Eudiaphora turensis turensis ( Erschoff, 1874 )

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Kondakov, Alexander V., Tomilova, Alena A. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2019, A new species and new subspecies of Eudiaphora Dubatolov, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Tien-Shan and Pamir ranges, Ecologica Montenegrina 22, pp. 97-107 : 99-100

Eudiaphora turensis turensis ( Erschoff, 1874)

= Spilosoma turensis Erschoff (1874): 33 .

= Eudiaphora turensis turensis ( Erschoff, 1874) . – Dubatolov (2004): 152.

= Diaphora turensis maracandica Seitz (1910): 92 (type locality: “ Turkestan ” [ Uzbekistan, Samarkand]).

= Diaphora afghanistanensis Daniel (1966): 163 (type locality: “ Afghanistan, Hazaradjat , Koh- i-Baba, Pandjao Umgebung , 2500 m ” [environs of Punjab town, Baba Range, Afghanistan, approx. 34.3869° N, 67.0243° E]).

= Eudiaphora turensis f. yuldashevi Murzin (2003): 131 (type locality: environs of Bakanas village , middle reaches of the Ili River, Kazakhstan, approx. 44.8130° N, 76.2835° E) .

Figs 1A , 2 A-C.

Type. Lectotype male (designated by Dubatolov, 1994) in the Zoological Institute ( ZISP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Saint Petersburg, Russia ( Dubatolov 2004).

Type locality. “In desertis Kisil- Kum et inter Ulus et Djam” [ Uzbekistan, in arid areas of the Kyzylkum Desert and between Ulus village (39.5667° N, 66.3667° E) and Dzam town (39.4325° N, 66.4096° E)] .

Material examined. 7♂♂, Tajikistan (border with Afghanistan), Pamir Range , Khorog town, botanical garden, altitude 2249 m, 37.4803° N, 71.5997° E, 25-28 June 2018, Spitsyn leg.

Reference COI barcode sequences. GenBank accession numbers MK 887193 and MK 887195 (voucher numbers Sph806 and Sph808, respectively).

Differential diagnosis. This subspecies could be distinguished from the other taxa in the genus by combination of the following characters: wing coloration light brown or gray; postdiscal band is narrow and is clearly separated from the apex of the central cell, not connecting with the discal spot; valva elongated, broad, weakly sclerotized, with clear separation on the narrow distal and broad proximal parts; length of the narrow distal part of valva is shorter that the length of its broad proximal part; saccus U-shaped, with its branches being parallel to each other.

Molecular diagnosis. The nominative subspecies differs from the other congeners with available sequences by five diagnostic nucleotide substitutions in the COI gene fragment ( Table 1). The COI p-distance between the nominative subspecies and Eudiaphora turensis nozimdjoni ssp. nov. is 0.9%.

Distribution. The nominative subspecies is thought to be widespread in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, China, and Mongolia ( Dubatolov 2004).

Figures

Figure 1. Male specimens of Eudiaphora spp. A E. turensis turensis (Tajikistan, Khorog) B E. turensis nozimdjoni ssp. nov. (holotype) C E. tienshanensis sp. nov. (holotype). Scale bars = 10 mm. (Photos: Vitaly M. Spitsyn).

Figure 2. Male genitalia of Eudiaphora spp. A, B, C E. turensis turensis: general view of the male genitalia (A); juxta and saccus (B); aedeagus (C) D, E, F E. turensis nozimdjoni ssp. nov. (holotype): general view of the male genitalia (D); juxta and saccus (E); aedeagus (F) G, H, I E. tienshanensis sp. nov. (holotype): general view of the male genitalia (G); juxta and saccus (H); aedeagus (I). Scale bar = 1 mm. (Photos: Vitaly M. Spitsyn).