Dunama, SCHAUS, 1912
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10. DUNAMA SCHAUS, 1912 View in CoL
Dunama Schaus, 1912: 52 . Type species: Dunama angulinea Schaus, 1912: 52 ; Draudt 1932: 981; Gaede 1934: 263; Todd 1976: 190–192.
Adults. ( Figure 1J View FIGURE 1 ) Head: male antennae bipectinated to basal half, female antennae simple filiform; antennal tufts absent; ocelli absent; third segment of labial palpi short. Thorax: male prothoracic leg lacks scent organ; tarsal claws bifid. Wings: males 10–15 mm, females 15–22 mm; Forewing coloration ground color gray-brown, reniform spot dark brown. Forewing presents medial, postmedial, subterminal and terminal lines of different shades (reddish brown, gray, brown). Hindwing simple brown; accessory cell present; hindwing with Sc-Rs stalked. Male terminalia ( Figure 6M View FIGURE 6 ): eighth tergite simple, eighth sternite with one or two apical sclerotized projections. SSO absent; uncus short semicircular shape; socii sclerotized upwards, fang shaped, costulae absent, costa membranous, triangular juxta, valvae typically held tightly against vinculum and do not spread easily. Aedeagus thin and long with lateral/ dorsolateral apical projections (spine shape). Female terminalia: Papillae anales slightly sclerotized with long setae; anterior and posterior apophysis long. Eighth tergite and sternite simple; ostium bursae with mid plate. Ductus bursae slightly sclerotized; corpus bursae oval shaped with no signum.
Diagnosis. Dunama is an easily recognizable genus due to the small size of its constituent species, the bipectinated antennae on males and the distinctive reniform spot on the short ovoid forewings are unique to this genus. The eighth sternite presents two apical and sclerotized projections.
Comments. Costa Rican species were revised by Chacón et al. (2013). Dunama has long eluded a stable classification since the morphology does not conform to traditional notodontid subfamily classifications, though it had been suggested to possibly be related to nystaleines by Chacón et al. (2013). More recently, St Laurent et al. (in press) included Dunama in their broader phylogeny of Notodontidae , firmly recovering the genus in the Nystaleinae sister to Scevesia and closely related to the traditionally “dioptine” Nystaleinae .
Distribution. Mexico to Ecuador
Species included (13).
Dunama angulinea Schaus, 1912 *
Dunama claricentrata (Dognin, 1916)
Dunama janewaldronae Chacón, 2013
Dunama jessiebancroftae Chacón, 2013
Dunama jessiebarronae Chacón, 2013
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