Barsura Volynkin, Dubatolov & Kishida, gen. nov., with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Author
Dubatolov, Vladimir V.
Author
Kishida, Yasunori
text
Zootaxa
2017
4299
1
journal volume
32619
10.11646/zootaxa.4299.1.2
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1175-5326
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Barsura umbrifera
(
Hampson, 1900
)
,
comb. nov.
Asura umbrifera
Hampson, 1900
,
Catalogue of
Lepidoptera Phalaenae
in the British Museum
2
: 431, pl. 30, fig. 14 (Type locality: “Tibet, Yatung”).
Type
material examined.
Syntypes
(
Figs
23, 24
,
41
,
54
):
2 ♂
,
3 ♀
, [
China
,
Xizang
,
Yadong County
]
Yatung
,
Tibet
,
A.E. Hobson
, 98-201, slide
BMNH
(E) Arct-
6507m
Volynkin
(male) (
Coll.
NHM
)
;
1 ♀
, same data, slide AV1854f Volynkin (female) (Coll.
ZFMK
)
.
Additional material examined.
1 ♀
,
Bhutan
,
Jachuraca
,
Lang Tso
,
3600–3800 m
,
29.VII.1978
(Coll.
NHM
).
Diagnosis.
Forewing length is
14.5–
15 mm
in males and
16.5–
17 mm
in females. The second species of the genus with an unmistakable appearance differing from other congeners by the pale brownish-creamy ground color of forewing, the diffuse pale brown forewing pattern, and the medial and postmedial lines situated far from each other. The male genitalia is similar to
B. simplicifascia
, but differ by the narrower distal costal process with a less arcuate dorsal margin, the almost straight ventral costal process directed apically (whereas in
B. simplicifascia
the ventral costal process is basally broader, claw-like and directed ventrally), and the smaller cornuti in the carinal plate and the ventral subbasal diverticulum. The female genitalia differs from those of two other members of the species-group by the very small lateral sclerotized lobes of corpus bursae having much weaker scobination.
Distribution.
West
China
(
Tibet
) and
Bhutan
.