Epilampra sofia Evangelista, Medina-Espinoza, & Vanker sp. nov.

Figs 12, 13

Type material.

Holotype. • Male, pinned, with genitalia in a separate microvial. Original label: “ within concession, near station at night. -12.5282, -69.0141. 175 M elev. Kawsay Biol. Station, Madre de Dios, Peru. 18 - Jul- 2024 | Coll: Emmy F. Medina E., Jared Martin, Johanna Schwartz, Dominic A. Evangelista [leg]. ” UIRB-PE-26-37. Paratype. • Female: UIRB-PE-25-77 (locality and other data for all specimens are given in Table 3).

Determination.

The specimen is nearly identical to E. sodalis in the literature (Roth 1970 d; Anisyutkin 2016) except for the L 10 ’, via, and L 2 ’ cleft.

Differential diagnosis.

This is a distinct species from E. sodalis and E. carsevennae (Bonfils 1975) based on the following three characters. L 10 ’ large, enveloping most of via and covered with weakly pigmented microtrichia (vs E. sodalis ’ and E. carsevennae ’ s L 10 ’ which are indistinct or entirely reduced). via with a unique shape (lacking the medial knob figured in E. sodalis and not hook-shaped like in E. carsevennae). Finally. The R 1 ’ cleft is fully fused, which Roth showed was the case in some sodalis group representatives, but usually only partially. R 1 ’ in E. carsevennae is not well-illustrated.

Description of holotype.

Male (UIRB-PE-26-37). Head. Shape and proportions of head as in Anisyutkin (2016: fig. 6) Frons speckled, almost homogenously, but speckles lacking on the clypeus and labrum. Chestnut colored spots (oval shaped) slightly under ocelli and slightly smaller than the ocelli.

Thorax. Speckled almost homogenously throughout pronotum, with small areas with larger areas of negative space forming a symmetrical pattern similar to the panther-face pattern on other species (e. g., E. conferta). Speckles larger than E. sodalis in Evangelista et al. (2015) and E. carsevennae. AV margin of foreleg with type B 2 spination (three large spines at base). All four euplantulae very large on all tarsomeres (four on each leg). Tarsomere spination typical of Epilampra, with small spines on either side of euplantulae and two rows of small spines at base. Coxa colored like pronotum and head, but with smaller speckles. Other leg segments similarly colored but lacking speckles. Base color of tegmina a pale, whitish brown, with darker brown highlights on the cell and vein borders. Whitish brown patches lacking other pigmentation throughout the exposed portion of the tegmina, getting larger distally. Portion of right tegmina that overlaps with left tegmina colored distinctly differently, with an orange-brownish base color and large dark-brown spots.

Abdomen. Abdomen reddish-orange with heterogeneous (in size and distribution) speckles. SG plate typical of Epilamprinae (two simple, subsymmetrical styli with the right one emerging from a concave asymmetry in the margin). SA plate symmetrical and large, the preceding tergite with a large convexity medially, spanning almost the entire width of the SA plate. Genitalia as shown in Fig. 13. Morphological measurements are presented in Table 4.

Description of female paratype.

Female (UIRB-PE-25-77). Same as male except larger and with the following departures. Hind legs with only three tarsomeres. Ventral coloration is slightly different, with the thorax having more prominent brown-grey coloration, and the abdomen having a much stronger reddish coloration with an almost purple-pink tinge.

Remarks.

We have no data for this species outside of Madre De Dios, Peru. Within the region, we collected only two adult individuals, both from Kawsay Biological Station.

Habitat.

Flooded alluvial forest.

Etymology.

The specific epithet, sofia, in apposition, is named after the daughter of DAE.