Duas novas espécies de Alera Mabille (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae)

Abstract

Alera romeroi sp. nov. da Venezuela (Aragua: Maracay) e Alera manu sp. nov. do Brasil (Acre, Bujari) e Peru (Madre de Dios, Parque Nacional del Manu) são descritas e ilustradas.

Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data

“…Godman & Salvin, 1879–1901; Draudt, 1917–1924; Howe, 1975), all of which (except Spathilepia ) were placed in Evans’ Urbanus group. This pattern is found in many additional genera in the Urbanus group (all of which we include in Eudaminae, see Appendix 1), including Epargyreus , Polythrix , Cephise , Lobocla , Codatractus , Chrysoplectrum and Typhedanus (spotting patterns are somewhat aberrant in Heronia and Zestusa ) (Godman & Salvin, 1879–1901; Draudt, 1917–1924; Hayward, 1933a, b; Freeman, 1969a; Howe, 1975; Mielke, 1979a; Chou, 1994; Warren, 1995; Burns, 1996; Mielke & Warren, 2004). Males of most eudamines have symmetrical or nearly symmetrical valvae (character 12), which tend to be robust, elongate, and often rough‐textured, together with a broad, smooth, laterally rounded tegumen and well‐developed uncus and gnathos (Godman & Salvin, 1879–1901; Skinner & Williams, 1922; Williams, 1926, 1927; Williams & Bell, 1931, 1933, 1934a, b; Hayward 1933a; Evans, 1952; Steinhauser, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989; Mielke, 1979a, b; Burns, 1984, 1996; Cock, 1988; Shuey, 1991; Roque et al, 1995; Warren, 1995; Burns & Janzen, 1999, 2005a)”.…”