Atrovirensis owadai Gyulai, Ronkay

Han, H. L., Pan, Z. H. & Kononenko, V. S., 2016, A review of the genus Atrovirensis Kononenko, 2001 with description of four new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae, Apameini), Zootaxa 4088 (2), pp. 201-220 : 213-214

Atrovirensis owadai Gyulai, Ronkay & Wu, 2013

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Atrovirensis owadai Gyulai, Ronkay & Wu, 2013, Fibigeriana supplement: 1: 127, Pl. 39:13–16; gen. fig. 7, 8. Type-locality: China, Prov. Guangdong, Nanling. Holotype: male, NSMT.

References. Kononenko 2001 ( Atrovirensis sinica , part, female).

Material examined. 1 female, Prov. Guangdong, Huizhou City, Mt. Nankunshan, 17.v.2003. M. Wang leg. Genit. prep. HHL-2913-2. Coll. SCAU, presently deposited in NEFU, Harbin. The specimen included to the typeseries of A. owadai as a paratype.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 7 ). Wingspan 36–38 mm. The species is externally similar to its sister-species, A. sinica and A. taiwani , but can be distinguish from them by broader wings with less pointed apex, more vivid greenish patterns and the absence of reddish-brown suffusion in subterminal area. Male genitalia ( Fig. 28 ). In the male genitalia, A. owadai differs from A. sinica by more massive uncus, larger, more triangular shape of cucullus, shorter and thicker harpe; vesica with larger and broader diverticula, medial cornutus larger and thinner than in A.

sinica . Female genitalia ( Fig. 41, 42 ). The female of this species described by Kononenko (2001) as A. sinica (Gyulai et al. 2013) . It could be characterised by relatively small lyriform ovipositor, small, split-like antrum, very short ductus bursae covered with fine short setae and elongate corpus bursae.

Distribution. China (Prov. Guangdong).

Note. The paratypes specimens of A. owadai referred by Gyulai et al. (2013) as 1 male, 1 female, Prov. Guangdong, Mt. Nankunshan, 17.v.2003, leg. M. Wang; “1 male, from the same site, 18.v.2003, leg. M. Wang; 1 specimen, Autonomous Region Guangxi, Mt. Cenwanglaoshan, v.2002, leg. M. Wang; 1 specimen, Prov. Guangdong, Mt. Nanling, 22.vi.2003, leg. M. Wang (coll. SCAU) have been examined by authors only by photograph, without dissection. In fact those specimens belong to A. furcatus (genit. preps HHL-2919-2, HHL- 2911-2, HHL-2922-1, paratypes) and to A. sp. cf. furcatus (genit. preps HHL-2918-1, HHL-2909-2) and included to the type series of A. furcatus and examined material on A. sp. cf. furcatus .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 15. Atrovirensis spp., adults. 1. A. atrovirens, Nepal (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 2. A. annamita, HT, Vietnam (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 3. A. parannamita sp. n., male HT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2930 - 1; 4. A. parannamita sp. n., female PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2906 - 2; 5. A. pedibus, HT, China, Prov. Hubei (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 6. A. sp. cf. A. parannamita, male, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2907 - 1; 7. A. sinica, HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. ZFMK 1624; 8. A. owadai, Prov. Guangdong, HT, China (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 9. A. taiwani, HT, Taiwan (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 10. A. furcatus sp. n., male HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2921 - 1; 11. A. furcatus sp. n., female PT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2919 - 2; 12. A. sp. cf. furcatus, male, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2918 - 1; 13. A. sp. cf. furcatus, female, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2909 - 2; 14. A. sacculatus sp. n., male HT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2910 - 1; 15. A. sacculatus sp. n., male PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2908 - 1.

FIGURES 27 – 29. Atrovirensis spp., male genitalia. 27. A. sinica, HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. ZFMK 1624 (ZFMK); 28. A. owadai HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. NSMT-SW 016 (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 29. A. taiwani, HT, Taiwan, genit. prep. NMMS ENT 6711 - 7 (after Gyulai et al. 2013).

FIGURES 36 – 44. Atrovirensis spp., female genitalia. 36. A. atrovirens, Nepal, genit. prep. RL 10874; 37. A. annamita, Vietnam, PT, genit. prep. RL 10894; 38. A. parannamita sp. n., PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2906 - 2; 39. A. pedibus, PT, China, Prov. Hubei, GYP 3329; 40. A. sp. cf. A. parannamita, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2925 - 2; 41. A. owadai, PT, China, Guangdong, genit. prep. W 023 (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 42. A. owadai, PT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2913 - 2; 43. A. furcatus sp. n., PT, China, Prov. Guangdong, HHL- 2919 - 2; 44. A. sp. cf. furcatus, China, Prov. Guangdong, HHL- 2909 - 2.