On the taxonomy of the Prabhasa / Zadadra generic complex with descriptions of two new genera and two new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)
Author
Dubatolov, Vladimir V.
0000-0001-7687-2102
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Frunze str. 11, RF- 630091, Novosibirsk, Russia & vvdubat @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7687 - 2102
vvdubat@mail.ru
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia & National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF- 634050, Tomsk, Russia
Author
Singh, Navneet
0000-0002-6657-7983
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India & nsgill 007 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6657 - 7983
nsgill007@gmail.com
Author
Joshi, Rahul
0000-0001-8514-1272
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, BH Colony, Patna 800026, Bihar, India & joshiarctiidae @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8514 - 1272
joshiarctiidae@gmail.com
Author
Černý, Karel
0000-0001-7207-2255
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A- 6020 Innsbruck, Austria & natura. cerny @ aon. at; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7207 - 2255
natura.cerny@aon.at
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-06
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journal article
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Genus
Zadadra
Moore, 1878
Zadadra
Moore, 1878
,
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
1878
: 25.
Type
species:
Zadadra distorta
Moore, 1872
, by monotypy.
Diagnosis
. Small or medium-sized moths. The sexual dimorphism is more expressed in the generic complex (
Figs 11–18
). The male forewing is shorter and broader than that of female, its distal part is slightly curved posteriorly, and the anal and outer margins are convex. Additionally, the forewing cell of the male is narrow and bearing a longitudinal row of androconial scales continuing to the basal part of the area between the veins Cu
1
and M
2–3
. The male hindwing is conspicuously broader than that of female and bearing a wide dark area of androconial scales at the costa (the character unique among the genera of the generic complex). The female forewing is long and narrow, nearly straight. The male genitalia of the genus (
Figs 27–32
) are characterized by the combination of the following diagnostic characters: (1) the juxta is narrow, weakly sclerotized, its distal end is connected to the intervalval commissura by a membrane; (2) the intervalval commissura is thick membranous with a weakly sclerotized medial area, connecting from one third to a half of valvae (an autapomorphic feature); (3) the cucullus is weakly sclerotized, well-separated from the distal saccular process; (4) the sacculus is heavily sclerotized, wide, lobe-like (an autapomorphic feature); (5) the distal saccular process is short but broad, robust, without setae. The female genitalia of
Zadadra
(
Figs 37, 38
) display no remarkable differences from those of
Chinasa
(
Fig. 35
) but can be distinguished by the presence of sclerotized pockets on the 7th sternite (absent in
Chinasa
).