Two new genera, two new subgenera, and four new species of Lithosiina from China and northern Indochina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia.
monstruncusarctia@gmail.com
Author
Saldaitis, Aidas
0000-0003-0999-3996
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str., 2, LT- 08412, Vilnius- 21, Lithuania. E-mail: saldrasa @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0999 - 3996 * Corresponding author. E-mail: monstruncusarctia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925
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Ecologica Montenegrina
2023
2023-11-13
68
140
154
http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.68.14
journal article
10.37828/em.2023.68.14
2336-9744
13247254
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AAC1A7FA-3259-454E-A278-EE4F64426DD1
Kuatunittia
(
Paraxenittia
)
sapa
sp. n.
https://zoobank.org/
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3C38B6A8-5CAD-4387-B1FA-B437596799A6
(
Figs 10
,
25, 26
)
Type material
.
Holotype
(
Figs 10
,
25
): male, “N-Vietnam [border of
Lai Châu and Lào Cai
Provinces]
1600m
| Mt. Fan-si-pan(Nord) | Cha-pa, Primärurwald [primary jungle] | 22.17''
N 103.44
''E [
22°17'N
103°44'E
] |
20.–30.III.1995
| leg.
V
. Sinjaev [Sinyaev] & |
A. Schintlmeister
| Museum Witt” / ‘Slide |
ZSM
Arct. | 2019-1132
♂
|
A. Volynkin
” (
MWM
/
ZSM
).
Paratype
:
VIETNAM
:
1 male
, the same data as in the
holotype
, gen. prep. No.:
ZSM
Arct. 2019- 1133
♂
(
MWM
/
ZSM
)
.
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is 15.0–15.5 mm in males. The new species is externally reminiscent of the allopatric
K. erlanga
sp. n.
but differs in the smaller size. The detailed comparison of the male genitalia of the two species is provided above in the diagnosis of
K. erlanga
sp. n.
The female is unknown.
Distribution
. Northern
Vietnam
(border of
Lai Châu
and
Lào Cai
Provinces).
Etymology
. The specific epithet is homonymic of the town of Sapa situated near the
type
locality of the new species.