On the correct identification of ‘ Cyana dohertyi (Elwes, 1890) ’ from northern Indochina and China, with descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Author
Černý, Karel
Author
Saldaitis, Aidas
Author
Ivanova, Maria S.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-21
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10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.7
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Cyana dohertyi mertsana
Volynkin & Černý
,
ssp. nov.
(
Figs 21–24
,
35
,
44
)
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Type material.
Holotype
(
Figs 21
,
35
):
♂
, “N.
Thailand
,
Chiang Mai
,
Doi
Inthanon-NP,
1416m
,
18°30´59”N
,
98°28´13” E
,
7.–8.V.2008
leg.
K. Černý
”, slide AV2339
♂
Volynkin
(
Coll.
NHMUK
).
Paratypes
:
THAILAND
:
13 ♂
,
1 ♀
, same data as in the
holotype
(
Coll.
CKC
)
;
9 ♂
,
1 ♀
, same locality and collector, but
30.IV.2006
, slide AV2340
♀
Volynkin
(
Coll.
CKC
)
;
3 ♂
,
N Thailand
,
Chiang Mai
,
Doi
Inthanon-NP,
1500m
,
18°31´5”N
,
98°31´50”E
,
28.–29.IV.2006
leg.
Černý
(
Coll.
CKC
)
;
2 ♂
,
N Thailand
,
Chiang Mai
,
Fang
,
Doi Ang Khang
,
1425m
,
29°54´11”N
,
99°2´32”E
,
25.–26.IV.2006
leg.
K. Černý
(
Coll.
CKC
)
;
2 ♂
, same locality, but,
19.–23.IX.2006
, leg.
T. Ihle
(
Coll.
CKC
)
;
1 ♂
,
N Thailand
,
Changwat Nan
,
30 km
E of Pua
,
1700 m
,
14.–15.IX. 1999
, leg A.
Szabó
and Z.
Czere
(
Coll.
CKC
)
;
10 ♂
,
3 ♀
, same data (
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
1 ♂
, same locality and collectors,
22–23.IV.1999
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
1 ♀
, same locality, but
16.XI.1998
, leg.
Tibor Csovari
&
Laszlo Mikus
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
1 ♀
,
N Thailand
,
Changwat Nan
,
25 km
N of Bo Luang
,
1150m
,
17.XI.1998
, leg.
Tibor Csovari
&
Laszlo Mikus
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
2 ♂
,
N Thailand
,
Changwat Nan
,
25 km
N of Bo Luang
,
30 km
E of
Pua
,
1700m
,
14–15.IX.1999
, leg A.
Szabó
and Z.
Czere
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
2 ♂
,
Thailand
,
Changwat Chiang Mai
,
20 km
NW of Sop Kha
,
2 km
S of
Kop Dong
,
1800m
,
13.IX.1999
, leg A.
Szabó
and Z.
Czere
, slide ZSM
Arct.
104/2017
♂
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
VIETNAM
:
9 ♂
,
8 ♀
,
N Vietnam
,
1600m
,
Mt.
Fan-si-pan (
North
),
Cha-pa
, primary forest,
22.17’’N 103.44’’E
,
20–30.IV.1995
, leg.
V. Sinjaev
& local collectors, slides ZSM
Arct.
98/2017
♂
, ZSM Arct. 99/2017
♀
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
.
Diagnosis
. Forewing length is 14.5–
17 mm
in males (
15 mm
in the
holotype
) and
19–20 mm
in females.
Cyana dohertyi mertsana
(
Figs 21–24
) differs from the nominate subspecies (
Figs 17–20
) by its broader transverse lines of forewing. The male genitalia of the new subspecies (
Figs 35
) are very similar to those of
C. dohertyi dohertyi
(
Figs 33, 34
), but are characterized by the slightly broader sacculus with slightly more robust distal process, and the slightly longer band-like cluster of spinules on the largest diverticulum of vesica. Compared to those of the Chi- nese sister species
C. ariadne
(
Figs 15, 16
,
36
), the male genitalia of
C. dohertyi mertsana
are characterized by the slightly broader sacculus with slightly more robust and short distal process, and the smaller spinules of the cluster on the largest diverticulum. The female genitalia of the new subspecies (
Fig. 44
) have the slightly longer sclerotized posterior section of cospus bursae than those of
C. dohertyi dohertyi
(
Fig. 43
), and the narrower sclerotized posterior section of corpus bursae, the smaller signum bursae, and the smaller appendix bursae than those of
C. ariadne
(
Fig. 45
).
Distribution
. North
Thailand
(provinces of
Chiang Mai
and
Nan
) and North
Vietnam
(
Lao Cai Province
). The nominate subspecies is distributed in Himalaya and Southwestern
China
(NW
Yunnan
).
Etymology
. In the Slavic mythology, Mertsana is the heavenly Goddess, the ruler of the dawn and the patroness of a good and abundant harvest.