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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Mambarona congrua
(
Walker, 1862
)
(
Figs 11
,
19
)
Susica congrua
Walker, 1862: 172
.
Material examined.
India
,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
,
Great Nicobar Island
: 6 ♂,
Chingam
basti,
9.xi.2018
(6671/ H10); 3 ♂,
Laxmi
nagar,
11.xi.2018
(6672/ H10); 6 ♂,
Shastri
nagar,
11.xi.2018
(6673/ H10); 1 ♂,
South West
road,
4 km
South of Vijay
nagar,
12.xi.2018
(6676/ H10); 3 ♂,
Galathea
,
3.xi.2018
(6677/ H10); 2 ♂,
East West
road,
8.xi.2018
(6678/ H10); 2 ♂,
Gobind
nagar,
18.xi.2018
(6679/ H10); 1 ♂,
East West
road,
Steel
bridge,
13.xi.2018
(6681/ H10),
leg.
K.C. Gopi
& party (NZCZSI); 1 ♂, NW
India
,
Sukna
,
300 m
, 2.xiii.1990,
leg.
W. Thomas
; 1 ♂,
India
mer.,
Kerala
,
6 km
N Munnar
,
Kodelar Tea Estate
, 10˚06’N, 77˚04`, t = 14˚C,
1700 m
, tropical rainforest,
14–15.iv.1997
,
leg.
Schintlmeister
&
Sinyjaev
(MWM).
Diagnostic characters.
The species is pale reddish brown. In male genitalia, the uncus is broad at base with pointed tip; valva simple, tongue shaped; gnathos deeply bifurcated; aedeagus curved medially, acute at apex.
Distribution.
Thailand
,
Cambodia
, central
Vietnam
,
Malaysia
, Sundaland, Sulawesi, with doubtful records from Lombok, Flores, Timor (
Holloway 1986
,
Solovyev & Witt 2009
). Herein, we are extending its distributional range to the Great Nicobar Island, South
India
and to the far North of
India
i.e., North West
India
.
Remark.
Along with
T. lutea
, this is the second limacodid recorded from Great Nicobar Island.