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Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) SHILAP Revista De Lepidopterología, Vol SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología ISSN: 0300-5267 [email protected] Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología España Racheli, L.; Racheli, T. A provisional list of the Saturniids of Oliva (Muyo area, Department of Amazonas, Peru) with notes on an undetermined female of Automeris Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología, vol. 33, núm. 130, junio, 2005, pp. 231-234 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología Madrid, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45513017 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 231-234 A provisional 13/6/77 18:49 Página 231 SHILAP Revta. lepid., 33 (130), 2005: 231-234 SRLPEF ISSN:0300-5267 A provisional list of the Saturniids of Oliva (Muyo area, Department of Amazonas, Peru) with notes on an undetermined female of Automeris Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) L. Racheli & T. Racheli Abstract A preliminary list of 45 species of Saturniidae recorded at Oliva (Muyo area, Department of Amazonas, Peru) is given. Although the number of species will increase through further investigations in this area, the present list confirms that the fauna of this pre-Andean site is mostly characterized by typical Amazonian species. The majority of the species found at Oliva have been recorded for analogous localities in eastern Ecuador and in eastern Peru. Furthermore, an undetermined female of Automeris from SE Peru, which possibly refers to Automeris rostralis Le- maire, 2002, is figured. KEY WORDS: Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, list, undetermined female, Automeris rostralis, Oliva, Peru. Una lista provisional de los Satúrnidos de Oliva (Muyo, Departamento de Amazonas, Perú), con notas sobre una indeterminada hembra de Automeris Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Resumen Se da una lista preliminar de 45 especies de Saturniidae registrada de Oliva (Muyo área, Departamento de Amazonas, Perú). Aunque el número de especies aumentará con adicionales investigaciones en este área, la presente lista confirma que la fauna de este área preandina, está caracterizada por especies típicamente amazónicas. La mayo- ría de las especies encontradas en Oliva han sido registradas con localidades análogas en Ecuador y Perú oriental. Además, se representa una indeterminada hembra Automeris del sureste del Perú, que muy posiblemente se refiera a Automeris rostralis Lemaire, 2002. PALABRAS CLAVE: Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, lista, hembra indeterminada, Automeris rostralis. Oliva, Perú. Introduction Our knowledge on the distribution of the Saturniidae in Peru are included in the monographs and revisions of the Neotropical Saturniidae by LEMAIRE (1978, 1980b, 1988, 2002). Additional records are given in some faunistical studies by BRYK (1953), LEMAIRE (1980a) and RACHELI & CALLE- GARI (1996, 1997). LAMAS (1989, 1997) arranged two lists of Saturniidae from Tambopata and Cor- dillera del Cóndor areas in southern and extreme northern Peru, respectively. More recently, a further list on Peruvian Saturniidae was compiled by GRADOS (1999) for the species recorded at a site in the Tumbes department. The misleading and unuseful book by IZERSKY (1999) is here not considered as a contribution to the scientific knowledge. No complete checklist of the species recorded for this country has been published, and the total number of 272 species (according to LAMAS in GRADOS, 1999) known to occur in Peru is an underestimation. 231 231-234 A provisional 13/6/77 18:49 Página 232 L. RACHELI & T. RACHELI In this paper, a provisional list of 45 species of Saturniidae from Oliva, Muyo area, 480-650 m, De- partment of Amazonas, northern Peru is given. All the specimens were collected during May-June 1999. Furthermore, a brief note on an undetermined female of Automeris from SE Peru is given. This fe- male could be the hitherto unknown female of Automeris rostralis recently described by LEMAIRE (2002). Provisional list and notes on the Saturniidae recorded at Oliva, Muyo area Oxyteninae Three species of Oxyteninae have been found to occur in this area. They are Oxytenis modestia (Cramer, 1780), Oxytenis naemia Druce, 1906 and Oxytenis leda Druce, 1906. All these species were known to occur in eastern Peru. Arsenurinae A total of ten species of Arsenurinae have been recorded for this area, Arsenura albopicta Jordan, 1922, Arsenura batesii batesii (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Dysdaemonia boreas (Cramer, 1775), Tita- ea tamerlan amazonensis Lemaire, 1980, Titaea lemoulti (Schaus, 1905), Titaea timur (Fassl, 1915), Rhescyntis hippodamia hippodamia (Cramer, 1777), Copiopteryx semiramis semiramis (Cramer, 1775), Copiopteryx jehovah (Strecker, 1874) and Loxolomia johnsoni Schaus, 1932. Although the majority of the species present in this area are common species, the lack of records for further common species such as Arsenura armida (Cramer, 1779) or Arsenura ciocolatina Draudt, 1930 suggest that the number of Arsenurinae will increase following further investigations. All the recorded species are examples of typical Amazonian species with also few euryzonal species. However, all of them have been listed also for the Loreto Department (Racheli & Callegari, 1996). On the basis of the available peruvian records, both Copiopteryx and Loxolomia species seem to be more widespread and abundat than in Ecuador (see Lemaire, 1980; Lamas, 1989; Racheli & Callegari, 1996). Ceratocampinae Fourteen species of Ceratocampinae are present in this area: Eacles imperialis cacicus (Boisduval, 1868), Eacles penelope (Cramer, 1775), Eacles barnesi Schaus, 1905, Citheronia hamifera hamifera Rothschild, 1907, Citheronia aroa Schaus, 1896, Citheronia phoronea (Cramer, 1779), Schausiella polybia (Stoll, 1781), Othorene hodeva (Druce, 1904), Othorene purpurascens (Schaus, 1905), Syssp- hinx molina (Cramer, 1780), Adeloneivaia subangulata (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]), Adeloneivaia acuta (Schaus, 1896), Adeloneivaia jason (Boisduval, 1872) and Adelowalkeria plateada (Schaus, 1905). The great part of the species examined from this locality are well known and common species. Only the re- cords for two species can be noteworthy, namely those of Schausiella polybia (Stoll, 1781) and Adelo- walkeria plateada (Schaus, 1905). Hemileucinae The Hemileucinae counts fourteen species for this site but this list must be obviously viewed as a provisional example. It is an underestimation of Hemileucinae fauna possibly present in this area. Many common species will probably be added when further studies will be made. A comparison with Saturniid faunas recorded from other similar sites such as Tambopata (Peru) or Misahualli (Ecuador) (see LAMAS, 1989 and RACHELI & RACHELI, 1998) can help to understand that the species listed below are a derisive example. At present, the species recorded are the following: Automeris janus (Cra- mer, 1775), Automeris egeus (Cramer, 1775), Automeris hamata Schaus, 1906, Automeris duchartrei Bouvier, 1936, Automeris liberia (Cramer, 1780), Automeris curvilinea Schaus, 1906,, Hyperchiria 232 SHILAP Revta. lepid., 33 (130), 2005 231-234 A provisional 13/6/77 18:50 Página 233 A PROVISIONAL LIST OF THE SATURNIIDS OF OLIVA (MUYO AREA, DEPARTMENT OF AMAZONAS, PERU) nausica (Cramer, 1779), Automerula auletes (Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]), Hylesia sp., Molippa simillima Jones, 1907, Dirphia avia (Stoll, 1780), Dirphia fraterna (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874), Periphoba hir- cia (Cramer, 1775) and Pseudodirphia eumedidoides (Vuillot, 1892). Saturniinae Only four species of Saturniinae are here listed for this locality, Copaxa satellita Walker, 1865, Rothschildia erycina erycina (Shaw, [1796]), Rothschildia hesperus hesperus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Rothschildia aurota aurota (Cramer, 1775). Although it is only a provisional list, the species recorded in this pre-Andean site confirm that the fauna of this altitudinal belt is mainly characterized by Amazonian species. Excluding Oxyteninae, a total of 33 species are shared with the fauna recorded for the Department of Loreto (RACHELI & CA- LLEGARI, 1996, 1997). However, this picture must be viewed in the light of the present list which is an underestimation of the Saturniid fauna present in this area. The number of species of various genera (e.g., Arsenura, Automeris, Hylesia, Dirphia or Cerodirphia) will necessarily increase when further re- searches will be made in this area. Notes on an undetermined female of Automeris from SE Peru Fig. 1.– Female of Automeris sp. probably near rostralis Lemaire, 2002. Upperside. Automeris rostralis has been recently described and figured by LEMAIRE (2002) on male speci- mens from Madre de Dios (SE Peru) and from Brazil. In the external pattern, this species seems one of the several known morphs of Automeris midea (Maassen, 1885) but it is larger. On the basis of the male genitalia, LEMAIRE (2002) arranged Automeris rostralis within the hamata subgroup while Automeris midea belongs to the bilinea subgroup. In the last years, a quantity of material from the Madre de Dios department (SE Peru) have been collected. The majority of these specimens came from two or three si- SHILAP Revta. lepid., 33 (130), 2005 233 231-234 A provisional 13/6/77 18:50 Página 234 L. RACHELI & T. RACHELI tes located at different altitudes but they are all labelled from a single locality (“Salvación, Río Manu”). For this reason,
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