Two new species of clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from Taiwan
Author
Liang, Jia-Yuan
Author
Hsu, Yu-Feng
text
Zootaxa
2017
4299
3
415
422
journal article
32596
10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.7
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Diagnoses of
Tinthiini
and
Melittiini
In
Tinthiini
forewing is usually opaque and/or with small transparent areas; four M+Cu veins are present, with veins M3 or Cu2 occasionally absent. Tegumen is broad without gnathos; uncus is elongate. 115 species in 16 genera are currently recognized according to
Pühringer & Kallies (2017)
.
Tinthiini
are world-wide distributed, the Australian Region an exception. The diversity of
Tinthiini
in the Oriental Region is quite high, with 11 genera and 65 described species known.
In
Melittiini
Cu1 of hind wing arises conspicuously before crossvein; hind tibia and tarsus are long and strongly tufted. Valve is covered with dense hairs apically; uncus is bilobed apically. Corpus bursae usually possesses a characteristic signum, which is large in size, pyriform in shape, with numerous transverse, wellsclerotized, dentate stripes.
Melittiini
occur in all zoogeographical regions, with 6 genera and 158 species recognized. Most species inhabit tropical or subtropical zone (
Pühringer & Kallies 2017
).
The most recent taxonomic work
on
Tinthiini
in
Taiwan
was conducted by
Arita & Gorbunov (2001)
. They reported six species in four genera. The most recent taxonomic work
on
Melittiini
in
Taiwan
was done by
Arita & Gorbunov (2002)
, with 5 species in two genera known.
The present article provides taxonomic treatments, and documenting host associations and immature biology for these two species.