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To the fauna of Pterophoridae of Bolivia with a description of three new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

La fauna de Pterophoridae de Bolivia con descripción de tres especies nuevas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

Introduction

Information on Bolivia’s Pterophoridae was considered in the works of GIELIS (2003, 2006, 2011, 2013), KOVTUNOVICH et al. (2016), USTJUZHANIN & KOVTUNOVICH (2018). In the materials on Pterophoridae, collected by V. Sinyaev and his assistants in Bolivia, we found three species new to science, and 9 species previously unknown for the fauna of this country. As a result, the Pterophoridae fauna of Bolivia now comprises 53 species.

Material and methods

The Pterophoridae were collected at night and in the twilight, using light traps. The studied specimens are deposited in the collection of the Zoological Institute St. Petersburg, Russia (ZISP) and in the Collection of P. Ustjuzhanin and V. Kovtunovich, Novosibirsk and Moscow, Russia, (CUK). The holotypes and paratypes of the new species are deposited in the collection of Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia (ZISP).

List of species

Lioptilodes rionegroicus Gielis, 1991

Lioptilodes rionegroicus Gielis, 1991. Zool. Verh. Leiden, 269: 20

Type locality: ARGENTINA, Rio Negro, San Carlos de Bariloche

Material examined: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, Amboro Nat. Park, 17º 59,2’ S, 63º 59,8’ W, 1800 m, 1 ♂, 05-XI-2010, V. Sinyaev & O. Romanov leg.; Lago Titicaca, 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 11-I-2010, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg.; La Paz, Santa Rosa de Lima, 16º 23.6’S, 67º 41.8’ W, 1550 m, 1 ♀, 20-22- X-2010, V. Sinyaev & O. Romanov leg.

Distribution: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Lioptilodes zapalaicus Gielis, 1991

Lioptilodes zapalaicus Gielis, 1991. Zool. Verh. Leiden, 269: 18

Type locality: ARGENTINA, Neuquen, Zapala, El Marucho.

Material examined: Bolivia, Sierra Siberia, 18 km SE Pojo, 17º 50.6’ S, 64º 41.8’ W, 2500 m, 1 ♂, 15-I-2010, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg.

Distribution: Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Stenoptilodes gilvicolor (Zeller, 1877)

Platyptilia gilvicolor Zeller, 1877. Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross., 13: 462

Type locality: COLOMBIA, Bogota

Material examined: Bolivia, Cotapata, 16º 16,8’ S, 67º 52,6’ W, 3210 m, 1 ♂, 6-7-I-2010, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg.

Distribution: Chile, Colombia, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Exelastis phlyctaenias ( Meyrick, 1911)

Marasmarcha phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 21(1):106

Type locality: SRI LANKA

Material examined: Bolivia, Santa Cruz, 11 km NE Tatarenda, 19º 50.3’ S, 63º 43.5’ W, 680 m, 1 ♂, 27-XII-2009, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg.

Distribution: Sri Lanka, Oman, Philippines, Tanzania, Malawi, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Ethiopia, Ghana, Virgin Islands, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Hellinsia chalupi Gielis, 2013

Hellinsia chalupi Gielis, 2013. Boln Soc. ent. aragon., 53: 99

Type locality: ARGENTINA, Tucuman, Alto de San Agustin

Material examined: BOLIVIA, Santa Cruz, La Higuera, 18º 47.7’ S, 64º 12.1’ W, 2050 m, 1 ♂, 19-20-XII-2009, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg.

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Hellinsia emmorus (Walsingham, 1915)

Pterophorus emmorus Walsingham, 1915. Biol. C.-Am. Lep. Ins. Het., 4: 441

Type locality: MEXICO, Veracruz, Orizaba

Material examined: Bolivia, 9,3 km SE Coroico, 16º 14.7’S, 67º 39.6’ W, 1980 m, 1 ♀, 02-03-I2010, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg.

Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala. Honduras, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Hellinsia yalae Gielis, 2013

Hellinsia yalae Gielis, 2013. Boln Soc. ent. aragon., 53: 97

Type locality: ARGENTINA, Jujuy, Yala

Material examined: Bolivia, La Paz, Santa Rosa de Lima, 16º 23.6’S, 67º 41.8’ W, 1550 m, 1 ♂, 20-22-X-2010, V. Sinyaev & O. Romanov leg.

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Hellinsia swammerdami Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. (Figs 1, 2)

Figures 1-6.– 1-2.
Hellinsia swammerdami Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. 1. Adult (Holotype, ZISP). 2. Male genitalia (Holotype, ZISP gen. prep.1956). 3-4. Hellinsia sergeii Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. 3. Adult (Holotype, ZISP). 4. Male genitalia (Holotype, ZISP gen. prep. 1958). 5-6. Hellinsia aymara Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. 5. Adult (Holotype, ZISP). 6. Male genitalia (Holotype, ZISP gen. prep. 1959).

Type material: Holotype, ♂, Bolivia, near Lagunillas, 18º 15.5’ S, 64º 10.9’W, 1524 m, 17-XII2009, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg. (ZISP gen. prep.1956). Paratypes: Bolivia, 1 ♂, same data as holotype (CUK); 7 km SW Mataral, 18º 09.2’ S, 64º 15.8’W, 1524 m, 6 ♂♂, 15-16-XII-2009 (CUK gen. prep. 349, 350), (ZISP gen. prep.1957); 7,7 km SW Comarapa, 1 ♂, 10-XII-2009, 17º 58.2’ S, 64º 34.7’W, 1833 m, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg. (CUK); 8,3 km W Mataral, 18º 07.7’ S, 64º 17.1’W, 1661 m, 1 ♂, 19-I-2010, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg. (CUK).

Description: Head, thorax and tegulae pale. Labial palpi brown, apically tapered, twice shorter than longitudinal eye diameter. Antennae pale brown. Wingspan 15-16 mm (holotype 16 mm). Fore wings grey. Alternating dark brown and white horizontal lines along costal edge above cleft. Fringe inside cleft basally white, medially and distally mixed with brown hairs. Both lobes of fore wing clarified with white scales. Small blurred brown spot at cleft base. Hind wings and fringe on all three lobes unicolorous grey. Hind legs pale yellow. Spurs on hind legs of unequal length.

Male genitalia: Valves narrow, long, asymmetric. Saccular process on left valve thick. Rod-like, with two processes distally and medially. Saccular process on right valve narrow, straight, without any spikes or protrusions, slightly extended basally. Saccus horseshoe-like. Aedeagus thick, short, almost straight. Cornutus long, slightly wavy, about half of aedeagus in length, distally noticeably narrowing. Anellus arms relatively short, of unequal length, right one noticeably longer than left. Uncus narrow, arched, apically acute. Gnathos expressed as robust oval bump densely covered with tiny spikes.

Diagnosis: The species is characterized by the special shape of the gnathos, there is no analogous structure in other species.

Flight period: December, January.

Distribution: Bolivia.

Etymology: The species is named after the famous Dutch naturalist, founder of the science of entomology Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680).

Hellinsia sergeii Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. (Figs 3, 4)

Type material: Holotype ♂, Bolivia, La Paz, Santa Rosa de Lima, 16º 23.6’S, 67º 41.8’ W, 1550 m, 20-22-X-2010, V. Sinyaev & O. Romanov leg. (ZISP gen. prep. 1958). Paratype, Bolivia, Santa Cruz Department, near Lagunillas, 19º 50.3’ S, 63º 43.5’ W, 1477 m, 1 ♂, 25-26-XII-2009, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg. (CUK).

Description: Head, thorax and tegulae ocher-yellow. Labial palpi thin, 1,5 times longitudinal eye diameter. Antennae yellow. Wingspan 30 mm. Fore wings unicolorous, ocher-yellow, without pattern. Costal edge of fore wing darkened with brown scales up to cleft base. Fringe pale. Hind wings the same as forewings: ocher yellow. Hind legs pale yellow.

