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Issue: Vol. 5501 No. 1: 29 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.1.9
Page range: 181-190
Abstract views: 124
PDF downloaded: 9

Integrative description of Thaeides ramoni sp. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a sympatric sibling species of Thaeides theia (Hewitson, 1870) found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Departamento de Biología; Universidad del Atlántico; Barranquilla; Colombia; Corporación Universitaria Autónoma del Cauca; Popayán; Colombia
MSc Programme in Global Forestry; University of Copenhagen; Denmark
Nature Education Centre; Jagiellonian University; Gronostajowa 5; 30-387 Kraków; Poland
SNSB-Zoological State Collection (ZSM); Munich; Germany
Lepidoptera Theclinae hairstreaks taxonomy Thaeides muela (Dyar) Abloxurina dissentanea putreensis Johnson Thecla dissentanea Draudt

Abstract

We present evidence from DNA barcodes, wing pattern and distribution to support the hypothesis that an entity flying in sympatry with Thaeides theia in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, is an undescribed biological species named herein as Thaides ramoni Prieto, sp. nov. Adult specimens and genital structures are illustrated for both species along with molecular and morphological diagnostic characters. In addition, we present some considerations about the taxonomy of the species in the Thaeides muela group.

 

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