Syntypistis nigribasalis tropica ( Kiriakoff, 1974 )

Mazumder, Arna, Raha, Angshuman, Sanyal, Abesh Kumar, Gayen, Subrata, Mallick, Kaushik, Bandyopadhyay, Uttaran, Chandra, Kailash & Schintlmeister, Alexander, 2020, A new species of Nerice Walker, 1855 and further additions to the catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from Himalaya with report of range extensions, Zootaxa 4748 (1), pp. 119-140 : 125-127

Syntypistis nigribasalis tropica ( Kiriakoff, 1974)

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Quadricalcarifera nigribasalis tropica Kiriakoff, 1974 ; 17: 388.

Quadricalcarifera notoprocta Yang, 1995: 163 .

Syntypistis nigribasalis tropica ; Schintlmeister, 2013; 11: 442.

TL: Sumatra [ Indonesia]; TD: ZSM

Material Examined: 1 ♂, Arunachal Pradesh, Dibang Valley dist. , Dihang-Dibang BR, Anini, Mahe, 1556 m, 28.9953°N; 95.8066°E, 24. v. 2017, leg. S. Gayen & Team.

Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Bali, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Philippines, China.

Diagnosis: Forewing length ♂ 19 mm

S. nigribasalis tropica generally has a more whitish ground colour of forewing than the nominotypical ssp. nigribasalis Wileman, 1910 . In male genitalia, the presence of long and acute rectangular shaped uncus and a central sclerotized projection in the 8 th sternite are typical to S. nigribasalis . S. n. tropica differs from S. n. nigribasalis in having broader saccus, quadrate shaped central projection of 8 th sternite and longer, more distally curved phallus.

Figures

FIGURE 5. (A–D) Periergos genitale, A—Adult ♂ dorsal side, B—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, C—Phallus, D—8th abdominal segments; (E–H) Honveda nepalina, E—Adult ♂ dorsal side, F—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, G—Phallus, H—8th abdominal segments; (I–L) Syntypistis nigribasalis tropica, I—Adult ♂ dorsal side, J—Ventral view of ♂ genitalia, K—Phallus, L—8th abdominal segments. [Scale bar for habitus is 1 cm and genitalia apparatus is 1 mm].