Canesia ella Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 38

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10396362
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10622051
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03810139-FFF8-BB77-C0CA-FEC8E765B7BE
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Canesia ella Grishin
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Canesia ella Grishin , new species

https://zoobank.org/ A4979CC1-C793-4277-808B-45D5388EE312

( Fig. 3 part, 85–86, 304–306)

Definition and diagnosis. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that a more brightly colored than typical for the genus specimen of Canesia Grishin, 2019 ( type species Leucochitonea canescens R. Felder, 1869 ) is sister to both Canesia meridensis (Godman and Salvin, 1895) ( type locality in Costa Rica) and Canesia callipetes (Godman and Salvin, 1895) ( type locality in Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia) and therefore is a new species. This new species keys to “ Carrhenes callipetes callipetes ” (E.51.3(a)) in Evans (1953) and differs from its relatives by being more vividly and vibrantly colored, more prominent dark spots, and the lack of whitish scales beneath: ventral side of wings is hay-yellow with well-developed brown spots and brown overscaling in the posterior half. This darker overscaling is not present in either C. meridensis or C. callipetes . This species is not cryptic and is diagnosed reliably by phenotype. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly1651.28.14:C132T, aly1651.28.14:C147T, aly747.2.1:A480C, aly747.2.1:T513C, aly671.50.9:T53C, aly412.9.2:A201A (not G), aly636.8.1:A84A (not G), aly6841.59.1:A39A (not G), aly5719.1.9:A24A (not C), aly 1155.1.7:G112G (not T), and COI barcode: A40G, T82C, T85C, T439C, A508G.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-19088F11, GenBank OR837661, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATCTGAGCAGGAATAGTGGGTACTTCCTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGAACTGAATTAGGAAACCCCGGATCTTTAATT GGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTAATACCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATT GATTAGTACCTTTAATATTAGGAGCCCCAGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTACCACCTTCATTAACATTATTAAT TTCTAGAAGTATTGTAGAAAACGGAGCAGGAACTGGATGAACAGTTTACCCCCCTCTCTCAGCTAATATCGCTCATCAAGGATCTTCTGTTGATTTA GCTATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGAATTTCATCAATTTTAGGAGCTATCAATTTTATTACTACAATTATTAATATGCGAATTAGAAATTTATCTT TTGATCAAATACCATTATTTGTGTGAGCAGTAGGTATTACTGCATTATTATTATTATTATCATTACCAGTATTAGCTGGAGCAATTACTATATTATT AACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACATCATTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGTGGAGGAGACCCTATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution , Washington, DC, USA ( USNM), illustrated in Fig. 85–86, bears the following four rectangular labels, three white: [ VENEZUELA: Barinas; | 27.4kmNW.Barinitas | 17 March 1982 | G.F. & J.F. Hevel], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-19088F11 | c/o Nick V. Grishin], [USNMENT | { QR Code} | 01588972], and one red [ HOLOTYPE ♂ | Canesia | ella Grishin ].

Type locality. Venezuela: Barinas, 27.4 km NW of Barinitas.

Etymology. The name is for the type locality in [Venezu] el ( l) a. Also, אלה (ela) in Hebrew is Goddess. This probably is the most colorful and beautiful species of Canesia . The name is a noun in apposition.

Distribution. Currently known only from the holotype collected in Venezuela.