Drepatelodes karusakaibu 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 : 5-6

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.15563390
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/454AF15E-A747-FFD9-C282-FAA1FC8239F7
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Drepatelodes karusakaibu Orlandin & Piovesan
status	sp. nov.

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Drepatelodes karusakaibu Orlandin & Piovesan sp. nov. ( Figs 1C–D View FIGURE 1 , 3 View FIGURE 3 )

Diagnosis. Drepatelodes karusakaibu sp. nov. ( Figs 1C–D View FIGURE 1 ) has a habitus similar to D. chicomendes sp. nov. ( Figs 1A–B View FIGURE 1 ) but is slightly smaller than the latter and has a more irregular line in the submarginal region of the forewing. The genitalia of D. karusakaibu sp. nov. ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ) resemble those of D. cabore sp. nov. ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ), D. chicomendes sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ), and D. manaos sp. nov. ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ), but it can be distinguished from these by the following characters: valvae exceeding the posterior portion of the uncus (not exceeding the posterior portion of the uncus in D. chicomendes sp. nov.); sacculus with a digitiform projection and pointed apex (with a small triangular projection in D. chicomendes sp. nov., rounded in D. cabore sp. nov., and D. manaos sp. nov.); uncus wider than that of D. cabore sp. nov., D. chicomendes sp. nov., and D. manaos sp. nov.; aedeagus with a sclerotized projection laterally in the apical half (absent in D. chicomendes sp. nov., present but smaller in D. cabore sp. nov., present but without pointed apex in D. manaos sp. nov.).

Description. Male. Head, Thorax and Abdomen similar to the D. chicomendes sp. nov. ( Figs 1A–B View FIGURE 1 ) but forewing length: 15–19 mm (n=2) ( Figs 1C–D View FIGURE 1 ). Genitalia. Tegumen shield-like, sclerotized. Saccus elongated, slightly curved dorsally, apex tapered. Uncus more sclerotized and shorter than tegumen, in dorsal view almost as wide as the tegumen; distally strongly concave, with a strongly sclerotized projection, ventrally inclined 90°, apex with three points, one proximal heart-shaped and two distally V-shaped; gnathos as sclerotized as the uncus, 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 sclerotized spiniform process at approximately 1/3 of valvae length. Fultura inferior rectangular ( Figs 3A–C View FIGURE 3 ). Aedeagus short and thick, laterally in the apical half, with a more sclerotized curved projection. Vesica with a sclerotized and pointed cornutus ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ).

Female. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype. BRAZIL. 1 ♂; Flona Tapajós , Rurópolis, Pará, deposited at the DZUP, with the following labels: / BRASIL, PARÁ, RURÓPOLIS, 7 KM N, FLONA TAPAJÓS, 4°02'52"S 54°56'13"W, 23, 24-I-2022, CARNEIRO, ORLANDIN, CASAGRANDE & MIELKE LEG./ DZ 57.086 / GEN. PREP. E. ORLANDIN 2024 / BC-DZ/ [red label] HOLOTYPUS Drepatelodes karusakaibu Orlandin & Piovesan det. 2025/. Genitalia in vial glass with glycerine with the following label: / DZ 57.086 Drepatelodes karusakaibu Orlandin & Piovesan 2025 /. CCDB code CMBUT1908-23 GoogleMaps .— Paratypes. BRAZIL. Pará: Rurópolis, same data as the holotype; DZ 53.138 . [green label] PARATYPUS Drepatelodes karusakaibu Orlandin & Piovesan det. 2025 ( DZUP). GoogleMaps

Geographic distribution. This species is known only from the type locality, in the Lower Tapajos Valley.

Etymology. Karusakaibu is the creator god of the world, according to the Munduruku, an indigenous people inhabiting the region where the new species was discovered.

Remarks. Morphological and barcode data indicate a close relationship between D. karusakaibu sp. nov. and D. chicomendes sp. nov. (COI distance = 4.9%). Both species are also closely related to Drepatelodes trilineata (Dognin, 1912) (COI distance = 5.2% and 5.6% respectively).