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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.9
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Ammatho
(
Conicornuta
)
sinocontinentalis
Huang & Volynkin
,
sp. n.
(
Figs 1–4
,
12, 13
,
16–18
)
Type material.
Holotype
(
Figs 1
,
12
): male,
11–14.VI.2019
,
Nanling Natural Reserve
,
Ruyuan County
,
Shaoguan City
,
Guangdong Province
, P.
R
.
China
, leg. students major in
Plant Protection
, class of 2021 [in Chinese], genital preparation in glycerol by
Huang
(Coll.
SCAU
).
Paratypes
:
1 female
, the same data as in the
holotype
, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 male
,
29–31.
V
.2016,
Nanling Natural Reserve
,
Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County
,
Shaoguan City, P.
R
.
China
;
1 male
, same locality, but
31.
V
.2017, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 male
,
V
.2018,
Mt. Nankun
,
Huizhou City
,
Guangdong Province
, P.
R
.
China
, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 female
, same locality, but
18.
V
.2003, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 female
,
20.IX.2018
,
Shimentai Natural Reserve
,
Yingde City
,
Guangdong Province
, P.
R
.
China
, leg.
Zhi-peng Miao
&
Fu-hong Wei
, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 male
,
30.IV.2020
,
Shanghang
,
Longyan City
,
Fujian Province
, leg.
Fuwen Qiu
, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 female
, [
China
,
Zhejiang
,Wenzhou]
Wenchow
(
Chekiang
),
VI
.1939, H. Höne/
Paratype
♀
Miltochrista longaria
Daniel
, slide AV1828
Volynkin
(
Coll.
ZFMK
)
;
1 male
,
17.VIII.2014
, altitude
504m
, Bao-kang
County
,
Hubei Province
, P.
R
.
China
, leg.
Lu Wan
,
Qi-tong Huang
,
Lan-lan Huang
&
Min Wang
, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 male
,
9.IX.2018
, altitude
1105m
,
Mt. Qiyun
,
Guidong County
,
Chenzhou City
,
Hunan Province
, P.
R
.
China
, leg.
Zhi-peng Miao
&
Min Wang
, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 female
,
16.IX.2002
, altitude
500m
,
Buliuhe Natural Reserve
,
Hechi City
,
Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Prefecture, P.
R
.
China
, leg.
Guo-hua Huang
, gen. prep. in glycerol by
Huang
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 male
,
8.
VI
.2016,
Jiangzhou District
,
Chongzuo City
,
Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Prefecture
, leg.
Tian-tian Yu
&
Shu-qin Ji
(
Coll.
SCAU
)
;
1 male
,[
China
,
Sichuan
,
Ya’an–Kangding
road]
Siao-Lou
,
Chasseurs Indigènes
du
P. Déjean
1902/Ex Oberthür
Coll. Brit. Mus.
1927-3./
NHMUK
unique number 010918597, slide
NHMUK010316340
Volynkin (Coll.
NHMUK
).
Diagnosis
. Forewing length is 10–10.5 mm in males and 10.5–
14 mm
in females. The new species (
Figs 1–4
) differs externally from the two relatives (
Figs 5–11
) by the slightly larger size and broader forewing of both sexes. The male genitalia of
A. sinocontinentalis
sp. n.
(
Figs 12, 13
) are most similar to those of
A. mangae
sp. n.
(
Fig. 14
), but differ by slightly broader juxta, the valva being slightly more broadened distally, the more prominent distal costal process, the more robust, claw-shaped distal saccular process (that is thin and nearly straight in
A. mangae
sp. n.
), and the presence of a sclerotized area often bearing a small subbasal thorn at the base of the medial distal cornutus (absent in
A. mangae
sp. n.
). The female genitalia of the new species (
Figs 16–18
) differ from those of
A. mangae
sp. n.
(
Figs 19, 20
) by the slightly shorter ductus bursae, the larger left sclerotized lobe of corpus bursae, the presence of the large medial sclerotized lobe of corpus bursae, and the appendix bursae directed laterally (in
A. mangae
sp. n.
that is directed anteriorly).
Distribution
. The species is known from continental
China
(
Sichuan
,
Hubei
,
Hunan
,
Guangxi
,
Zhejiang
,
Fujian
and
Guangdong
Provinces).
Etymology
. The specific epithet refers to its distribution in the continental part of
China
.