A review of the Ocaria arpoxais species group (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) with the description of a new species previously confused with O. cinerea (Lathy).

IF 0.9 4区生物学 Q3 ZOOLOGY

Zootaxa Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.3

Christophe Faynel, Robert C Busby, Diego R Dolibaina, Blanca Huertas, Christer Fåhraeus

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Abstract

The genus Ocaria Clench comprises fourteen small to medium-sized Neotropical species within the Eumaeini tribe (Lycaenidae: Theclinae). They inhabit lowland to mid-montane habitats across Central and South America. A phylogenetic analysis of Ocaria is presented based on the COI barcode region to test the monophyly and species composition of the arpoxais group, a subset of six species sharing similar size and wing patterns. The genus Arases K. Johnson, syn. rest., is reestablished as a synonym of Ocaria, and two species recently assigned to Arases are transferred to Ocaria: O. moseranki (Bálint) comb. nov. and O. pricarlosi (Bálint) comb. nov. During the comprehensive review of the arpoxais group, an undescribed species has been identified based on differences in wing morphology, genital structures, genetic markers (COI) and geographic distribution. Ocaria delphinae Faynel, Fåhraeus & Busby sp. nov. is described from 48 male and two female specimens, with Peru as type locality. It is widely distributed across South America in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and had historically been confused with O. cinerea. Females are associated with males for the first time and illustrated along with their genitalia when possible. Key diagnostic characters for adults are detailed and illustrated. Updated distribution maps are provided for all species within this group.

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本文综述了灰蛾科灰蛾属（Ocaria arpoxais）的种群及一新种的描述，并将其与灰蛾属（o.c inerea, Lathy）混淆。

Ocaria clech属包括14个小型到中型的新热带物种，属于Eumaeini部落（Lycaenidae: clineae）。它们栖息在中美洲和南美洲的低地到山地中部。基于COI条形码区域对Ocaria进行了系统发育分析，以测试arpoxais类群的单系性和物种组成，arpoxais类群由6个物种组成，具有相似的大小和翅膀图案。强生属，同义。（O. moseranki (Bálint) comb）是Ocaria的同义词，最近被分配到Arases的两个物种被转移到Ocaria: O. moseranki (Bálint) comb。11月和O. pricarlosi （Bálint）梳子。11 .在对arpoxais类群的全面审查中，根据翅膀形态、生殖器结构、遗传标记（COI）和地理分布的差异，确定了一个未被描述的物种。从48个雄性和2个雌性标本中描述了Ocaria delphinae Faynel， f hraeus & Busby sp. 11 .，秘鲁为类型产地。它广泛分布在南美洲的哥伦比亚、厄瓜多尔、秘鲁和玻利维亚，历史上曾与O. cinerea混淆。女性第一次与男性联系在一起，并在可能的情况下与他们的生殖器一起展示。对成人的主要诊断特征进行了详细说明。更新的分布图提供了所有物种在这一组。

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Zootaxa 生物-动物学

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1.90

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33.30%

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1895

审稿时长

2.7 months

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