Wahydra kenava Butler 1870
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 kenava

description: Wahydra kenava (Butler, 1870)
(Figs 1, 2, 27, 41)
Pamphila kenava Butler, 1870. Trans. ent. Soc. London, p. 506; Venezuela; collection Kaden in collection Druce.—Kirby, 1871. Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lep., p. 656.— Godman, 1900, in Godman & Salvin. Biol. Centr.-Amer., Lep.-Rhop. 2, p. 579.—Godman, 1907. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7)20: 144; syn.: myrona.
Cyclopides or Carterocephalus kenava; Kirby, 1879. Cat. Coll. Diurn. Lep. Hewitson, p. 234.
Hesperia myrona Plötz, 1883. Stett. ent. Ztg. 44: 201; Venezuela.
(no genus) myrona; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 207.
Apaustus konava [sic]; Plötz, 1884. Stett. ent. Ztg. 45: 166.
Butleria kenava; Plötz, 1884. Stett. ent. Ztg. 45: 295.
Molo kenava; Mabille, 1904, in Wytsman. Gen. Ins. 17, p. 158.— Draudt, 1923, in Seitz. Gross-Schmett. Erde 5, p. 977, pl. 188b (d); syn.: myrona.— Hayward, 1942. Rev. Ent., Rio de Janeiro, 12: 530, fig. 12 (male gen.).— Williams & Hayward, 1944. Acta zool. Lill. 2: 211; syn.: myrona.— Bell, 1946. Bol. Ent. venezol. 5: 168; syn.: myrona.— Hayward, 1947. Acta zool. Lill. 4: 355; syn.: myrona.— Hughes, 1962. Entomol. 95: 73.
Zalomes kenava kenava; Evans, 1955. Cat. Amer. Hesp. 4, p. 68, pl. 58 (male gen.); syn.: myrona.
(no genus) kenava; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 176.
(no name) Raymond, 1982. Marip. Venezuela, pl. 15, fig. 17 (d, v).
Zalomes kenava; Bridges, 1983. Lep. Hesp. 1, p. 61, 79; 2, p. 40; syn.: myrona.— Bridges, 1988. Cat. Hesp. 1, p. 96, 125, 184, 187; 2, p. 66; syn.: myrona, tassa, thisbe.
Wahydra kenava; Steinhauser, 1991. Bull. Allyn Mus. 132: 32, figs 37 (venation), 87 (male gen.), 108 (female gen.).— Bridges, 1994. Cat. Fam.-Group, Gen.-Group, Sp. Group Nam. Hesp. (Lep.) World 7, p. 3; 8, p. 115, 150; 9, p. 74; syn.: myrona.— Mielke, 2004. Hesperioidea, p. 84, in Lamas (ed.). Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea, in Heppner (ed.). Atlas Neotrop. Lep. 5A; syn.: myrona, konava.— Mielke, 2005. Cat. Amer. Hesperioidea 5, p. 1363; syn.: myrona, konava.
Diagnosis. Male: Forewing length 11–11.5mm. Nudum 13. DFW brand slim; subapical spot yellowish, in R4-M1. VFW costal area, apical spot and marginal band homogeneous yellowish. VHW with four nonaligned reddish discal spots in Rs-CuA2, plus reddish faint markings closer to margin in Sc-CuA2. Median apophyses of tegumen developed, large, bilobed; lateral projections pointed. Harpe thin, curved. Ventro-posterior end of aedeagus triangular-shaped.
Studied material: Colombia 1 male, no data (DZUP 11.129); Venezuela, Aragua, Colonia Tovar, 2000m, 12- VII-1981. Mielke & Casagrande leg. 3 males (DZUP 29.908, DZUP 29.909, DZUP 29.910)
Type: There is a syntype male in BMNH, here designated as lectotype aiming to give atability to the name, with the following labels: Type / Type H T / Druce Coll. Kaden Coll / P. kenava Butl. Type / Pamphila kenava, Type. Butl. / ♂ / Genus? kenava, Butl. Godman-Salvin Coll. 1914.-5. / Venezuela. Druce Coll. / Compared with Plotz’s drawing of myrina Plötz / Photo AA / 76 / BMNH (E) #806107 /; therefore, also the following label will be added and sent to the curator: / Lectotypus / Lectotype Pamphila kenava Butler, 1870 Henao, Carneiro, Mielke & Casagrande, 2014 /.
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 61, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/289985