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)

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW NABOKOVIA SPECIES FROM SOUTHERN HIGH ANDEAN PERU (NABOKOVIA GENUS-GROUP) Nabokovia cuzquenha sp. n. Figures - Wings: 13-16, male genital valva: 39, male genital aedeagus: 41. Diagnosis - Superficially resembling N.faga (DOGNIN, 1895) with conspicuous row of large quadrant postmedian spots; VHW less mottled, basal and submedian pattern inconspicuous, postmedial white stripe strongly reduced or absent, antemarginal area very dark. Male genitalia also resembling those of N.faga with more convex valval costa and pointed apex but aedeagus long, more like in N. ada BÁLINT & JOHNSON, 1994 like. Valval shape and male genital organ (aedeagus) characters distinguishing the new species are summarized in Table 4. Description - Male: Antennae and wingshape as typical for Nabokovia (cf. BÁLINT & JOHNSON 1994C/). DFW, DHW ground colour brown with very small black anal spot in Cu2, HW tailed. Fringes lighter brown. VFW ground colour yellow-orange basad with large, quadrant shaped brown postmedial spots, submarginal markings vestigial; VHW ground colour gray with paler brown subbasal and submedian row of spots, submedian white band strongly reduced or absent, submarginal area dark unicoloured brown. Male genitalia with convex costal edge and long process ("rostellum"), anal apex pointed; aedeagus long and slender with pointed suprazonal element about 1/3 times length of subzonal element. Female similar to male with orange submedian suffusion on DFW. Female genitalia not examined. FW length: 1 I mm (holotype), male: 10-11 mm (paratypes, n = 5), female: 10-11 mm (paratypes, n = 2). Type material- Holotype male, labelled as: "PERU, AP, Kuchiwa, Pachaconas, 3200 m, 8.VII.79, V. Pacheco" (deposited in MUSM). Paratype, male, labelled as: "PERU, CU, Piste, 2 km Calca, 8.iii.85, J. L. Venero" (deposited in MUSM). Paratype, male, labelled as: "PERU, HV, 3 km NNE Colcabamba, 2500 m, 1224/7440, 26.iv.95, G. Lamas" (deposited in MUSM). Paratype, male, labelled as: "Cuzco, 1906, Fa" [="Fassl"] (deposited in HNHM); paratype male, labelled as "Cuzco, Peru, 4200 M, 1906, Fa" (deposited in NHMB), paratype male, labelled as "Cuzco", paratype female, labelled as "Cuzco, 1906, Fa" (deposited in NHMB) and paratype, female, labelled as "Cuzco, 1906" (deposited in NHMB). Genitalia dissections (gen. prep, nos Bálint): 563 (holotype), 417 (HNHM paratype). Type locality - Pachaconas, 3200 m, Kuchiwa, department Apurimac, Peru (Fig. 47). Bionomics - The holotype was collected in relatively high elevation, at 3200 m, while one paratype was found at 2500 m. Specimens known from March, April and July, probably flying all year round as N.faga. Remarks - The material examined section of BÁLINT & JOHNSON (1994: 113114) for N. faga listed several specimens collected in southern Peruvian localities. Most probably many of them represent this new taxon. The only "/V. faga" specimen available