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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Melittia
Hübner
Melittia
Hübner [1819]
: 128
. Type species:
Melittia anthedoniformis
Hübner [1819]
, by monotypy.
Eumallopoda
Wallengren 1859
: 84
. Type species:
Eumallopoda laniremis
Wallengren 1859
, original designation.
Parasa
Wallengren 1863
: 137
. Type species:
Parasa aureosquamata
Wallengren 1863
, by monotypy; preoccupied by Moore [1860] (
Limacodidae
).
Pansa
Wallengren 1865
: 9
. Type species:
Parasa aureosquamata
Wallengren 1863
, by monotypy; replacement name for
Parasa
Wallengren 1863
.
Premelittia
Le Cerf 1916
: 9
. Type species:
Premelittia rufescens
Le Cerf 1916
, by monotypy.
Neosphecia
Le Cerf 1916
: 9
. Type species:
Neosphecia combusta
Le Cerf 1916
, by monotypy.
Melittina
Le Cerf 1917
: 239
. Type species:
Melittina nigra
Le Cerf 1917
, original designation.
Poderis
Boisduval [1875]
: 468
. Type species:
Melittia anthedoniformis
Hübner 1819
(=
Sesia chalciformis
Fabricius 1793
); unavailable by publication in synonymy.
Species of
Melittia
are characterized by the following characters: Veins R4 and R5 stalked of forewing; Cu1 arising well before crossvein of hindwing; hind tibia and tarsus strongly tufted. Male genitalia: valve usually ovoid, elongate, dorsoapical and ventroapicaI part densely covered with simple hairs; tegumen and uncus broad, uncus bilobed apically; saccus and aedeagus relatively long. Female genitalia: antrum short with annular sclerotization; ductus bursae long; corpus bursae with complicated signum.