Hydredes praecipua ( Hacker & Nekrasov, 2001 ) Hacker & Nekrasov, 2001

Volynkin, Anton V., Matov, Alexej Yu., Gyulai, Péter & Behounek, Gottfried, 2014, A revision of the genus Protarchanara Beck, 1999 with description of a new genus and three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), Zootaxa 3755 (2), pp. 165-178 : 167

Hydredes praecipua ( Hacker & Nekrasov, 2001) comb. n.

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Hydraecia praecipua Hacker & Nekrasov, 2001 , in Hacker, Esperiana 8: 826, pl. 29, fig. 21 (Type locality: Russia, Daghestan, Gunib).

Material examined. Holotype of Hydraecia praecipua : "Daghestan, Berkh. Gunib, 21-30.vii.1984, D. Obydov, Gen. 1404 a" / " Hydraecia praecipua Hacker & Nekrasov , Holotype, Esperiana 8: 826" / "Gen. Präp. Hacker № 10439". Slide 10439 Hacker (Coll. ZMMU).

Diagnosis. Wingspan 24–26 mm, length of forewing 11–12 mm. The species is close to H. yakobsoni and H. shchetkini . It externally differs from H. yakobsoni by dark brown colouration of forewings and almost straight postmedial line ( Fig. 5 ). The male genitalia ( Fig. 35 ) are similar to that of H. yakobsoni ( Fig. 13 ) and differ by somewhat wider uncus, smaller juxta, somewhat larger cucullus, shorter and narrower vesica. Distinguishing features of H. praecipua from H. shshetkini are described in the diagnosis below.

Distribution. North Caucasus: Daghestan. The species is known by the holotype only.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Hydredes spp., adults. 1, H. yakobsoni, holotype male, Semirechje (ZISP); 2, H. yakobsoni, paratype male, SE Kazakhstan, Almaty Region (GRB); 3, H. yakobsoni, paratype female, same locality (GRB); 4, H. yakobsoni, paratype female, Kyrgyzstan, Naryn region (PGM); 5, H. praecipua, holotype male, North Caucasus, Daghestan (ZMMU); 6, H. shchetkini, holotype male, Tajikistan (PGM); 7, H. shchetkini, paratype male, Tajikistan (PGM); 8, H. shchetkini, paratype female, Tajikistan (PGM); 9, H. shchetkini, paratype female, Tajikistan (ZISP); 10, H. delattini, holotype male, Iran, Shiraz (BMNH) (photo by A. Giusti).

FIGURES 31 – 36. Hydredes spp., male genitalia. 31, H. yakobsoni, holotype, Semirechje, slide 0038 Matov; 32, H. yakobsoni, paratype, SE Kazakhstan, slide RL 10727 m L. Ronkay; 33, H. shchetkini, holotype, Tajikistan, slide 1376 P. Gyulai; 34, H. shchetkini, paratype, slide 988 m P. Gyulai; 35, H. praecipua, holotype, slide 10439 Hacker (after Hacker 2001); 36, P. delattini, holotype, Iran, Shiraz, slide Wiltshire 477 (photo by A. Giusti).

FIGURES 11 – 20. Protarchanara spp., adults. 11, P. abrupta, male holotype (ZISP); 12, P. abrupta, male, lectotype of Sidemia johni (NKMB); 13, P. abrupta, female, paralectotype of Sidemia johni (NKMB); 14, P. abrupta, male, lectotype of Namangana contumax (NKMB); 15, P. abrupta, male, paralectotype of Namangana contumax (NKMB); 16, P. abrupta, male, NW China, Xinjiang (PGM); 17, P. abrupta, male, SW Mongolia (AVB); 18, P. abrupta, male, SW Mongolia (GRB); 19, P. mythimnoida, holotype male, SW Mongolia (ZISP); 20, P. mythimnoida, paratype male, SW Mongolia (AVB).