Taxonomic review of the Oriental genus Gandhara Moore with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
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Volynkin, Anton V.
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia
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Černý, Karel
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A- 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Author
Huang, Si-Yao
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China
Author
Hu, Hua-Lin
Jiangxi Jiulianshan National Nature Reserve Management Bureau, Longnan Jiangxi 341700, China
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Collita serva
(
Walker, 1854
)
,
comb. n.
(
Figs 21–23
,
47, 48, 50
)
Lithosia serva
Walker, 1854
,
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum
, 2: 506 (
Type
locality: [
Nepal
] “Nepaul”).
Type material examined
.
Lectotype
(hereby designated) (
Fig. 21
): female without abdomen, “
Nepal
” / “Hardwick | Bequest.” / “27.
Lithosia serva
.” / blue ring “
SYN-
|
TYPE
” label / QR-code label with unique ID “NHMUK010401818” (
NHMUK
).
Additional material examined
.
NEPAL
:
4 males
,
3 females
, valley of
Tamea
Kosi
River
,
1 km
N of Dolakha
,
1700m
,
12.X.1995
,
L. Németh
leg., gen. prep.
No.
:
ZSM
Arct.
2019-1098 (prepared by
Volynkin
) (MWM/
ZSM
)
;
1 male
,
Mechi
,
Taplejung area
,
Tamur valley
,
2 km
N Sinwa
,
1100m
,
27°24’N
87°43’E
,
23.X.1996
,
Gy.M. László
&
G. Ronkay
leg., gen. prep.
No.
:
ZSM
Arct.
2019-1099 (prepared by
Volynkin
) (MWM/
ZSM
)
;
78 specimens
of both sexes,
Mechi
,
Taplejung area
,
Tamur valley
,
4 km
N Dobhan
,
800m
,
27°22’N
87°40’E
,
22.X.1996
,
Gy.M. László
&
G. Ronkay
leg., gen. prep.
No.
:
ZSM
Arct.
2019-1121 (female) (prepared by
Volynkin
) (MWM/
ZSM
)
;
MYANMAR
:
1 male
,
3 females
,
40 km
N Myitkyina
,
Chanc Kand village
,
235m
,
23–24.IV.1996
,
Murzin
&
Sinyaev
leg., gen. prep.
No.
:
ZSM
Arct.
2019-1096 (prepared by Volynkin) (male) (MWM/
ZSM
)
.
Note
. The species was described from
three specimens
(cited as “a–c”) without their sex being specified (
Walker 1854
). In the
NHMUK
, only a single damaged female
syntype
lacking the abdomen was located. Other
syntypes
are apparently lost or destroyed. In order to stabilise the nomenclature, the aforementioned
syntype
is hereby designated as the
lectotype
(
Fig. 21
).
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is 15.0–16.0 mm in males and 15.0–17.0 mm in females. The species is morphologically very similar to
C. vietnamica
(
Figs 24
,
49
) recently described from a single male (
Dubatolov & Bucsek 2016
), and differs from it only in the lack of the smaller subbasal cornuti in the phallus vesica. Taking into account the intraspecific variability in the size and number of cornuti in the genus (illustrated by
Ignatyev & Witt (2007)
and
Dubatolov (2014))
, it is possible that these two taxa are conspecific. However, to clarify this question, the examination of additional specimens from northern Indochina is necessary.
Distribution
.
Nepal
(
Walker 1854
) and northern
Myanmar
(
Kachin State
).