Male genitalia: Valves asymmetric, left one noticeably wider than right one. Saccular process on left valve long, almost reaching top of valve. Sacculus with small spike at base of right valve. Anellus arms short, of unequal length, right one noticeably longer than left one. Apices of Anellus arms beakshaped, acute. Saccus arched. Uncus narrow, thin, apically acute. Aedeagus slightly shorter than valve, smoothly curved medially.

Diagnosis: In the yellowish color of the wings, the new species resembles Hellinsia crescens (Meyrick, 1926), but differs in the smaller size and the absence of the spots and dots on the wings. In the male genitalia, in the saccular process on the left valve, the new species is also similar to H. crescens, but in the new species the process almost reaches the valve top, while in H. crescens, it hardly extends beyond the middle of the valve.

Flight period: October, December.

Distribution: Bolivia.

Etymology: The species is named after the brother of the first author, Sergei Ustjuzhanin, who instilled in me a love of entomology in my childhood.

Hellinsia aymara Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, sp. n. (Figs 5, 6)

Type material: Holotype, ♂, Bolivia, 9,3 km SE Coroico, 16º 14.7’ S, 67º 39.6’ W, 1980 m, 02- 03-I-2010, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg. (ZISP gen. prep. 1959).

Description: Head, thorax and tegulae pale brown. Labial palpi brown, thalf longitudinal eye diameter. Antennae transversely striated. Wingspan 15 mm. Fore wings pale brown. Longitudinal dark brown stroke along costal edge, above cleft base. Small blurred brown spot at cleft base. Hind wings unicolorous, pale brown. Fringe on all wings grey. Hind legs pale brown.

Male genitalia: Valves asymmetric, left one noticeably wider than right one. Saccular process on left valve bent at right angle to inner edge of valve. Saccular process on right valve shaped as simple straight cord. Anellus arms thin, equal in length. Saccus arched. Uncus narrow, thin, apically acute. Aedeagus almost straight, half valve lenght valve, distally with needle-like cornutus.

Diagnosis: In the male genitalia, in the hook-curved saccular process on the left valve and in the simple straight cord on the right valve, the new species is similar to Hellinsia pseudobarbata Gielis, 1999, from which it differs in the asymmetric valves (the left one is wider than the right one), and in the anellus arms equal in length, while in H. pseudobarbata the valves are of equal width, and the anellus arms are different in length.

Flight period: January.

Distribution: Bolivia.

Etymology: The species is named after the Indian people of Aymara, who live in the west of South America including Bolivia.

Adaina bolivari (Căpuşe, 1987)

Paravinculia bolivari Căpuşe, 1987. Fauna hipógea y hemiedáfica de Venezuela y de otros países de América del Sur, 1(18): 185

Type locality: VENEZUELA, Parque Nacional Rancho Grande

Material examined: Bolivia, La Paz, Santa Rosa de Lima, 16º 23.6’ S, 67º 41.8’ W, 1550 m, 1 ♂, 20-22-X-2010, V. Sinyaev & O. Romanov leg.

Distribution: Venezuela, Ecuador, Brazil, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Adaina hodias ( Meyrick, 1908)

Marasmarcha hodias Meyrick, 1908. Trans. ent. Soc. London, 1908: 492

Type locality: BRAZIL, São Paulo

Material examined: Bolivia, near Lagunillas, 18º 15.5’ S, 64º 10.9’ W, 1524 m, 1 ♀, 17-XII-2009, V. Sinyaev, S. Sinyaev & A. Zamesov leg.

Distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia. New species for Bolivia.

Acknowledgments

We express our deep gratitude to V. Sinyaev and his assistants: S. Sinyaeva, A. Zamesov, O. Romanov (Moscow, Russia), for providing materials for examination. We also thank S. Reshetnikov (Novosibirsk, Russia) for photographs of the adult specimens. The authors are grateful to A. Ustjuzhanina (Tomsk, Russia) for language improvements.

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