Description of two new species of Pheles Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] and notes on the taxonomic position of two species hitherto included in the genus (Riodinidae: Riodininae)

Fernando Maia Silva Dias; Diego Rodrigo Dolibaina; Carlos guilherme costa mielke; olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke; Mirna Martins Casagrand

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.8

Issue: Vol. 3981 No. 2: 3 Jul. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-07-03

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.8

Page range: 275–283

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**Description of two new species of Pheles Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] and notes on the taxonomic position of two species hitherto included in the genus (Riodinidae: Riodininae)**

Fernando Maia Silva Dias⁺⁻
Diego Rodrigo Dolibaina⁺⁻
Carlos guilherme costa mielke⁺⁻
olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke⁺⁻
Mirna Martins Casagrand⁺⁻

Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, 81.531–980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

frons incertae sedis labial palpus morphology Melanis Pachythone

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Abstract

Two new species of Pheles Herrich–Schäffer, [1853], Pheles plaumanni Dolibaina & Dias sp. nov. and Pheles obscura C. Mielke, Dolibaina & Dias sp. nov. are described from southern Brazil. Through the comparative study of the morphology of the head, labial palpus and the genitalia two species are removed from Pheles and the following new combinations are proposed: Pachythone bicolor (Godman & Salvin, 1886) comb. nov. and Melanis caatingensis (Callaghan & Nobre, 2014) comb. nov. The species studied are pictured and details of the head and genitalia are illustrated.