Drepatelodes manaos Orlandin & Piovesan, 2025

Orlandin, Elton, Piovesan, Mônica & Carneiro, Eduardo, 2025, New species and taxonomic notes on the Apatelodidae (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea), Zootaxa 5642 (1), pp. 1-15 : 7-8

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4CB9724B-619D-4E39-9859-03CF5E4BB6DD
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15644267
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/454AF15E-A745-FFDB-C282-FF76FE253DE8
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scientific name	Drepatelodes manaos Orlandin & Piovesan
status	sp. nov.

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Drepatelodes manaos Orlandin & Piovesan , sp. nov. ( Figs 1E–F View FIGURE 1 , 4 View FIGURE 4 )

Diagnosis. Drepatelodes manaos sp. nov. ( Figs 1E–F View FIGURE 1 ) has a habitus similar to D. cabore sp. nov. ( Figs 1G–H View FIGURE 1 ) but can be separated from that species by a line in the submarginal region of the forewing, which is more irregular in D. manaos sp. nov. Drepatelodes manaos sp. nov. also has habitus similar to D. trilineata (Herbin [2024] Fig. 10) and can be separated from it only by genitalia characters ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ): sacculus with a larger digitiform projection; uncus distally with a strong concavity, V-shaped (small concavity in D. trilineata ); aedeagus with a sclerotized projection laterally in the apical half, without pointed apex (pointed in D. trilineata ) and vesica with a sclerotized and rounded cornutus (vesica with a small, slightly sclerotized portion in D. trilineata ) (Herbin [2024] Fig. 11). The genitalia of D. manaos sp. nov. ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ) resemble those of D. cabore sp. nov. ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ), D. chicomendes sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ), and D. karusakaibu sp. nov. ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ), but it can be distinguished from these by the following characters: sacculus with a process at approximately 1/2 of valvae length (approximately 1/3 of valvae length in D. cabore sp. nov., D. chicomendes sp. nov. and D. karusakaibu sp. nov.); aedeagus with a sclerotized projection laterally in the apical half, without a pointed apex (absent in D. chicomendes sp. nov., present with a pointed apex in D. cabore sp. nov., and D. karusakaibu sp. nov.); and vesica with a sclerotized and rounded cornutus (pointed in D. cabore sp. nov., D. chicomendes sp. nov. and D. karusakaibu sp. nov.).

Description. Male. Head, Thorax and Abdomen: similar to the D. chicomendes sp. nov. ( Figs 1A–B View FIGURE 1 ), but forewing length: 18 mm (n=2) ( Figs 1E–F View FIGURE 1 ). Genitalia. Tegumen shield-like, sclerotized. Saccus elongated, slightly curved dorsally, apex rounded. Uncus more sclerotized and smaller than the tegumen, in dorsal view almost as wide as the tegumen, distally strongly concave; in the distal 1/3 a thin, strongly sclerotized projection, ventrally inclined 90°, apex with three points, one proximal heart-shaped and two distally V-shaped; gnathos as sclerotized as the tegumen, hook-shaped and pointed apically, mesally fused by a membrane; socii absent. Valvae less sclerotized than tegumen, parallel-sided, with rounded apex exceeding the posterior portion of the uncus; sacculus with a finger-like process at approximately 1/2 of valvae length. Fultura inferior rectangular ( Figs 4A–C View FIGURE 4 ). Aedeagus short and thick, laterally in the apical half, with a more sclerotized process. Vesica with a sclerotized and rounded cornutus ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ).

Female. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype. BRAZIL. 1 ♂; Manaus , Amazonas, deposited at the DZUP, with the following labels: / ZF2- Estação Ecológica Manaus , Amazonas, BR 2°35'24"S 60°12'36"W, 110 m 06–11.IV.2024, E. Orlandin leg./ DZ 62.031 / GEN. PREP. E. ORLANDIN 2024 / [red label] HOLOTYPUS Drepatelodes manaos Orlandin & Piovesan det. 2025/. Genitalia in vial glass with glycerine with the following label: / DZ 62.031 Drepatelodes manaos Orlandin & Piovesan 2025 /. GoogleMaps — Paratypes. BRAZIL. Amazonas: Manaus , same data as the holotype; DZ 62.573 . [green label] PARATYPUS Drepatelodes manaos Orlandin & Piovesan det. 2025 ( DZUP). GoogleMaps

Geographic distribution. This species is known only from the type locality, in central Amazonia, on the left bank of the Rio Negro.

Etymology. The name is a tribute to the Manáos, an Indigenous people that inhabited the region where the species was discovered, before the European colonization of Brazil.

Remarks. Drepatelodes manaos sp. nov. has a habitus similar to D. trilineata , and they can only be distinguished by the morphological differences observed in the male genitalia. Further collections are needed to determine whether the species occur in sympatry.