Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 98. (Budapest 2006)

Bálint, Zs.: Arcas Swainson, 1832 is revisited: review of some species-group names, identification of the sister group and a key for species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)

Areas gozmanyi sp. n. (Figs 12-14) Areas splendor NlCOLAY, 1971 (not DRUCE, 1907), male: 103; Fig. 2D (male genital valvae), (9A (dorsum), 9B (ventrum), 10C (dorsal fore wing androconia); ROBBINS 2004: 129, misidentifiType material - Holotype male, University Museum, Oxford (UK), labelled as: (1) "PANAMA: PANAMA [//] Cerro Campana [//] 5-22-1971 [//] H. L. King (white oblong printed label; date handwritten), (2) "Allyn Museum [//] Acc. 1981-11" (white oblong printed label), (3) "Areas [//] splendour [//] HHDce" (white hand written label), (4) "Exchange [//] from AME/FSM [//] to HEC/OUM [//] no. [//] Acc.

3-1985" (pale yellow quadrant printed label). The specimen is in moderate condition: wing apices worn, hind wing CuA2 tails missing. Length of fore wing measured from the base of cubital vein to the vein R3 terminus is 25 mm. Remarks - NlCOLAY (1971) misapplied the name splendor to the species as he thought mistakenly that this phenotype represented splendor male (see above). He remarked that the range of A. splendor was restricted to Central America (Panama and Costa Rica). He was not aware that the type locality of "Thecla splendor" is "nr. Bogota" (BÁLINT 2002: fig. 26). This situation is reflected by the CNB (ROBBINS 2004). Another complicated factor is that NlCOLAY probably wrongly associated the female phenotype of this Central American species with his A. delphia (see above). Consequently, NlCOLAY has never described or illustrated either the male of A. splendor or the female of A. delphia. Despite its being well described and documented (see above the references given), the Central American species with tear-drop shaped dorsal forewing androconia had so far no applicable name as the species-group name "Thecla splendor Druce" was wrongly applied through misidentification. With indication to NlCOLAY'

s descriptions and the designation of a holotype I give the scientific name to this species Areas gozmanyi sp. n. The species is dedicated to Dr. LÁSZLÓ GOZMÁNY, the widely known Microlepidoptera specialist, former curator of Lepidoptera in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, for the anniversary of his 85th birthday. cation. KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ARCAS Ventral hind wing without median line Ventral hind wing with median line 2 3