Wahydra tassa Evans 1955
Creators: name: Henao, Efrain R.
name: Carneiro, Eduardo
name: Mielke, Olaf H. H.
name: Casagrade, Mirna M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Hesperiidae
Wahydra
Wahydra tassa

description: Wahydra tassa (Evans, 1955)
(Figs 11, 12, 32, 46, 56)
Zalomes kenava tassa Evans, 1955. Cat. Amer. Hesp. 4, p. 68; [holo] type male, interior of Colombia; BM(NH).— Bridges, 1983. Lep. Hesp. 1, p. 116; 2, p. 40.
(no genus) tassa; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 270.
Wahydra tassa; Steinhauser, 1991. Bull. Allyn Mus. 132: 32.— Bridges, 1994. Cat. Fam.-Group, Gen.-Group, Sp. Group Nam. Hesp. (Lep.) World 8, p. 221; 9, p. 74.— Mielke, 2004. Hesperioidea, p. 84, in Lamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A.— Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 5, p. 1363.
Dalla curia Evans, 1955. Cat. Amer. Hesp. 4, p. 44; [holo] type female, January 1918, environs of Bogota, Colombia; Frère Apollinaire-Marie; BM(NH).— Bridges, 1988. Cat. Hesp., Annot. 5, p. 2, 5.— Bridges,1994. Cat. Fam.-Group, Gen.- Group, Sp. Group Nam. Hesp. (Lep.) World 8, p. 59; 9, p. 20.— Bridges, 1994. Cat. Fam.-Group, Gen.-Group, Sp. Group Nam. Hesp. (Lep.) World 8, p. 71; 9, p. 38.— Mielke,2004. Hesperioidea, p. 59, in Lamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A.— Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 6, p. 1404; New synonymy.
(no genus) curia; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 120.
Eumesia curia; Bridges, 1983. Lep. Hesp. 1, p. 31; 2, p. 13.— Bridges, 1988. Cat. Hesp. 1, p. 49; 2, p. 22.
Diagnosis. Male: Forewing length 12mm. Nudum unknown. DFW apex pointed, brand large, subapical spot yellowish, large, in R5-M1. VFW apical and marginal areas distinctly lighter than costa and cellular areas. VHW with several nonaligned reddish spots. Median apophyses of tegumen reduced, thin, simple; lateral processes pointed. Harpe thin, sharply angled. Ventro-posterior end of aedeagus truncated.
Studied material: Colombia, Cundinamarca, Guasca-Gachetá, 2500m 10-VII-1984, 1 male, DZUP 18.179. Facatativa, Vereda La Tribuna, Finca El Triunfo, 04°52'18.6"N 74°24'43.8"W, 2826m, 2-VII-2015, E. Henao leg., 1 female, CEH-085. Interior of Colombia, Wheeler leg., 1 male, BMNH. Colombie, Env. Bogotá, Frére Apollinaire Marie leg., 1918, 1 female, BMNH.
Types: Holotype male of Zalomes kenava tassa in BMNH and holotype female of Dalla curia in BMNH.
Remarks. The study of the holotypes of Dalla curia and Zalomes kenava tassa confirms the new synonym. In reviewing the holotype of Dalla curia Evans, 1995 it was realized that the specimen antennae and wing markings are consistent with diagnostic characters of Wahydra. Additionally, its peculiar forewing apex and geographical distribution corroborate this new synonymy.
description: Published as part of Henao, Efrain R., Carneiro, Eduardo, Mielke, Olaf H. H. & Casagrade, Mirna M., 2015, Taxonomic notes on Wahydra Steinhauser (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Anthoptini) with description of four new species, pp. 59-73 in Zootaxa 4040 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/289985