Taxonomic review of the genus Sicciaemorpha van Eecke (Lepidoptera Erebidae: Arctiinae), with descriptions of six new species from Malaysia and the Philippines
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
0000-0001-9447-4925
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF- 656049, Barnaul, Russia. & monstruncusarctia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9447 - 4925
monstruncusarctia@gmail.com
Author
Černý, Karel
0000-0001-7207-2255
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A- 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. & natura. cerny @ aon. at; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7207 - 2255
natura.cerny@aon.at
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-06-11
4985
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journal article
4963
10.11646/zootaxa.4985.1.3
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Sicciaemorpha nebulibia
sp. n.
(
Figs 6–8
,
18
,
24
)
Type material
.
Holotype
(
Figs 6
,
18
): male, “Philipp[ines]./
N. Luzon
,
Mts. Prov.
[
Mountain Province
], Chatol
-
1600m
,
15km
SE Bontoc
,
17°02´N
Breite
[latitude] /
121°03´E
Länge
[longitude],
Nebelurwald
[cloud primary forest], 24.ix.,
14.x.1988
, leg.
Cerny
[
recte
Černý] & Schintlmeister” / “coll.
Th. Witt München
/Weiden” / “Slide
ZSM
Arct. 2019-
145♂
A. Volynkin
” (MWM/
ZSM
)
.
Paratypes
.
THE
PHILIPPINES
:
5 males
,
4 females
, same data as holotype, gen. prep.
Nos.
:
ZSM
Arct.
2019-145 (female),
ZSM
Arct.
2019-147 (male) (prepared by
Volynkin
) (MWM/
ZSM
);
4 males
,
7 females
, same data as holotype (
CKC
);
2 males
,
1 female
,
N Luzon
,
Ifugao
,
Mt. Polis
,
16 km
SSE Bontoc
,
17 02´N
,
121°01´E
, primary cloud forest,
1900m
,
9.II.–13.II.1988
, leg.
Černý
&
Schintlmeister
, gen. prep. No.:
ZSM
Arct.
2019-148 (male) (prepared by
Volynkin
) (MWM/
ZSM
);
2 males
,
2 females
, same data as previous (
CKC
);
1 male
,
2 females
, same locality and collectors as previous, but
23.IX.1988
(
CKC
);
1 male
,
1 female
, N
Luzon
,
Mountain Prov.
,
Mt. Amuyao
,
22 km
SE Bontoc
,
17°00´N
121°09´E
, primary cloud forest,
2450–2700m
,
15.II.–16.II.1988
, leg.
Černý
&
Schintlmeister
(
CKC
);
3 males
,
3 females
, N
Luzon
,
Mountain Prov.
,
Mt. Amuyao
,
22 km
SE Bontoc
, primary cloud forest,
1900m
,
25.IX.1988
, leg.
Černý
&
Schintlmeister
(
CKC
)
.
Diagnosis
. The forewing length is 10–10.5 mm in both sexes. Superficially, the new species is reminiscent of
S. danepan
sp. n.
due to the white coloration, but differs by the somewhat less elongate forewing and the larger black spots on the forewing costa. The male genital capsule of
S. nebulibia
sp. n.
is most similar to that of
S. langgona
sp. n.
, but differs by the shorter (ca. 1/5 of the length of the membranous distal lobe vs. 1/
4 in
S. langgona
sp. n.
) and symmetrical costal processes (they are asymmetrical in
S. langgona
sp. n.
), the shorter (in comparison to the length of the membranous distal lobe) and distally tapered and curved ventro-distal process of the valva (in
S. langgona
sp. n.
, it is longer than the membranous distal lobe, distally wider and almost straight, and apically rounded and setose), and the shorter (in comparison to the length of the membranous distal lobe) triangular distal saccular process (it is longer and stick-shaped in
S. langgona
sp. n.
). Additionally, in
S. nebulibia
sp. n.
, the uncus is medially dilated (whereas it is dilated subbasally in
S. langgona
sp. n.
), and the saccus is rectangular (whereas it is U-shaped in
S. langgona
sp. n.
). The distal section and the carina of the aedeagus are dentate ventrally, whereas aedeagi of the congeners have smooth surface. The female genitalia of
S. nebulibia
sp. n.
differ clearly from those of other congeners (when known) by the large ventro-lateral pockets of the 7
th
sternite, the wider anterior section of the ductus bursae (in comparison to the corpus bursae width), and the larger, globular appendix bursae (whereas it is small and elliptical in other species of the genus). The antrum of the new species is similar to that of
S. pleiadina
sp. n.
, but differs from it by the shallower and rectangular incision of the ostium bursae, whereas that of
S. pleiadina
sp. n.
is deeper, narrower and triangular.
Distribution
. Known from the Philippine Island of Luzon.
Etymology
. ‘Nebula’ is ‘a fog’ in Latin. The species name refers to its habitat in mountain cloud forests.