Oligoria (Oligoria) obtena 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
Oligoria
Oligoria obtena

description: Oligoria (Oligoria) obtena Grishin, new species   
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(Fig. 4 part, 101–102, 324–327)  
 Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic analysis of specimens from Ecuador identified as Oligoria lucifer (Hübner, [1831]) (type locality in Suriname) reveals that they are not monophyletic with it and instead are sister to both Oligoria maculata (W. H. Edwards, 1865) (type locality in USA: Louisiana) and Oligoria percosius (Godman, 1900) (type locality in Mexico, Guatemala, and Panama), being genetically differentiated from them (Fig. 4): e.g., COI barcodes of Ecuadorian specimens differ from O. maculata and O. percosius by 5.3% (35bp) and 4.6% (30 bp), respectively, and therefore they represent a new species. This new species keys to “ Decinea lucifer ” (L.11.8) in Evans (1955) but differs from its relatives by a small spot and reduced pale overscaling around it in ventral forewing cell CuA 2 -1A+2A. 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: aly3446.8.5:C48T, aly3446.8.5:T87C, aly127.87.2:C51T, aly127.87.2:G75A, aly903.2.14:T860C, and COI barcode: A166G, T277A, T530C, T553A, A628T.   
 Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-18118B05, GenBank OR837669, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACTTCTTTAAGATTATTAATTCGTACAGAATTAGGTAATCCAGGATCATTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTCGGAAATT GATTAGTTCCTTTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCACGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGAATGTTACCCCCCTCATTAACATTATTAAT TTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACTGGTTGAACAGTTTATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTAATATTGCCCACCAAGGATCTTCTGTTGATTTA GCAATTTTTTCCCTTCATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCTATTAATTTTATTACAACAATTATTAATATACGAATTAAAAATTTATCAT TTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGATCTGTAGGTATTACTGCTCTATTATTACTTTTATCTTTACCAGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACTATACTACT TACTGATCGAAATCTTAATACCTCATTTTTTGATCCAGCAGGAGGTGGTGATCCAATTTTATACCAACATTTATTT   
 Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA (USNM), illustrated in Fig. 101–102, bears the following five rectangular labels, four white: [ECUADOR: Napo Prov | 4 km Tena-Pano Rd | 1° 02′S, 77 ° 50′W | 28 Sep 1990 600 m | DH Ahrenholz leg | SS Nicolay curator], [Decinea | lucifer ♂ | Det. Hbn | S.S. Nicolay], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-18118B05 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | {QR Code} | 01531769], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Oligoria (Oligoria) | obtena Grishin]. Paratype: 1♂ NVG-18118B07, USNMENT_01531771 Ecuador: Napo, Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve, GPS −1.0667, −77.6000, 30-Sep-1991, D. H. Ahrenholz leg., genitalia H1096 (Fig. 324–325) [USNM].   
 Type locality. Ecuador: Napo Province, km 4 of Tena-Pano Rd., elevation 600 m, GPS −1.033, −77.833.   
 Etymology. In Latin, obtenebro means darken, make dark, obscure, or conceal. The name is given for the reduced pale scaling near the ventral forewing tornus compared to its congeners and is a noun in apposition.   
 Distribution. Currently known only from the Napo Province in Ecuador.
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 pages 44-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10396362