Description of a new species and a new group of Salassa Moore, 1859 (Lepidoptera Saturniidae) with a molecular study based on partial COI
Author
Zheng, Xuhongyi
The Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China.
Author
Wang, Dong
Enterprising Village # 154, Maigaoqiao Street, Qixia District, Nanjing 210028, China.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-11-22
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2
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https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5375.2.10/52330
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5375.2.10
1175-5326
10184108
9921A3E7-4086-4D9B-8E88-9C527BAC0BE6
royi -group of
Salassa
Diagnosis.
The
royi
-group is characterized by (1) both the forewing and hindwing have relatively rounded greenish-hyaline ocelli; (2) the male hindwing has a relatively small greenish-hyaline ocellus; (3) absence of reddish or orange coloration around the ocellus of hindwing; (4) male genitalia with simplified valvae, uncus without upper projection.
Species composition.
Salassa royi
(
Elwes, 1887
)
,
Salassa olivacea
(
Oberthür, 1890
)
,
Salassa tibaliva
Zhu & Wang, 1993
,
Salassa antkozlovi
Brechlin, 2017
,
Salassa pararoyi
Brechlin, 2009
,
Salassa sunwukongi
sp. nov.
Distribution.
Countries around Himalayas, including
China
,
Bhutan
and
India
.