Barsine terminifusca ( Daniel, 1955 )

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 : 26

Barsine terminifusca ( Daniel, 1955)

( Figs 108, 109 , 202 , 255 )

Miltochrista terminifusca Daniel, 1955 , Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 6: 139, fig. 109: 2 (Type locality: [ China, Fujian] “Fukien: Kuatun, 2300 m ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 108 , 202 ): ♂, [ China, Fujian, ca. 10 km NNE of Shaowu] Kuatun, Prov. Fukien, Höne [leg.], 2.VIII. [19]38 / Holotypus Miltochrista terminifusca Dan. / Typus, slide AV1826 ♂ Volynkin (Coll. ZFMK) . Paratype: ♂, [ China, Fujian] Kuatun, Prov. Fukien, Höne [leg.], 2.VIII. [19]38 / Paratypus Miltochrista terminifusca Dan. / Slg. F. Daniel, slide MWM 33635 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) .

Other material examined. CHINA: 1 ♀, China, Sichuan, Baoxin, Moupin , 1900 m, 25–26.VII.2009, Min Wang leg., slide AV2489 ♀ Volynkin (Coll. SZMN) ; 1 ♂, China, Jiangxi, Wuyi Shan, Xipaihe village , 1500 m, 24°54´N 117°20´E, VII.2003, leg. Siniaev & his team (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♂, [China, Sichuan, Kangding] Chasseurs In- digènes des Missionaires de Ta-tsien-Lou 1906 / Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927-3, slide NHMUK010315200 Volynkin (Coll. NHMUK) ; 4 ♀, [China, Sichuan Ya’an–Kangding road, Xiaolou] Siao-Lou, Chasseurs Indigènes du P. Déjean 1903 / Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927-3, slide NHMUK010315201 Volynkin (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, [China, Sichuan Ya’an–Kangding road, Xiaolou] Siao-Lou, Chasseurs Thibétains , 1896 / Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927-3 (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, [China, Sichuan, Baoxing] Mou-Pin, 1898, Chasseurs Indigènes / Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927-3 (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♀, [China, Sichuan, eastern edge of Tibet Plateau] Frontiére orientale du Thibet Chasseurs Indigènes du P. Déjean 1905 / Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927-3 (Coll. NHMUK) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 11–12 mm in males and 14–15 mm in females. Barsine terminifusca differs externally from B. multistriata and B. eos sp. n. by its more diffuse pattern elements, more wavy medial line, the presence of blackish shades outside the postmedial line, and longitudinal strokes on veins in the subterminal area of forewing being shorter and more diffuse, situated only in the medial part of the subterminal area (those are thin and stretched along the whole subterminal area in B. multistriata and B. eos sp. n.). In addition, B. terminifusca is larger and has more elongated forewing in comparison to B. eos sp. n. The male genitalia of B. terminifusca differ from those of B. multistriata by their more weakly sclerotized vinculum, more robust medial costal process, and much narrower, elongated ventral subbasal diverticulum (that is broad and globular in B. multistriata ). In comparison to those of B. eos sp. n., the male genitalia of B. terminifusca have the valva being narrower medially, the vinculum being narrower and more weakly sclerotized, the narrower ventral subbasal diverticulum, and the slightly smaller dorsal subbasal diverticulum. The female genitalia of B. terminifusca differ from those of B. multistriata and B. eos sp. n. by the slightly smaller antrum; in addition, the spinulose scobination of corpus bursae and appendix bursae is more robust than that of B. multistriata .

Distribution. South China (Sichuan, Fujian).

Figures

FIGURES 102–109. Barsine spp., adults. 102, B. multistriata, holotype ♂, NE India (©NHMUK); 103, ditto, ♂, N Myanmar (MWM/ZSM); 104, ditto, ♂, NE India (©NHMUK); 105, ditto, ♀, NE India (©NHMUK); 106, B. eos, holotype ♂, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 107, ditto, paratype ♀, N Thailand (CKC); 108, B. terminifusca, holotype ♂, China, Fujian (ZFMK); 109, ditto, ♀, China, Sichuan (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 200–203. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 200, B. eos, holotype, N Thailand, slide AV2771 Volynkin; 201, ditto, N Thailand, slide AV2772 Volynkin; 202, B. terminifusca, holotype, China, Fujian, slide AV1826 Volynkin; 203, B. conformis, N Vietnam, slide MWM 31445 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.