The Paranthrenini of Mainland China (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) Author Kallies, Axel Author Arita, Yutaka Author Owada, Mamoru Author Wu, Guo-Yi Author Wang, Min text Zootaxa 2014 3811 2 185 206 journal article 45621 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.2.2 b9d8b4a3-5c31-44fb-9f7a-ee81bfaa214c 1175-5326 229506 3EB522C3-C8F1-41A2-A576-E1FB296E3B25 Scoliokona shimentai Kallies & Wu sp. nov. ( Figs 23, 24 , 37 ) Material examined. Holotype . 1♂ , Prov. Guangdong, Yingde, Shimentai , 4.VI.2008 ( SCAU ). Paratypes . 1♂ , data as holotype ( NSMT ); 2♂ , same locality, 5.VII.2011 ( Fig. 23 , Gen. prep. AK745) ( CAK ); 1♂ , Vietnam , Thu Thien Hue Prov., Bach Ma, ca. 1400 m , 6.V.2003 ( Fig. 24 , NSMT ); 2♂ , Vietnam , Cao Bang Prov., Ba Be, ca. 1400 m , 30.IV.2005 ( NSMT ). Description. Male ( Figs 23, 24 ). Wingspan 33 mm ; forewing length 14 mm ; body length 17 mm . Most body parts black. Head: scales on labial palps ventrally with white tips. Thorax: hind coxa dirty white, ventral edges of hind femur white. Forewing: opaque, black with a purple sheen; with small remnant PTA at the base; ventrally similar with crème scales at the base. Hindwing: transparent parts extensive, appearing somewhat rusty tinged in outer half; discal spot relatively narrow; area between veins Cu1 and Cu2 opaque; costa yellowish at the base. Abdomen: tergite 2 with a narrow white posterior border; sternites 3, 4 and partly 5 crème white; anal tuft large, laterally flattened, with few white scales. Genitalia. Male (Gen. prep. AK745, Fig. 37 ). Valva relatively short, apically pointed; multifurcate setae with each 8 finger like projections in dorsal part, simple setae in ventral part; basal patch with strong simple setae; with a simple line of hand-shaped setae medially; saccus short and narrow; gnathos with two lateral short fish hook-like processes, arched downwards at the tip; uncus straight and narrow; phallus relatively narrow, apically with a small bilobed processus. FIGURES 21–28. Paranthrenini . Figs 21–22 . Scoliokona nanlingensis sp. nov. 21 . ♂, paratype, Maoershan (CAK). 22 . ♂, (NSMT). Figs 23–24 . Scoliokona shimentai sp. nov. 23 . ♂, paratype, Shimentai (CAK). 24 . ♂, paratype, Vietnam (NSMT). Figs 25–26 . Scoliokona spissa sp. nov. 25 . ♂, paratype, Maoershan (CAK). 26 . ♀, paratype, Nanling (CAK). Figs 27–28 . Adixoa leucocyanea . 27 . ♂, Dadongshan (CAK). 28 . ♀, holotype, Mt. Longtou (MNHB). FIGURES 29–30. Paranthrenini , Male Genitalia. Fig. 29 . Paranthrene rubomacula sp. nov. (CAK). a—uncus, b—gnathos, c—dorsal field of setae, d—ventral field of setae, e—basal area of setae, f—phallus tip, enlarged. 30 . Nokona bractea sp. nov. (SCAU). a—gnathos, enlarged. FIGURES 31–32. Paranthrenini , Male Genitalia. Fig. 31 . Nokona opaca sp. nov. (CAK), a—gnathos, enlarged. 32 . Nokona chrysoidea (CAK). FIGURES 33–34. Paranthrenini , Male Genitalia. Fig. 33 . Nokona chrysoidea (CAK), a—gnathos, enlarged. 34 . Nokona actinidiae (CAK), a—gnathos, enlarged. FIGURE 35. Paranthrenini , Male Genitalia. Fig. 35 . Nokona semidiaphana , holotype (MNHB), with most sclerites separated. Variability. 31–38 mm wingspan. Diagnosis. This species is a typical representative of the genus Scoliokona . It is somewhat similar to Scoliokona kalliesi Arita & Riefenstahl, 2004 , which is known from Burma and Thailand . The latter species, however, has orange antennae, labial palps and patagia and more extensive dark marking on the hindwing.