A new genus, Atlanteuptychia gen. nov., for Euptychia ernestina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

Author(s)

André V. L. Freitas ^[1] ; Eduardo P. Barbosa ^[2] ; Jessie P. Santos ^[3] ; Olaf H. H. Mielke ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia - Brasil

^[3] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Biologia. Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia - Brasil

^[4] Universidade Federal do Paraná. Departamento de Zoologia - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zoologia; v. 30, n. 6, p. 661-668, 2013-12-06.

Abstract

Atlanteuptychia Freitas, Barbosa & Mielke, gen. nov. is proposed for Euptychia ernestina Weymer, 1911 and illustrated. This taxon lacks the posterior projection of the tegumen, a synapomorphy of Euptychia Hübner, 1818, and does not share morphological synapomorphies with Cyllopsis R. Felder, 1869 and Paramacera Butler, 1868, two Central American genera apparently closely related to Euptychia ernestina, based on molecular data. This evidence supports the proposition of a new genus endemic to the Atlantic Forest, A. ernestina stat. nov. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/03750-8 - Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic distribution patterns of the clades Yphthimoides Forster, 1964 and Pharneuptychia Forster, 1964 (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
• Grantee: Eduardo de Proença Barbosa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 11/50225-3 - Natural history, phylogeny and conservation of Neotropical Lepidoptera
• Grantee: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants