The genus Scobura Elwes & Edwards, 1897 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
Author
Fan, Xiaoling
Author
Chiba, Hideyuki
Author
Wang, Min
text
Zootaxa
2010
2490
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.195589
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195589
Scobura lyso
(
Evans, 1939
)
Figs. 13−14
,
48−52
Isoteinon lyso
Evans,1939
: 165
. (
Type
locality: Zhejiang,
China
)
Scobura coniata lyso
:
Evans, 1949
: 295
.
Scobura coniata
:
Tong, 1993
: 75
;
Chou, 1994
: 738
.
Scobura lyso:
Devyatkin, 2004
: 62
Diagnosis
Forewing length
21 mm
. The species is similar to S.
coniata
, but can be separated by the following characters: forewing upperside cell spots separated, subequal; spot in space CuA1 rather narrow; without a linear stigma in male.
Male genitalia (
Figs. 48−52
): Tegumen without socius; valva nearly rectangular, ventrodistal process equal to about half length of valva, with upper margin straight and armed with spines, dorsobasal process very long, thin and sharp spine; aedeagus with suprazonal sheath slightly shorter than subzonal sheath; juxta Ushaped with two densely spined arms.
FIGURES 48−52.
Male genitalia of
Scobura lyso
(Evans) (Zhejiang)
. 48. ring, lateral view; 49. tegumen, dorsal view; 50. valva, inner view; 51. aedeagus; 52. juxta.
Material examined
23, Changhua, Lingan, Zhejiang,
16.VI.2007
.
Distribution.
China
(Zhejiang).
Remarks
The species had been treated as a subspecies of
coniata
until
Devyatkin (2004)
revised the group and upgraded it to species status based on genitalic features. The shape of the valva and its dorsobasal process are quite distinct from related species.