Nyctemera (Deilemera) hampsoni ( Swinhoe, 1889 ) Dubatolov & Volynkin, 2017

Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Volynkin, Anton V., 2017, On the systematic position of the genera Paraplastis Hampson, Migoplastis Felder and Dondera Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4358 (2) : -

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026581
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scientific name	Nyctemera (Deilemera) hampsoni ( Swinhoe, 1889 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Nyctemera (Deilemera) hampsoni ( Swinhoe, 1889) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 1–3 View FIGURES 1–6 , 13 View FIGURES 13–15 , 17 View FIGURES 16–20 )

Migoplastis hampsoni Swinhoe, 1889: 402 , pl. 43, fig. 2; Hampson, 1894: 44. Type locality: “Nilgiri Hills, northern slopes 3500 feet ” [India, Madras].

Paraplastis hampsoni, Hampson, 1901: 507 –508; Rothschild, 1914: 263, fig. 25g; Sing & Singh, 2011: 242 –244; Kirti & Singh, 2015: 60.

Type material examined. Syntypes: 1 ♂, "Nilgiris (Lindsay), 90-121" / " Migoplastis hampsoni Swinhoe Type ♂" / "Type" / "2347 ♂" / "88" / label with QR-code "NHMUK010606065" (Coll. NHM); 1 ♀, "Nilgiris. G. F.

Hampson. 90-121." / " Migoplastis hampsoni Swinhoe Type ♀" / "Type" / "2347" / label with QR-code "NHMUK010606074" (Coll. NHM).

Other material examined. SOUTH INDIA: 1 ♀, Palni Hills , S . India, 1907, No NHMUK010606036 View Materials , slide NHMUK10313519 View Materials Volynkin (♀) ( Coll. NHM); 1 ♀, Nilgiris, Hampson Coll., 89-129, 462. 73. , NHMUK010606066 View Materials (Coll. NHM); 3 ♀, Nilgiris, Rothschild Bequest B.M. I939-I. (Coll. NHM); 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu, Tirmellvilly Distr., Singhumetti Hills , 3260 ft ., 12–19.IV.1972, C.J.H. Pruett, B.M. 1974-429 (Coll. NHM); 3 ♂, T.N. [Tamil Nadu], Palani Hills, near Oothu , 1200 m , 15.VII.1990, leg. W. Thomas, slide MWM 31696 Volynkin (♂) ( Coll. MWM/ ZSM).

Diagnosis. Adults ( Figs. 1–3 View FIGURES 1–6 ). Antennae bipectinate in males and bidentate in females. Head and patagia lacking black spots. Tegulae centered with small black spots in medial area; a row of three small black spots is visible on thorax. Forewing with ground color brown; light medial band pale, outlined by darker color, its medial edge convex towards wing base, diffused toward ends; postmedial edge straight from costa to median veins, here angled then concave toward base; veins paler; male hind wings yellowish-orange, with hind edge strongly concave and tornal angle prominent; hindwing with the rough orange androconial scales on external area; female hindwing without modifications. Abdomen yellow with dorsal row of black spots. Male genitalia ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 13–15 ). Uncus S-shaped, valvae triangularly convex-concave, with asymmetrical heavy apical process: left one slightly enlarged covered with small teeth apically, right one finger-like, with subapical enlargening; costal edge of valva with narrow fingerlike process (ampulla) subbasally; saccus triangular; aedeagus short, distally broadened; vesica with long and narrow diverticulum with two small apical subdiverticuli; ductus ejaculatorius situated subbasally. Female genitalia ( Fig. 17 View FIGURES 16–20 ). Ovipositor short, conical. Apophyses long and thin, apophyses anteriores shorter and broader than apophyses posteriores. Antrum weakly sclerotized, dorso-ventrally flattened; ductus bursae long and narrow, S-like curved in its anterior half, membranous; corpus bursae elliptical, with two small elliptical signa posteriorly and one smaller and narrower signum in medial section.

Distribution. South India.