Steleops huilensis, González-Obando & Calderón-Martínez & Carrejo-Gironza & Manchola, 2025

Steleops huilensis sp. nov.

( Figs 117–123 View FIGURES 117–123 )

Diagnosis. Belonging to group albertonetoi . It shares with almost all the species of the group the characteristic of presenting hypandrium with two reniform laminar structures and two pairs of acuminate processes. As in S. caliensis has forewing with Rs-M fused into a short length and large brown spots, visible in many cells, R, M, CuA, CuP ( Fig. 117 View FIGURES 117–123 ). It differs from the other species of the group by presenting reniform laminar structures of the hypandrium small, about 0.3 the length of the hypandrium ( Fig. 122 View FIGURES 117–123 ) and in details of the phallosome.

Male. Color (In plate and 80% ethanol). Head ( Fig. 119 View FIGURES 117–123 ) with “Y”-shaped spot from the base of the eyes to the labrum, genae and light cream frons. Black compound eyes with cream space between the ommatidia. Forewings ( Fig. 117 View FIGURES 117–123 ) with brown spots forming three diagonal bars, veins brown. Hindwings ( Fig. 118 View FIGURES 117–123 ) hyalines, veins brown. Epiproct and paraprocts light brown. Hypandrium brown. Legs pale brown.

Morphology. As in diagnosis, plus the following: Head ( Fig. 119 View FIGURES 117–123 ): H/MxW: 1.20; compound eyes large, H/D: 2.47; IO/MxW: 0.67. Vertex V–shaped wide, below upper level of compound eyes. Outer cusp of lacinial tips with two broad denticles; Mx4/Mx2: 1.06. Forewings ( Fig. 117 View FIGURES 117–123 ): L/W: 2.62. Pterostigma: lp/wp: 3.33, areola postica: al/ah: 1.50. Hindwings ( Fig. 118 View FIGURES 117–123 ): l/w: 2.84. Clunium formed by two tergites. Hypandrium ( Fig. 122 View FIGURES 117–123 ) asymmetrical, with tongue-shaped medial band covered by very small papillae; with two reniform lateral processes, laminar and bending towards the middle of the hypandrium; with two pairs of stake-shaped processes, short, thin and of similar length. Hypandrium arms slender, stake-shaped, curved inward and apically blunt. Phallosome ( Fig. 123 View FIGURES 117–123 ); aedeagus apically acuminate, right margin with smooth curvature and small teeth. Epiproct ( Fig. 121 View FIGURES 117–123 ) projected on the clunium, rhomboid, with rounded posterior edge and anterior end with narrow projection, apically widened. Paraprocts ( Fig. 120 View FIGURES 117–123 ) oval, with apical process almost as long as the body of the paraproct, straight and truncated apically, sensory fields with 13 trichobothria on basal rosettes.

Measurements (microns). FW: 4325, HW: 3125, F: 900, T: 2000, t1: 825, t2: 175, ctt1: 39, f1: 900, f2: 900, f3: 700, f4: 575, f5: 400, f6: 375, f7: 250, f8: 250, Mx4: 180, IO: 440, d: 270, D: 320, IO/d: 1.63, PO: 0.84

Material studied. Holotype Male. COLOMBIA. Huila. Belén , Reserva Natural Meremberg. 02°13’06.6’’N: 76°07’01.1’’W. 2352 m. 20.i.2015. R. González. On tree bark. Musenuv slide code: 32198. GoogleMaps

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the department of Huila, Colombia, where the type locality of this species is located.