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Bálint, Zs. ; Johnson, K.: Taxonomic synopsis of the high Andean and Austral lycaenid genus Paralycaeides Nabokov, 1945 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini)

Remarks - Only the primary types (holotype and allotype specimens) are known. The collector of the samples (OLIVIER DOLLFUS) made geological investigations in Peru (G. LAMAS, pers. comm. to the senior author). The genitalia of the primary types were placed on prepared slides already in 1991 ; therefore, only a lateral aspect of the genital henia (Fig. 33) and a ventral aspect for the male aedeagus are known. Etymology - Named for "John Shade", the imaginary New England poet and author of NABOKOV'S Pale Fire. Type material examined - Holotype, male, labelled as "Pérou, Huancoya [!], 21 .XI. I960.; Olivier Dollfus, coll. H. Oberthür"; "Museum Paris. D: H. Oberthür, 1962" [green label]; "gen prep. No. 326, det. Zs. Bálint"; "Holotypus, Paralycaeides shade Bálint, 1993" [red bordered label]. Allotype, male, same data as Holotype, excluding: "gen prep. No. 338, det. Zs. Bálint"; "Allotypus, Paralycaeides shade Bálint, 1993" [red bordered label], both deposited in MNHM. Paralycaeides hazelea sp. n. Figures- Wings: 25-26. Male genitalia: 36 and 40. Diagnosis - Phenetically the taxon is an intermediate sister between P. inconspicua and P. vapa: wingshape resembles to P. inconspicua, but VW pattern like P. vapa. FW shape elongated with rounded outer margin, HW slightly tailed. FW and HW ground unicolourous brown with very thin black marginal border, veins not so conspicuous, dark brown. DHW ground with somewhat darker brown basal area with pubescence, cell CuA2 delicately tailed, fringes checkered. VFW ground greyish brown, discoidal spot and postmedian spots pale greyish brown, large and white ringed, marginal pattern with inconspicuous and continuous darker marginal and paler antemarginal spot row. VHW with very complex pattern: ground brownish grey with silvery suffusion between elements; basal, postbasal, submedian, median and postmedian spots in ce Sc+Rl relatively uniform is size, ce Rs with triangular postmedian spot, discoidal and postdiscal spots of cells Ml and M2 coelescent, cells M3, CuAl and CuA2 with long, silvery triangular spots, submarginal area with shadows of arrow head markings and darker submarginal spots. Male genital uncus pointed, aedeagus long and relatively slender with subzonal element four times longer than suprazonal one. Proximal tabs of subzonal sheath only 1.5 time wider than at zone, valva with long and slender apical process (= rostcllum sensu NABOKOV). Female unknown. FW length = 9.0 mm (Holotype), 8.5-9.0 mm (n=2 Paratypes). Type material - Holotype, male, labelled as "Cuzco, Pern, 3500 m, coll. Fassl; coll. W. P. Comstock; Holotype, Paralycaeides hazelea, det, Bálint and Johnson, xi. 1994, Budapest; gen. prep. No. 446 Bálint", deposited in AMNH. Paratypes, one male, labelled as "Cuzco, 4200 M., 1906, Fa., Paratype, Paralycaeides hazelea, det. Bálint and Johnson, XI. 1994, Budapest" deposited in NMB, one male, labelled as "Cuzco, 1902, Ro., Paratype, Paralycaeides hazelea, det. Bálint and Johnson, XI. 1994, Budapest" deposited in NMB. Type locality - Peru, Cuzco. Distribution - Spatial: Known from the surroundings of Cuzco, southern Peru, at considerably high elevation (3500-4400 m) (Figs 27-28). Temporal: There is no temporal indication on the original labels of the type material. Biology- The type specimen was most probably collected with P. inconspicua but this needs confirmation. We do not know anything about the ecology of this new taxon. Remarks - Identification. Superficially, P. hazelea has a wing shape remarkably similar to that of P. inconspicua (cf. Figs 5-8 and 25-26), but the conspicuous VHW silvery cells M3, CuAl and CuA2 recall P. vapa (Figs 9-22). The most useful diagnostic character of the new taxon is the structure of the male genital aedeagus and the wingshape. The new taxon is sympatric with P. inconspicua in the Cuzco region, and diagnosis should be easy even in the field (see Keys below). The sympatry of P. vapa and P. hazelea is still unconfirmed, but it is possible in southern Peru where sympatry of several high Andean taxa is documented (eg. BÁLINT & JOHNSON 1995b). - Further Specimens. BÁLINT (1993a: 23) listed in the BMNH material 2 males ("Marcapata, 10.800 ft., Ockenden, Rothschild Bequest and "Tirapata, 12700 ft, 11.1906, G. Ockenden, Joicey Bequest" ), 1 male and 2 females ("Tirapata, Carabaya, 12700