley 3756 | 21.IX.2014 Kinyon], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-18111H05 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01531341], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Talides laeta | Grishin]. Paratypes: 2♂♂ NVG-18124A01, WRD 14984 at the type locality, GPS −13.05, −71.55, 1-Nov-2017, W. Dempwolf leg. [WRDempwolf]and NVG-20017B02, 2019-043 Peru: Madre de Dios, Amazonia Lodge, 491m, 24-Oct-2013, M. McInnis leg. [MUSM].   
 Type locality. Peru: Cuzco Region, Cosñipata Road, San Pedro Lodge, elevation 1375 m.   
 Etymology. In Latin, laetus means colorful, joyful, glad, pleasing, or vivid. The name is given to signify this species is more brightly colored than the previous one (Talides eluta new species). The name is an adjective.   
 Distribution. Currently known from Peru.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, pp. 1-115 in Insecta Mundi 2023 (26) on page 84, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10396362