Description of the hitherto unknown female of Napaea joinvilea (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Mesosemiini), with a discussion on its taxonomic status
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Napaea melampia, morphology, Bahia, Paraná, Santa CatarinaAbstract
The hitherto unknown female of Napaea joinvilea Hall & Harvey, 2005 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Mesosemiini) is described, and new distribution records for the species—until now only known from a single locality in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil—are presented, expanding the distribution more than 1.500 kilometers northwards. Diagnosis and description of the female, distinction from similar sympatric species, illustrations of the imagines and male and female genitalia are provided. Special attention is given to distinguish N. joinvilea from its sisterspecies, N. melampia (Bates, 1867), a rare species known only from unspecified localities in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Based on the female and the new distributional records, N. joinviliea is clearly recognized as a distinct species.
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A fêmea de Napaea joinvilea Hall & Harvey, 2005 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Mesosemiini), até agora desconhecida, é descrita, e são fornecidos novos dados distribucionais para esta espécie - atualmente conhecida somente de uma única localidade no estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil, aumentando a distribuição em mais de 1.500 quilômetros na direção Norte. Diagnose e descrição da fêmea, distinção das espécies simpátricas e ilustração dos adultos em vistas ventral e dorsal, e das genitálias de ambos os sexos são fornecidas. Atenção especial é conferida ao distinguir N. joinvilea de sua espécie-irmã, N. melampia (Bates, 1867), uma espécie rara conhecida somente de localidades não especificadas no estado da Bahia, Brasil. Baseando-se na fêmea e nos novos dados de distribuição, N. joinvilea é claramente reconhecida como uma espécie distinta.
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