Cicinnus orthane Blanchard Pearson 1852
Creators: name: St Laurent, Ryan A.
name: Giusti, Alessandro
name: Mielke, Carlos G. C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Mimallonidae
Cicinnus
Cicinnus orthane

description: Cicinnus orthane Blanchard, 1852
Cicinnus orthane Blanchard, 1852: 66, Atlas zoológico, Entomologia, Lepidópteros, pl. 6, fig. 4
Mimallo orthane; Walker 1855: 1338
Mimallo orthana; Berg 1876: 170, misspelling
Mimallo orthane; Berg 1881: 33
Mimallo orthane; Mayer 1881: 363
Mimallo orthane; Bertkau 1882: 200
Perophora orthane; Kirby 1892: 726
Cicinnus orthane; Schaus 1928: 646
Cicinnus orthane; Gaede 1931: 8
Cicinnus orthane; Fletcher & Nye 1982: 39
Cicinnus orthane; Becker 1996: 18
Cicinnus orthane; St Laurent et al. 2018
Type material. Lectotype ♀. “ CHILI ” Cicinnus orthane Bl. Chili/ LECTOTYPE [blue edged circular label]/ LECTOTYPE ♀ Cicinnus orthane designated by St Laurent, Giusti, & C. Mielke, 2018 [red handwritten label]/ NHMUK 010891831/ Genitalia in vial with the following labels: 1951|142/ C. orthane Blanch. Figure type Gay Hist-Chile/ BM. 142|51 H.R.P.|Tams/ prep. 142|51 C. orthane Bl. Type ♀/ (NHMUK). (Fig. 2, note: subsequently added handwritten lectotype label not figured in Fig. 3)
Cicinnus cf orthane material examined. (26 ♂, 4 ♀ total) BRAZIL: Bahia: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Camacã, 15°25'S, 39°34'W, 800 m: X.2011 [♀], X.2012 [♂], Hubert Thöny leg. (MWM). Espírito Santo: 1 ♂, Parque Sooretama (Cupido): II–III.1948, L. Trav[assos], Freitas & H. Trav[assos], N. 10.832 I Oswaldo Cruz, Cicinnus orthane Blanchard Pearson det., Brit. Mus. 1962-112, NHMUK 0 10891832 (NHMUK). Minas Gerais: 1 ♂, São Roque de Minas, São José do Barreiro, 900 m: XI.2017 (CGCM). Rio de Janeiro: 1 ♂, Angra-Jussaral, Trav[assos] & H. Lopes leg., Oiticica F. 10-934 (CEIOC). 1 ♂, Angra dos Reis: Trav[assos] & F. Almeida leg., J.C. Penido 4924 (CEIOC). 3 ♂, Petrópolis (DZUP). 1 ♂, Independência, Petrópolis, 900 m (DZUP). São Paulo: 3 ♂, Ribeirão Preto, Faz[enda] da Pedra, Rio Tamanduá: 26–29.X.1954, Travassos leg. (CEIOC). 1 ♀, Juquiá (DZUP). 1 ♂, Guapiara, Paivinha, 800 m: 14–16.II.2006, C. Mielke leg., CGCM 29.061 (CGCM). 1 ♂, Apiaí, 600 m: 9–
12.IX.2007, C. Mielke leg., CGCM 30.451 (CGCM). Santa Catarina: 2 ♂, Dalbérgia [formely Nova Bremen]: 1.XII.1914, Fr. Hoffman (1 ♂, CMNH); no date nor collector information (1 ♂, CUIC). 3 ♂, Dalbérgia [formely Nova Bremen]: III.1937, X.1937, XI.1937, B. Pohl [leg.] (MZSP). 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Jaraguá [do Sul]: 27.XI.1934, 29.II.1935, 20.XI.1935, Fritz Hoffmann, Franclemont genitalia prep. 1772 [male], (CUIC). 1 ♂, São Bento do Sul, Rio Vermelho, 850 m: I.1999, Hubert Thöny leg. (MWM). 3 ♂, 1 ♀, São Bento do Sul, Rio Natal, 26°20'2''S, 49°18'30''W, 450 m: 18.I.2014 [♂], O. Rank leg., CGCM 28.043 (CGCM); 20.XII.2014 [♂], O. Rank leg., CGCM 27.332 (CGCM); 13.IV.2015 [♀], I. Rank leg., CGCM 34.365 [female genital preparation] (CGCM); 15.VIII.2014 [♂], I. Rank leg., CGCM 29.278 [St Laurent dissection 10-30-17:1] (MGCL). 1 ♂, Corupá: II.1954, Maller leg., No. HRP 1451, Cicinnus orthane Blanchard Pearson det., Brit. Mus. 1962-112, NHMUK 0 10891833 (NHMUK).
Diagnosis. Cicinnus orthane can be recognized by the tan coloration and irregular splotches of dark brown scales that variously cover the wings. The discal region of the fore- and hindwing bears a distinct, ovoid to circular brown-gray spot. Similar species include C. incerta (Möschler, 1878), C. pudens Schaus, 1911, C. solvens Dyar, 1914, and C. melgibsoni Herbin & Monzón, 2015. Cicinnus orthane displays the most yellow (rather than dull brown-gray to nearly orange) ground coloration (though the variable blotches of dark brown may result in C. orthane appearing overall darker). The discal spots of C. orthane are the most well-developed of these species.
Distribution. (Fig. 10) The type locality of C. orthane is Concepción, Chile, but considering our above discussion, this may be erroneous. The same, or a related species, from southeastern Brazil which we treat here as C. cf orthane, is widely distributed in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest in the states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Santa Catarina and from semi-deciduous forest of Minas Gerais and São Paulo.
Remarks. Fig. 6a displays the unique scale pouch of segment VIII seen in this species. Other dissected Cicinnus s. l., such as C. melsheimeri, are not known to have a compact pouch of scales tucked in the intersegmental region on the ventrum of VIII.
description: Published as part of St Laurent, Ryan A., Giusti, Alessandro & Mielke, Carlos G. C., 2018, The identity of Cicinnus orthane Blanchard, 1852 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonidae, Cicinninae), type species of Cicinnus Blanchard, 1852, pp. 275-285 in Zootaxa 4450 (2) on pages 280-283, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/1444756