Cyana (Cyabarda), Karisch, 2013

Volynkin, Anton V. & László, Gyula M., 2019, On the taxonomy of the subgenera Cyabarda Karisch, 2013, Idiovulpecula Karisch, 2013 and Paravulpeculella Karisch, 2013 of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854, with descriptions of three new species from Africa (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4664 (3), pp. 377-389 : 379

Subgenus Cyabarda Karisch, 2013

Cyabarda Karisch, 2013 , Esperiana 18: 125. Type species: Cabarda torrida Holland, 1893 .

Diagnosis. The subgenus is closely related to the subgenera Paravulpeculella and Vulpeculella . The male genitalia are characterized by the presence of a heavily sclerotised rectangular saccus (also present in Paravulpeculella , but absent in Vulpeculella ), large claviform apico-lateral processes of juxta (those are much smaller in Paravulpeculella and Vulpeculella ), and aedeagus being strongly broadened distally and bearing a long semi-ring dentate transversal crest (the feature unique for the subgenus). In the female genitalia, the very broad and heavily sclerotised rectangular antrum is characteristic.