A review of the Barsine hypoprepioides (Walker, 1862) species-group, with descriptions of fifteen new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Author
Černý, Karel
Author
Huang, Si-Yao
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-06-17
4618
1
1
82
journal article
26470
10.11646/zootaxa.4618.1.1
792ac05c-a144-47d5-a048-9f181d559fd7
1175-5326
3248201
935EC636-8824-4D4A-8F70-62A47A918D8E
Barsine navneetsinghi
Volynkin & Černý, 2018
(
Figs 16–18
,
156, 157
,
226
)
Barsine navneetsinghi
Volynkin & Černý, 2018
,
Zootaxa
,
4402
(2): 352, figs 21–24, 39, 40, 46 (
Type
locality: “NE
India
, W
Meghalaya
, Umran,
33 km
N Shillong,
26°06’N
,
92°23’E
,
800 m
”).
Type material examined
.
Holotype
(
Figs 16
,
156
):
♂
, NE
India
, W
Meghalaya
,
Umran
,
33 km
N Shillong
,
26°06’N
,
92°23’E
,
800 m
,
14–23.VII.1997
, leg.
Sinjaev
&
Afonin
, slide MWM 33543
Volynkin
(Coll. MWM/
ZSM
)
;
Paratypes
:
3 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Myanmar
(Burma),
21 km
E
Putao Nan Sa Bon village
550 m
,
1–5.V.1998
, leg.
Murzin
&
Sinjaev
, slides MWM 33552 (
♂
), MWM 33553 (
♂
), MWM 33554 (
♂
), ZSM
Arct.
150/2017
♀
Volynkin (Coll. MWM/
ZSM
)
.
Diagnosis
. Forewing length is
10–11.5 mm
in males and
11 mm
in females. Externally,
B. navneetsinghi
is very similar to large specimens of the sympatric
B. subzebrina
, and can be separated by the genitalia structures only. The male genitalia of
B. navneetsinghi
differ clearly from those of
B. subzebrina
by its larger vinculum, the absence of a medial process of juxta, much narrower and curved medial costal process, much shorter distal costal process directed distally, stronger dentation of the ventral margin of sacculus, apically pointed distal saccular process, and larger, spine-like cornuti in the largest medial diverticulum of vesica. The male genitalia of
B. navneetsinghi
are most similar to those of
B. radians
, but differs clearly by their narrower, curved and apically pointed medial costal process (that is much broader and apically rounded in
B. radians
), broader distal costal process directed distally (that is thinner, apically pointed and directed dorsally in
B. radians
), dentate dorsal margin of sacculus (that is setose in
B. radians
), shorter distal saccular process, and larger subbasal diverticulum of vesica. In the female genitalia,
B. navneetsinghi
differs from
B. radians
by its much broader, V-shaped postvaginal plate, narrower antrum, more robust spinulose scobination of corpus bursae, and much larger appendix bursae. Female genitalia of
B. navneetsinghi
differ from those of
B. subzebrina
by their V-shaped postvaginal plate (that is more or less T-shaped in
B. subzebrina
), heavily sclerotized margins of antrum (that has rugose membranous margins in
B. subzebrina
), much smaller signum, and significantly larger appendix bursae.
Distribution
. North-East
India
(western
Meghalaya
) and North
Myanmar
(
Kachin
) (
Volynkin & Černý 2018b
).