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Issue: Vol. 3861 No. 1: 11 Sept. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-09-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.1.6
Page range: 91–95
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 1

Psoralis mirnae sp. nov., the first species of the skipper genus from Central America (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. 2 41 Sunrise Blvd, Williamsville, New York 14221, U. S. A.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. 2 41 Sunrise Blvd, Williamsville, New York 14221, U. S. A.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. 2 41 Sunrise Blvd, Williamsville, New York 14221, U. S. A.
Lepidoptera Hesperiidae

Abstract

Psoralis Mabille, 1904 (Hesperiinae: Moncini) contains 11 species of skippers distributed throughout South America (Mielke 2004, 2005). According to Evans (1955), Psoralis resembles Lerema Scudder, 1872, in several morphological characters of antennae, palpi, wings and legs, but could be distinguished from the latter by the male genitalia, where the uncus is undivided instead of being quadrifid. This paper describes a new species of Psoralis from Central America, P. mirnae sp. nov., based on specimens collected by the second author (I. Nakamura) in Guatemala.