Falcicaputis praxia Prada-Lara & St Laurent & Weller & Fagua 2025, comb. n.
Falcicaputis praxia (Schaus, 1921), comb. n. Figs 12I, J, 13C, 14G. Type material: Holotype: GUATEMALA: Cayuga Guat / May/ Schaus and Barnes coll/ Gopha? praxia type Schaus/ TypeNo. 23439 U.S. N.M./ Photo done by A. SCHINTLMEISTER #30.089/ LECTOTYPE Gopha praxia Designated 2014 by Alexander Schintlmeister/ USNMENT00991089/ lysate frozen same USNM#/ St Laurent dissection USNMENT00991089/ Diagnosis. See diagnosis of F. australis above. Redescription. Male: Head: As for genus. Thorax: As for genus. Forewing length 11 mm (n = 1); Wings as for genus but darker brown overall and with continuous black apical band, and presence of light scales submarginally and antemedially.Abdomen: As for genus but the VIII sternite hourglass shaped and with a particularly long anterior projection. Terminalia: (Fig. 14G) (n = 1). As for genus but socii elongated with few spine-like setae at apices, valvae narrowly triangular with short costulae covered in thick spine-like setae, and phallus thin and short. Female: Unknown. Life history. Unknown. Distribution. Guatemala. Remarks. This species is known to us only by the lectotype.
Institutions
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (CO)
- Museum of Boulder (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2025-04-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15324579
- Primary Topic
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00