Cibyra babi, Mielke & Grehan & Koike, 2025

Mielke, Carlos G. C., Grehan, John R. & Koike, Ricardo M., 2025, Review of the genus Cibyra Walker (Lepidoptera: Hepialoidea: Hepialidae) with descriptions of twenty-four new species from Brazil and Argentina, Zootaxa 5709 (1), pp. 1-74 : 7-8

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5709.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D3B12545-635D-4AEF-BD58-57B99B88DE48

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EDC94D-FF98-D342-20E0-B181EDFEFE98

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Plazi

scientific name

Cibyra babi
status

sp. nov.

36. Cibyra babi View in CoL sp. nov. Brazil (SP) HT DZUP 37. Cibyra clara sp. nov. Brazil (SP) HT DZUP 38. Cibyra kika sp. nov. Brazil (SC) HT DZUP 39. Cibyra olinda sp. nov. Brazil (SC) HT DZUP 40. Cibyra parana sp. nov. Brazil (SP) HT DZUP 41. Cibyra piacaba sp. nov. Brazil (SP) HT DZUP a) Species-group: ferruginosa . Three species: C. ochracea , C. ferruginosa , and C. meridionalis .

Defined by symmetrical spiniform teeth on the posterior margin of the saccus (Pl. 14: Figs 1–3 View PLATE 1 ; see arrow Fig. 1 View PLATE 1 ). Other shared features include: i) male sternite VIII uniformly sclerotised with posterior margin acute V or Ushaped; ii) tegumen extended beyond articulation with saccus; iii) C-shaped tergal lobes projected posteriorly; iv) pseudotegumen expanded mesally and ribbed; v) valvae digitiform and longitudinally ribbed, and; vi) lateral plates of lamella antevaginalis with mesal corner not projecting, right angle or nearly so.

Distribution. Coastal uplands between Espírito Santo in southeastern Brazil and Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil at altitudes between about 450 and 1900 m. The three species are allopatric with marginal overlap between C. ochracea and C. meridionalis around Paraná and Santa Catarina borders (Pl. 25: Fig. 1 View PLATE 1 ).

Key for species based on males

1) Epiphysis present..................................................................................... 2 Epiphysis absent.......................................................................... C. meridionalis View in CoL

2) Phallus everted forming a conical upwards process.................................................. C. ochracea Phallus View in CoL distally ovoid with a left and tapered latero-ventral diverticulum............................... C. ferruginosa View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hepialidae

Genus

Cibyra

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