Abana ochracea, Sauceda-V & Malenovský & Takiya, 2025

Abana ochracea Sauceda-V & Takiya, sp. nov.

( Figs. 15 View FIGURE 15 , 16 View FIGURE 16 )

Diagnosis. Body coloration ( Figs. 15A–D View FIGURE 15 , 16A, B View FIGURE 16 ) mostly ochraceous yellow and brown; anterior portion of crown ( Figs. 15A, C View FIGURE 15 , 16A View FIGURE 16 ) and dorsal portion of frons ( Figs. 15B, D View FIGURE 15 , 16B View FIGURE 16 ) ochraceous yellow, crown with contrasting brown maculae posteriorly and frons with contrasting brown maculae inferiorly; pronotum ( Figs. 15A, C View FIGURE 15 , 16A View FIGURE 16 ) ochraceous yellow, except for a broad anterior castaneous marginal stripe; forewing ( Fig. 15A–D View FIGURE 15 , 16A, B View FIGURE 16 ) coloration not sexually dimorphic. Crown anterior margin ( Fig. 15A, C View FIGURE 15 ) subtriangular to triangular; anterior portion ( Fig. 15B, D View FIGURE 15 ), in lateral view, straight, not inflated; disk with a distinct depression; M-shaped elevation bordering posterior margin inconspicuous. Connective ( Fig. 15G View FIGURE 15 ) arms converging anteriorly; base of arms without a dorsal rim. Style ( Fig. 15G View FIGURE 15 ) with apodeme narrow and short, less than basal width of apophysis, 0.4 times as long as apophysis length; inner lobe rounded; apical portion twice as long as wide; not extending to connective apex. Aedeagal shaft ( Fig. 15H–J View FIGURE 15 ) with anterodorsal projections wide and short. Dorsal connective ( Fig. 15H–J View FIGURE 15 ) somewhat sclerotized; submedian acute process small and inconspicuous.

Description. Total length: males (n = 2) 18.6–19.6 mm, females (n = 1) 20 mm.

External structures. Crown ( Figs. 15A, C View FIGURE 15 , 16A View FIGURE 16 ) with M-shaped elevation bordering posterior margin inconspicuous. Ocelli located on imaginary line between anterior eye angles, each closer to adjacent eye angle than to crown midline. Frons flattened medially. Forewing ( Figs. 15A–D View FIGURE 15 , 16A, B View FIGURE 16 ) with base of fourth apical cell aligned with or slightly more distal than base of third cell. Other characters as in A. dives .

Coloration. Body coloration ( Figs. 15A–D View FIGURE 15 , 16A, B View FIGURE 16 ) mostly ochraceous yellow and brown. Crown ( Figs. 15A, C View FIGURE 15 , 16A View FIGURE 16 ) ochraceous yellow, except for a castaneous to brown area on posterior margin, which can be complete between antennal ledges or divided into two triangular areas, extending from antennal ledges to midline of crown on posterior margin. Frons ( Figs. 15B, D View FIGURE 15 , 16B View FIGURE 16 ) with upper two-thirds ochraceous yellow, continuing yellow area of crown, ventral third brown, as well as clypeus. Gena ( Figs. 15B, D View FIGURE 15 , 16B View FIGURE 16 ) anterodorsal portion brown, continuing brown area of crown to frons and clypeus; posteroventral portion yellow. Pronotum ( Figs. 15A, C View FIGURE 15 , 16A View FIGURE 16 ) ochraceous yellow, except for an anterior broad castaneous to brown marginal stripe. Mesonotum ( Figs. 15A, C View FIGURE 15 , 16A View FIGURE 16 ) castaneous to dark brown. Thorax ( Figs. 15B, D View FIGURE 15 , 16B View FIGURE 16 ), in lateral view, mostly ochraceous brown, with some yellow to ochraceous yellow areas of variable sizes on all pleural sclerites. Forewing completely dark brown ( Figs. 15A, B View FIGURE 15 , 16A, B View FIGURE 16 ), with a basal small castaneous macula sometimes extending to the middle of the wing ( Fig. 15C, D View FIGURE 15 ), if the latter, then with some small yellow maculae of variable sizes on median area; brochosome cover may give a purple tinge on dark parts of wing. Legs ( Figs. 15B, D View FIGURE 15 , 16B View FIGURE 16 ) castaneous to yellowish brown, except for coxae, which are ochraceous brown. Abdomen ( Fig. 15C, D View FIGURE 15 ) ochraceous brown, with some yellow areas on posterolateral margins of pleurites and on posterior margins of sternites.

