Rediscovery of the genus Saigonita Kiriakoff (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Agaristinae), with an updated checklist of Agaristinae from China
Author
Huang, Si-Yao
Arthropoda Department, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Museum Koenig, Adenauer Allee 127, Bonn 53113, Germany & Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China
Author
Hou, Yong-Xiang
0000-0002-4802-9406
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China
Author
Chen, Liu-Sheng
Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, Guangdong, China
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-05
5433
2
277
288
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5433.2.7
journal article
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Syfania
Oberthür, 1893
*
S. bieti
(
Oberthür, 1886
)
S. dubernardi
Oberthür, 1894
S. dejeani
Oberthür, 1893
S. giraudeaui
Oberthür, 1893
S. oberthueri
Alphéraky, 1895
Taxonomic note.
Hampson (1901)
and
Wei
et al.
(2019b)
all considered
Syfania oberthueri
as the synonym of
S. giraudeaui
without examining the genitalia. However judging from the figure illustrated in
Jordan
(1907)
and the key in
Kiriakoff (1977a)
, it seems that this taxon still differs from
S. giraudeaui
considerably and therefore it is still treated as a bona species here, following
Kiriakoff (1977a)
. Further studies are needed to clarify its true status.