Two new species of the subgenus Conicornuta Volynkin, 2019 of the genus Ammatho Walker, 1855 from China and northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Erebidae Arctiinae)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. & National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF- 634050, Tomsk, Russia
Author
Huang, Si-Yao
0000-0002-9859-9212
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, Guangdong, China. 1830763077 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9859 - 9212
1830763077@qq.com
Author
Derzhinsky, Yevgeniy A.
Vitebsk State University named after P. M. Masherov, Moskovskiy Av., 33, Vitebsk 210038 Belarus.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-11-12
4878
1
182
188
journal article
8046
10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.9
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1175-5326
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64E48222-1069-4419-9517-53A978B66BB8
Subgenus
Conicornuta
Volynkin, 2019
Ammatho
(
Conicornuta
) Volynkin
in
Volynkin, Huang & Ivanova, 2019
,
Ecologica Montenegrina
26
: 21, figs 15, 16, 111, 167
(
Type
species:
Miltochrista convexa
Wileman, 1910
, by the original designation).
Diagnosis
. The male genital capsule ground plan of species of the subgenus is similar to that of the subgenus
Striatella
Volynkin & Huang, 2019
, but
Conicornuta
is characterized by the short but robust and bifurcated distal costal process, and the presence of a short medial saccular process. The aedeagus vesica of
Conicornuta
bears long and robust cornuti unlike
Striatella
having broad clusters of numerous small short cornuti or granulation. The female genitalia of
Conicornuta
are characterized by the presence of sclerotized lobes in the posterior section of corpus bursae and in basal section of appendix bursae.
Distribution
. Species of the subgenus are known from
Taiwan Island
, continental
China
and northern
Vietnam
.