Barsine melanovena Černý, 2016

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2019, A review of the Barsine hypoprepioides (Walker, 1862) species-group, with descriptions of fifteen new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4618 (1), pp. 1-82 : 28

Barsine melanovena Černý, 2016

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“ Barsine ” melanovena Černý, 2016 , Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 37 (2/3): 95, figs 5a–g (Type locality: “ Myanmar ( Burma), 50 km E Putao, env. Nan Thi village, 950 m ”).

Type material examined. Holotype: ♂, Myanmar (Burma), 50 km E Putao, env. Nan Thi village , 950 m, 11.– 16.V.1998, leg. Murzin & Sinjaev (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) . Paratypes: 13 ♂, 35 ♀, same data as in the holotype, slides MWM 31749 (♂), MWM 31750 (♀) Volynkin (Colls MWM/ ZSM & CKC) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 12.5–13 mm in males and 14.5–15 mm in females. This unmistakable species differs from other relatives by its bright yellow coloration and blackish subterminal area of hindwing. The male genitalia of B. melanovena are similar to those of B. mene sp. n., B. syntypicoida sp. n. and B. syntypica , but differ by the trigonal and straight medial costal process (that is stronger narrowed distally and slightly curved in other three species), the slightly more robust distal costal process, and the trigonal distal saccular process directed distally-ventrally (that is claw-like curved and directed distally in B. mene sp. n., B. syntypicoida sp. n. and B. syntypica ). The female genitalia differ clearly from those of other relatives by their broad, wineglass-shaped antrum.

Distribution. North Myanmar (Kachin) ( Černý 2016).

Figures

FIGURES 110–117. Barsine spp., adults. 110, B. conformis, holotype ♂, China, Guangxi, Longsheng (IZCAS); 111, ditto, ♂, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 112, ditto, ♂, NE Laos (MWM/ZSM); 113, ditto, ♀, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 114, B. helenae, holotype ♀, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 115, ditto, paratype ♀, N Thailand (CKC); 116, B. melanovena, holotype ♂, N Myanmar (MWM/ZSM); 117, ditto, paratype ♀, N Myanmar (MWM/ZSM).

FIGURES 204–207. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 204, B. melanovena, paratype, N Myanmar, slide MWM 31749 Volynkin; 205, B. mene, holotype, S Thailand, slide AV4634 Volynkin; 206, ditto, paratype, S Thailand, slide AV4635 Volynkin; 207, B. syntypicoida, holotype, Malay Peninsula, slide MWM 33655 Volynkin.

FIGURES 252–258. Barsine spp., female genitalia. 252, B. ivanovamariae, paratype, N Vietnam, slide AV2795 Volynkin; 253, B. multistriata, NE India, slide BMNH(E) Arct.-6531 Volynkin (©NHMUK); 254, B. eos, paratype, N Thailand, slide AV2773 Volynkin; 255, B. terminifusca, China, Sichuan, NHMUK010315201 Volynkin (©NHMUK); 256, B. conformis, N Vietnam, slide MWM 31446 Volynkin; 257, B. helenae, holotype, N Thailand, slide MWM 30124 Černý; 258, B. melanovena, paratype, N Myanmar, slide MWM 31750 Volynkin.