Male terminalia. Pygofer ( Fig. 15E View FIGURE 15 ), in lateral view, with a distinct median concavity on ventral margin; preapical region also with a small concavity ventrally. Subgenital plates ( Fig. 15E View FIGURE 15 ), in lateral view, almost extending to pygofer apex. Style ( Fig. 15G View FIGURE 15 ) with apodeme narrow and short, less than basal width of apophysis, approximately 0.4 times as long as apophysis length; not extending to connective apex. Other characters as in A. dives .

Female terminalia. Second valvula ( Fig. 16G View FIGURE 16 ), in lateral view, with 81 separate teeth on dorsal margin. Gonoplac ( Fig. 16I View FIGURE 16 ) apex subtriangular. Other characters as in A. dives .

Distribution. Panama (Coclé, Colón, Panamá, and Panamá Oeste provinces) ( Fig. 30 View FIGURE 30 ).

Material examined. Type material: Holotype, ♂: PANAMA: Colón: Gamboa, C.Z. Rio Agua Salud , 1967- vii, W.W. Wirth ( USNM) . Paratypes: PANAMA: Colón: 1 ♀, PanMan, 3.11, August Busck ( USNM) . 2 ♂♂, same data, except: PanFeo, 24.11 ( USNM) . Panamá: 1 ♂, Melo Pello, Los Altos de Cerro Azul Área de Conservación Cerro Jefe summit, 09.23691N, 79.40472W, 942 m a.s.l., 2005-viii-24, Sweeping, J.N. Zahniser ( DZRJ) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, same data except DNA voucher Entomologia DZRJ ENT6428 ( DZRJ) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data except: elfin rainforest, 09.237°N, 079.405°W, 1006 m a.s.l., S.H. McKamey ( USNM) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, same data, except: DNA voucher Entomologia DZRJ ENT6582 ( USNM) GoogleMaps . Panamá Oeste: 1 ♂, Cerro Campana , 08º40’N, 79º56’W, 820 m a.s.l., 1976-vii-16 GoogleMaps ,

W.E. Clark ( USNM); 1 ♂, Barro Colorado Is., C. Z. Aus. ’39, J. Zetek ( USNM) . Other specimens (based on photographs of habitus): PANAMA: Coclé: 1 ♂, Cerro el Gaital, 1300 m a.s.l., 1982-viii-10, R. L. Dressler ( STRI) . Colón: 1 ♀, PortoBello, 1911-iii-12, AugustBusck ( STRI) . Panamá: 1 ♂, Escobal Road Atl. Canal Zone, 1973-ix-20, D. Engleman ( STRI) ; 1 ♂, Canal Zone, Panama Summit , 1947-i, NLH Krauss ( STRI) . Panamá Oeste :

1 ♂, Barro Colorado, 1979-i-07, Estribi ( STRI) ; 2 ♂♂, Cerro Campana , 08º40’N, 79º56’W, 800 m a.s.l., 1974-v-25, Engleman ( STRI) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, same data, except: 1970-v-30, H.P. Stockwell ( STRI) GoogleMaps ; 1 undetermined, same data, except: Distr. Chame , 1975-viii-23, H.D. Engleman ( STRI) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, same data, except: 1975-i-11, H. Wolda ( STRI) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, same data, except: 850 m a.s.l., 1974-vi-28, Stockwell ( STRI) GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, same data, except: 1970-v-30 ( STRI) GoogleMaps .

Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ ochracea ’ comes from the Latin adjective “ochraceus”, referring to the predominantly ochre coloration of this species.

Remarks. This species is morphologically similar to A arnetti (see Remarks on A. arnetti above). No COI sequence information was obtained for this species because DNA quality was too low.