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Issue: Vol. 4312 No. 1: 28 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.8
Page range: 165–179
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 2

Sertania gen. nov., a new genus of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) from the South American dry diagonal

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 91501-970, Brazil.
Casa Picapau, Floresta de la Sabana. Carrera 7, 237-04, Bogotá, Colombia.
Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-970, Brazil.
Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-970, Brazil.
Ecosistemas argentinos, Los Quebrachos s/n (5182) Los Cocos, Córdoba, Argentina.
Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-970, Brazil.
Lepidoptera Caatinga campos rupestres Cerrado Chaco Monte Riodinini

Abstract

Sertania Callaghan & Kaminski, gen. nov. is proposed for the Neotropical riodinid butterfly species “Emesis” guttata (Stichel, 1910). Both, morphological (wing shape pattern and characters in the male genitalia) and molecular data support this as a new genus distinct from all other described genera of Riodinidae. Based on morphology and molecular data, two described subspecies were raised to species status: Sertania jaibensis (Callaghan & Soares, 2001), comb. nov., stat. nov., and Sertania lambedor (P. Jauffret, J. Jauffret & Pessôa, 2008), comb. nov., stat. nov. In addition, taxonomic and ecological notes, distribution map and illustrations of adults are provided. Species in this genus are restricted to xeric environments along the South American ‘dry diagonal’ and can be a promising model for biogeography studies of Neotropical open vegetal physiognomies.

 

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