A new species of the genus Thespea Solovyev and four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)
Author
Singh, Navneet
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India.
Author
Ahmad, Jalil
0000-0001-7719-864X
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India. & jalilahmad 23046 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7719 - 864 X
jalilahmad23046@gmail.com
Author
Chandra, Kailash
0000-0001-9076-5442
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India. & kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442
kailash611@rediffmail.com
Author
Solovyev, Alexey V.
Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Department of Biology and Chemistry (Ulyanovsk, Russia).
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-11
4927
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10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.8
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Genus
Mambarona
Hering, 1931
Mambarona
Hering, 1931: 685
.
Type
species.
Susica congrua
Walker, 1862
(by original designation) (TL:
Sarawak
,
Borneo
)
.
Distribution.
India
to the
Philippines
(
Solovyev & Witt 2009
), and
Papua New Guinea
.
Diagnosis.
The genus
Mambarona
Hering, 1931
is defined by: i) the yellowish brown colour and an obliquely straight band and zig-zag submarginal fascia on the forewings, ii) male genitalia with bifid gnathos and iii) aedeagus sickle-shaped and apically acute. Members of this genus are sexually dimorphic, with females larger than males (
Solovyev & Witt 2009
).
Taxonomic notes.
Holloway (1986)
synonymized the genus
Mambarona
with
Birthama
Walker, 1862
, but later,
Solovyev & Witt (2009)
resurrected the genus
Mambarona
including six species:
M. congrua
(
Walker, 1862
)
(=
Setora simplex
Snellen, 1900
, in
Piepers & Snellen 1900: 64
) (as
type
species),
M. obliquifascia
(
Hampson, 1893
)
(=
Miresa canescens
Hampson, 1896
) from
Ceylon
[
Sri Lanka
] (
Hering 1931
);
M. timorensis
Hering, 1931
from Suai,
Portuguese Timor
[
East Timor
] (
Hering 1931
);
M. florensis
Hering, 1931
from West
Flores
, [
Indonesia
] (
Hering 1931
);
M. irrorata
(
West, 1932
)
from
Philippines
and Sulawesi (
Holloway 1986
) and
M. pelochroa
(
West, 1932
)
from Mindanao [
Philippines
] (
Holloway 1986
).
Remark.
Holloway (1986)
reported
M. obliquifascia
from S[outh]
India
also, but it seems to be due to wrong interpretation.