Fossia punicea kachina ( Volynkin & Černý, 2018 )

Huang, Chu-Yang, Volynkin, Anton V., Zhu, Li-Juan, Wang, Min & Huang, Si-Yao, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Fossia Volynkin, Ivanova & S. - Y Huang, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) from China with description of a new subspecies, Zootaxa 5023 (2), pp. 284-292 : 290

Fossia punicea kachina ( Volynkin & Černý, 2018)

( Figs 12–15 , 22, 23 , 28, 29 )

Barsine punicea kachina Volynkin & Černý in Volynkin et al. (2018): 1002, figs 10, 11, 30, 40.

Fossia punicea kachina: Volynkin et al. 2019: 77 .

Type material examined. Holotype: male, “ Myanmar (Burma), 25 km E Putao, env. Nan Sa Bon vill., 800 m, 6– 9.V.1998, leg. Murzin & Sinjaev”, gen. prep No.: MWM 31414 (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) ; Paratype: 1 female, same data as for holotype, gen. prep No.: MWM 31415 (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM); Additional material examined. China: 2 males, 4 females, 29. VI . 2018, Pingpo Town , Yangbi Yi Autonomous County, Dali City, Yunnan Province, Xin-jie Zhao leg., gen. prep No.: Y1 (male) and Y2 (female) ( CHSY)

Remarks. The examination of the genitalia of both sexes from Yunnan ( Figs 12, 13 , 22 , 28 ) confirms their identities as Fossia punicea , and based on the wing pattern in female, this population should be assigned to ssp. kachina (characterized by Volynkin et al. 2018). Although these specimens are generally larger than the type series from Myanmar, in the current study we still treat both populations as the same subspecies for the reasons below. First, the size can be variable in allopatric populations of the same taxon, e. g. in the Thailand and Laos populations of F. melanandra ( Černý, 2009) , as it was already illustrated by Volynkin et al. (2018), therefore in F. punicea kachina it is probably the same case. Second, the wing pattern of the Yunnan population is very typical of ssp. kachina , having narrow forewing pattern elements and a more reddish coloration of both wings in females, and differs from those of the other two subspecies significantly. For these two reasons above, we still consider the Yunnan population as ssp. kachina .

Distribution. The subspecies is known from northern Myanmar (Kachin State) and northern part of Yunnan Province of China, and it is new to Chinese fauna.

Figures

FIGURES 1–15. Fossia spp.: adults. Depositories of specimens: 1–5 in SCAU; 6, 14, 15 in MWM/ZSM; 7, 10, 11 in NHMUK (© The Trustees of NHMUK); 8 in CAV; 9, 12, 13 in CHSY; 1–3, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14: male, 4–6, 8, 11, 13, 15: female.

FIGURES 22–23. Male genitalia of Fossia punicea kachina. Depositories of slides: 22 in CHSY; 23 in MWM/ZSM.

FIGURES 24–29. Female genitalia of Fossia spp. Depositories of slides: 24, 25 in SCAU; 26, 27 in NHMUK (© The Trustees of NHMUK); 28 in CHSY; 29 in MWM/ZSM.