Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 88. (Budapest 1996)

Bálint, Zs. ; Lamas, G.: On the taxonomy of the Neotropical Polyommatine Lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini)

nal spot in cell CuA2 and further two very small anal spots. Fringes checkered. VFW ground colour light brown, delicately suffused with gray scales at base, discoidal and postmedian spots very large and darker brown, halos shiny white and narrow; submarginal area with small darker brown polyommatine spot row; VHW pattern typical of Madeleinea and mostly resembling that of M. koa; dark elements darker brown; apical postbasal spots merged, pseudovitta very pale and almost inconspicuous; postmedian spots merged in a wide wavy band; margin darker with small spot in ce CuA2. Female: unknown. FW length: 9.0 mm (holotype and paratypes). Male genitalia: Uncus shorter than in M. koa, gnathos strong with large humerulus; aedeagus with slender suprazonal element as long as subzonal; valvae long and narrow with low Baird's angulation and medium sized anal lobe. Type material - Holotype, male, labelled as: "PERU, LI. Huarochiri, 3150 m, 2.V.81. P. Hocking." Paratype, male, labelled as: "PERU, AY, 30 km W Puquio, 3375 m, ca. 1444/7436, I2.III.1987, O. Karsholt". Paratype, male, labelled as: "PERU. AY, 3 km S Incuyo, 1517/7334, 3300 m, 12.11.95, G. Lamas". All, are deposited in MUSM. Genital dissections (gen. prep. no. Bálint): 574 (holotype). Type locality- Department Lima, Huarochiri, 3150 m, Peru (Fig. 47). Bionomics - Known from Peru at high elevations between 3150-3375 m. Found in February, March and May. Remarks - Phylogenetically, M. bella appears to be the sister species of M. koa, forming with M. carolityla BÁLINT & JOHNSON, 1995, M. vocoban BÁLINT & JOHNSON, 1995, M. odon BÁLINT & JOHNSON, 1995 and M. nodo BÁLINT & JOHNSON, 1995, a monophyletic group in the genus. The sister group in Madeleinea is comprised of the mainly Austral M. mozci with several sister species in the high Andean region of Peru, Bolivia and NE Chile. Etymology - A noun, gender feminine with the meaning "pretty". Table 3. Diagnostic characters of the taxa M. moza, M. koa and M. bella M. moza M. koa M. bella DW ground brown violet blue brown VHW ground grayish with pale pattern colourful with vestigial pattern brown with sharp pattern Male genital uncus in ventral view (Figs 36-38) bulbous, wide with accused apex narrow with relatively parallel edges and pointed apex narrow with convergent edges and bulbous apex