An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species
Author
Jiang, Nan
Author
Yang, Chao
Author
Xue, Dayong
Author
Han, Hongxiang
text
Zootaxa
2015
3941
1
1
48
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1
36a219a8-2323-4c94-ad1f-80316fd30963
1175-5326
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Macrothyatira subaureata
(
Sick, 1941
)
Melanocraspes subaureata
Sick, 1941
: 3
. Type-locality:
China
, Yunnan, Li-kiang.
Neotype
♂
(ZFMK).
Distribution.
China
(Yunnan).
Remarks.
Laszlo
et al.
(2007)
treated
M. danieli
Werny, 1966
, described from
Nepal
, as a subspecies of
M. subaureata
Sick, 1941
although with some doubts. Although the male genitalia of these two species are different in the shape of the valva and the carinal hooks, they still considered that the discovery of the female of
M. subaureata
would help to solve the problem. Here we give a figure of the female genitalia of
M. subaureata
(
Fig. 31
, Yunnan, Lijiang, Yulongshan,
3200 m
,
15.VII.1980
, coll. Wang Ziqing, slide no. Drep-00717). It has an elongate signum, in contrast to the almost round one in
M. danieli
. Thus, we restore
M. subaureata danieli
to specific rank as
Macrothyatira danieli
Werny, 1966
,
stat.rev.
, bona species.