On the systematic position of the genera Paraplastis Hampson, Migoplastis Felder and Dondera Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) Author Dubatolov, Vladimir V. Author Volynkin, Anton V. text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-29 4358 2 journal volume 31286 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.2.2 1c547898-775b-4533-9dfa-fcf512783bb8 1175-5326 1068066 A5B1D3EB-8580-41F1-9B53-1070AA61427C Nyctemera ( Deilemera ) hampsoni ( Swinhoe, 1889 ) , comb. nov. ( Figs. 1–3 , 13 , 17 ) Migoplastis hampsoni Swinhoe, 1889 : 402 , pl. 43, fig. 2; Hampson, 1894 : 44 . Type locality: “Nilgiri Hills, northern slopes 3500 feet ” [India, Madras]. Paraplastis hampsoni , Hampson, 1901 : 507 –508; Rothschild, 1914 : 263 , fig. 25g ; Sing & Singh, 2011 : 242 –244; Kirti & Singh, 2015 : 60 . Type material examined. Syntypes : 1 ♂, "Nilgiris (Lindsay), 90-121" / " Migoplastis hampsoni Swinhoe Type ♂" / "Type" / "2347 ♂" / "88" / label with QR-code "NHMUK010606065" (Coll. NHM); 1 ♀, "Nilgiris. G. F. Hampson. 90-121." / " Migoplastis hampsoni Swinhoe Type ♀" / "Type" / "2347" / label with QR-code "NHMUK010606074" (Coll. NHM). Other material examined. SOUTH INDIA : 1 ♀ , Palni Hills , S . India , 1907, No NHMUK010606036 , slide NHMUK10313519 Volynkin ( ♀ ) ( Coll. NHM ); 1 ♀ , Nilgiris, Hampson Coll., 89-129, 462. 73. , NHMUK010606066 ( Coll. NHM ); 3 ♀ , Nilgiris, Rothschild Bequest B.M. I939-I. ( Coll. NHM ); 1 ♀ , Tamil Nadu , Tirmellvilly Distr. , Singhumetti Hills , 3260 ft ., 12–19.IV.1972 , C.J.H. Pruett , B.M. 1974-429 ( Coll. NHM ); 3 ♂ , T.N. [ Tamil Nadu ], Palani Hills , near Oothu , 1200 m , 15.VII.1990 , leg. W. Thomas , slide MWM 31696 Volynkin ( ♂ ) ( Coll. MWM/ ZSM ). Diagnosis. Adults ( Figs. 1–3 ). Antennae bipectinate in males and bidentate in females. Head and patagia lacking black spots. Tegulae centered with small black spots in medial area; a row of three small black spots is visible on thorax. Forewing with ground color brown; light medial band pale, outlined by darker color, its medial edge convex towards wing base, diffused toward ends; postmedial edge straight from costa to median veins, here angled then concave toward base; veins paler; male hind wings yellowish-orange, with hind edge strongly concave and tornal angle prominent; hindwing with the rough orange androconial scales on external area; female hindwing without modifications. Abdomen yellow with dorsal row of black spots. Male genitalia ( Fig. 13 ). Uncus S-shaped, valvae triangularly convex-concave, with asymmetrical heavy apical process: left one slightly enlarged covered with small teeth apically, right one finger-like, with subapical enlargening; costal edge of valva with narrow fingerlike process (ampulla) subbasally; saccus triangular; aedeagus short, distally broadened; vesica with long and narrow diverticulum with two small apical subdiverticuli; ductus ejaculatorius situated subbasally. Female genitalia ( Fig. 17 ). Ovipositor short, conical. Apophyses long and thin, apophyses anteriores shorter and broader than apophyses posteriores. Antrum weakly sclerotized, dorso-ventrally flattened; ductus bursae long and narrow, S-like curved in its anterior half, membranous; corpus bursae elliptical, with two small elliptical signa posteriorly and one smaller and narrower signum in medial section. Distribution . South India .