Cyana neopuer N. Singh, Bhattacharyya & Volynkin, 2019

Singh, Navneet, Volynkin, Anton V., Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Datta, Harvinder Singh & Ivanova, Maria S., 2020, A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4738 (1), pp. 1-93 : 13-15

Cyana neopuer N. Singh, Bhattacharyya & Volynkin, 2019

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Cyana neopuer N. Singh, Bhattacharyya & Volynkin, in Singh, Bhattacharyya, Volynkin & Chandra, 2019 , Zootaxa 4603 (2): 366, figs 1–8, 23–26, 31–32 (Type locality: “NE India, W Meghalaya, Umran, 33 km N Shillong”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Fig. 25 ): ♂, “NE India, W Meghalaya, Umran , 33 km N Shillong, 26°06’N, 92°23’E, 800 m, 14–23.VII.1997, leg. Sinjaev & Afonin”, slide MWM 34431 Volynkin (Coll. MWM / ZSM).

Paratypes: 55 ♂ and 5 ♀ from India, Nepal and North Myanmar (Colls MWM / ZSM and NZCZSI) listed by Singh et al. (2019a) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 18–20 mm in males and 21–21.5 mm in females. Externally, C. neopuer has no differences from C. puer and differs by the genitalia structures only. In the male genitalia, the vesica structure is diagnostic: in C. neopuer only two small medial diverticula have clusters of spinulose scobination and the third medial diverticulum is membranous, whereas in C. puer all the three small medial diverticula bear clusters of spinulose scobination. In the female genitalia, the signa bursae of C. neopuer are larger than those of C. puer .

Distribution. North East India (Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya), Nepal and North Myanmar ( Singh et al. 2019a).

Figures

FIGURES 19–27. Cyana spp.: adults. 19, C. arorai, ♂, India, S Andaman Isl. (MWM/ZSM); 20, C. abrupta, paratype ♂, India, Assam (MWM/ZSM); 21, ditto, paratype ♀, India, Assam (MWM/ZSM); 22, C. puer, lectotype ♂, India, West Bengal (©NHMUK); 23, ditto, ♂, India, West Bengal (MWM/ZSM); 24, ditto, ♀, India, West Bengal (MWM/ZSM); 25, C. neopuer, holotype ♂, India, Meghalaya (MWM/ZSM); 26, ditto, paratype ♂, India, Meghalaya (MWM/ZSM); 27, ditto, paratype ♀, India, Meghalaya (MWM/ZSM).

FIGURES 170–172. Cyana spp.: male genitalia. 170, C. abrupta, holotype, India, Assam, slide ZSM Arct. 136/2017 Volynkin; 171, C. puer, India, West Bengal, slide MWM 34459 Volynkin; 172, C. neopuer, paratype, India, Meghalaya, slide MWW 34434 Volynkin.

FIGURES 240–245. Cyana spp.: female genitalia. 240, C. carmina malacca, The Philippines, slide AV3862 Volynkin; 241, C. arorai, two spotted form, India, S.Andaman Isl., slide MWM 34602 Volynkin; 242, ditto, three spotted form, India, M.Andaman Isl., slide MWM 35680 Volynkin; 243, C. abrupta, paratype, India, Assam, slide ZSM Arct. 137/2017 Volynkin; 244, C. puer, India, Meghalaya, slide MWM 34489 Volynkin; 245, C. neopuer, paratype, India, Meghalaya, slide MWM 34468 Volynkin.