Thirteen new species of the genus Miltochrista Hübner from Indochina, China, Myanmar and India (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V
0000-0001-9447-4925
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. E-mail: monstruncusarctia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925
Author
Černý, Karel
0000-0001-7207-2255
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A- 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. E-mail: natura. cerny @ aon. at; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7207 - 2255
Author
Huang, Si-Yao
0000-0002-9859-9212
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China. E-mail: huangsiyao 2007 @ aliyun. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9859 - 9212
Author
Saldaitis, Aidas
0000-0003-0999-3996
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str., 2, LT- 08412, Vilnius- 21, Lithuania. E-mail: saldrasa @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0999 - 3996
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Ecologica Montenegrina
2023
2023-11-02
68
12
37
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.68.3
journal article
10.37828/em.2023.68.3
2336-9744
13247134
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:056C13E9-C85C-4803-B27D-AD181809DD13
Miltochrista tumida
sp. n.
https://zoobank.org/
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
11625931-0B37-416E-A171-49A900071588
(
Figs 37, 38
,
75, 76
)
Type material
.
Holotype
(
Figs 37
,
75
): male, “N-Vietnam
1600m
| Mt. Fan-si-pan (Nord) | Cha-pa, Primärurwald [primary jungle] | 22.17''N 103.44''E [
22°17'N
103°44'E
] |
25.–30.III.1995
| leg.
V
. Sinjaev [recte: Sinyaev] & |
A. Schintlmeister
| Museum Witt” / ‘Slide |
ZSM
Arct. | 358/2017
♂
|
A. Volynkin
” (
MWM
/
ZSM
).
Paratype
.
VIETNAM
:
1 male
,
Cuc Phuong Nat. Park
,
60 km
SW
Hanoi
,
400m
, 20.15'N 105.20'E [
20°15'N
105°20'E
],
21.XI.1994
,
Sinyaev
&
Simonov
leg., gen. prep.
No.
:
ZSM
Arct. 382/2017
♂
(
MWM
/
ZSM
)
.
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is 9.0–10.0 mm in males. The two known specimens of
M. tumida
sp. n.
(
Figs 37, 38
) demonstrate the range of intraspecific variability and are different from each other in their forewing shape, the length of the antemedial and subterminal streaks, and the shape of the discal spot. However, these specimens display no recognisable differences in their male genitalia structures (
Figs 75, 76
). The male genital capsule of the new species (
Figs 75, 76
) is vaguely reminiscent of
M. tenuiprocessa
sp. n.
(
Figs 77
,
78
) but differs clearly in the broader, swollen uncus which is somewhat dorso-ventrally flattened and dilated distally (it is distally laterally flattened and apically pointed in the congener), the medially narrower valva with a shorter medial dorsal protrusion of the costa situated more proximally, the markedly shorter and less downcurved distal costal process, the shorter but broader dorsal setose cluster of the sacculus, and the longer, slenderer, more upcurved, cylindrical and apically pointed distal saccular process (it is laterally flattened and apically rounded in
M. tenuiprocessa
sp. n.
). The phallus of
M. tumida
sp. n.
is somewhat S-like curved whereas it is almost straight in
M. tenuiprocessa
sp. n.
Compared to
M. tenuiprocessa
sp. n.
, the vesica of the new species has a considerably longer and broader proximal section with a well-developed subbasal diverticulum, a longer lateral cornutus, and a shorter distal diverticulum bearing a markedly longer and narrower cornutus.
The female is unknown.
Distribution
.
Vietnam
(
Lào Cai
and
Ninh Bình
Provinces).
Etymology
. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin ‘tumidus’ meaning ‘swollen’ and refers to the swollen uncus. The name is an adjective in apposition to the generic name.