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. 2017 May 29:(677):97-129.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.677.12435. eCollection 2017.

Revision of the genus Reinmara Schaus, 1928 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae) with the descriptions of four new species from South America

Ryan A St Laurent  1 , Daniel Herbin  2 , Carlos G C Mielke  3
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Revision of the genus Reinmara Schaus, 1928 (Lepidoptera, Mimallonoidea, Mimallonidae) with the descriptions of four new species from South America

Ryan A St Laurent et al. Zookeys. .

Abstract

The mimallonid genus Reinmara Schaus, 1928 is revised. The three previously described species, R. enthona (Schaus, 1905), R. minasa Schaus, 1928, and R. wolfei Herbin & C. Mielke, 2014 are redescribed and the females of each are described and figured for the first time. Additionally, we describe four new species, two Andean: R. andensissp. n. and R. occidentalissp. n., and two Brazilian: R. atlanticasp. n. and R. igneasp. n.. The new species R. ignea and R. atlantica are likely of conservation concern due to their rarity in collections and their apparent endemism to an endangered biome, the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.

Keywords: Bolivia; Brazil; Ecuador; Peru; Taxonomy.

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Figures

Figures 1–5.
Figures 1–5.
Reinmara enthona adults, a dorsal b ventral. 1 Holotype ♂, French Guiana, St. Jean du Maroni (USNM) 2 ♂, French Guiana, Kaw Rd., Camp Patawa (CDH) 3 ♂, French Guiana, Patagai Rd., 58 m (CDH) 4 ♂, Brazil, Rondônia, Porto Velho, 180 m (USNM) 5 ♀, French Guiana, Kaw Rd., PK 37.5 + 2, 200 m (CDH). Scale bar: 1 cm.
Figure 6.
Figure 6.
Reinmara enthona ♀, Suriname, Brokopondo, Brownsberg NP, 490 m (Photograph courtesy of A.J. Hielkema, used with permission).
Figure 7.
Figure 7.
Phylogenetic tree built with neighbor-joining method in MEGA6 showing relationships among Reinmara, with Lacosoma Grote, 1864 as the outgroup. See remarks section for R. andensis regarding noted issues with this analysis.
Figures 8–12.
Figures 8–12.
Reinmara adults, a dorsal b ventral. 8 R. atlantica Holotype ♂, Brazil, Espírito Santo, Linhares, 40 m (DZUP) 9 R. andensis Holotype ♂, Bolivia, N. Yungas, 1000–1800 m (MNHN) 10 R. andensis Paratype ♂, Locality as for Fig. 9 (CDH) 11 R. andensis Paratype ♂, Peru, Puno, Oroya, Río Inambari, 3100 ft (NHMUK) 12 R. occidentalis Holotype ♂, Ecuador, El Oro, 10 km NW Piñas, 750 m (MWM). Scale bar: 1 cm.
Figures 13–16.
Figures 13–16.
Reinmara wolfei adults, a dorsal b ventral. 13 Holotype ♂, Brazil, Maranhão, Feira Nova do Maranhão, 480 m [image originally published by Antenor, reused with permission] (DZUP) 14 ♂, Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 1000 m (CPAC) 15 ♂, Brazil, Mato Grasso, 60 km S. of Poconé, Pantanal, 100 m (USNM) 16 ♀, Locality as for Fig. 14 (CPAC). Scale bar: 1 cm.
Figures 17–22.
Figures 17–22.
Reinmara adults, a dorsal b ventral. 17 R. minasa Holotype ♂, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Passa Quatro (MNHU) 18 R. minasa ♂, Brazil, São Paulo, São José do Barreiro, Bocaina, 1539 m (CGCM) 19 R. minasa ♀, Brazil, São Paulo, Santo Antônio do Pinhal, Eugênio Lefèvre, 1200 m (MZSP) 20 R. ignea Paratype ♂, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Rio Vermelho, 968 m (ISEZ) 21 R. ignea Holotype ♀, Brazil, São Bento do Sul, Rio Natal, 550 m (DZUP) 22 R. ignea Paratype ♀, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo, 1100 m (USNM). Scale bar: 1 cm.
Figures 23, 24.
Figures 23, 24.
Reinmara male genitalia, a ventral b lateral c phallus lateral. 23 R. enthona, Suriname, Moengo, Boven Cottica River, St Laurent diss.: 10-25-15:2 (CUIC). 24 R. atlantica Holotype, Brazil, Espírito Santo, Linhares, 40 m, St Laurent diss.: 11-1-16:6 (DZUP). Scale bar: 1 mm.
Figures 25–27.
Figures 25–27.
Reinmara male genitalia, a ventral b lateral c phallus lateral. 25 R. andensis Holotype, Bolivia, N. Yungas, 1000–1800 m, D. Herbin genitalia prep. H. 1134 (MNHN) 26 R. occidentalis Holotype, Ecuador, El Oro, 10 km NW of Piñas, 750 m, genitalia prep. 29.218 [phallus flipped horizontally, oriented somewhat dorsally] (MWM) 27 R. occidentalis Paratype, Ecuador, road Piñas to Saracay, 800 m, genitalia prep. 30.813 [phallus flipped horizontally] (MWM). Scale bar: 1 mm.
Figures 28–30.
Figures 28–30.
Reinmara male genitalia, a ventral b lateral c phallus lateral. 28 R. wolfei, Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 1000 m, C. Mielke genitalia prep. 6.812 (CPAC) 29 R. minasa, Brazil, Espírito Santo, St Laurent diss.: 5-15-16:1 (CUIC) 30 R. ignea Paratype, Brazil, Santa Catarina, São Bento do Sul, Rio Vermelho, 968 m, St Laurent diss.: 5-6-16:1 (ISEZ). Scale bar: 1 mm.
Figures 31–33.
Figures 31–33.
Reinmara female genitalia, a ventral b lateral c dorsal. 31 R. enthona, French Guiana, Kaw Rd., PK 37.5 + 2, 200 m, D. Herbin genitalia prep. H. 1103 (CDH) 32 R. wolfei, Brazil, Distrito Federal, Planaltina, 1000 m, C. Mielke genitalia prep. 6.879 (CPAC) 33 R. minasa, Brazil, São Paulo, Santo Antônio do Pinhal, Eugênio Lefèvre, 1200 m, C. Mielke genitalia prep. 28.071 (MZSP). Scale bar: 1 mm.
Figures 34, 35.
Figures 34, 35.
Reinmara ignea female genitalia, a ventral b lateral c dorsal. 34 Holotype ♀, Brazil, São Bento do Sul, Rio Natal, 550 m, C. Mielke genitalia prep. 20.982 (DZUP) 35 Paratype ♀, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo, 1100 m, St Laurent diss.: 2-29-16:1 (USNM). Note: different orientation of two preparations obfuscates their actual similarity, in Fig. 34a the lamella ante- and postvaginalis are pressed downward. Scale bar: 1 mm.
Figure 36.
Figure 36.
Known distribution of Reinmara.
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