Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ( Bryk, 1947 )

Gorbunov, O. G., 2021, A new species of the genus Paradoxecia Hampson, 1919 (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from West Malaysia with a catalogue of the genus, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (3), pp. 328-335 : 333

Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ( Bryk, 1947)

“ Paranthrenina myrmekomorpha m.” — Bryk, 1947: 106, Taf. 1, Fig. 9 . Type locality: “NO Birma, Kambaiti, 6000 Fs. ...” [= Myanmar: Kachin State, Kambaiti Pass ]. Holotype ♀ ( NRMS).

LITERATURE. Naumann, 1971: 22 ( Paranthrenina myrmekomorpha ); Heppner, Duckworth, 1981: 24 ( Paranthrenina myrmekomorpha ); Kallies, Arita, 2001: 189, 215, figs 18, 19, 38 ( Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ); Gorbunov, Arita, 2001: 19, figs 5, 6, 27 ( Paranthrenina myrmekomorpha ); Pühringer, Kallies, 2004: 7 ( Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ); Arita, 2011: 37, pl. 3, fig. 23 ( Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ); Arita et al., 2018: 8, pl. 1, figs 10, 11 ( Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ); Yu et al., 2019: 268 ( Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ); Pühringer, Kallies, 2021 ( Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ); Arita et al., 2021b: 36, figs 388a–b ( Paradoxecia myrmekomorpha ).

FLIGHT PERIOD. The holotype was collected on June 8 th. Specimens from Vietnam were catch in the end of June .

HOST PLANT. Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION. It is known from the type locality in North-eastern Myanmar , South China and North Vietnam.

Figures

Figs 7–10. Male genitalia of Paradoxecia tuzovi O. Gorbunov, sp.n. Genital preparation No OG–017-2021: 7 — tegumen-uncus complex; 8 — valva; 9 — saccus; 10 — aedeagus. Scale bar: 0.5 mm. Рис. 7–10. Гениталии самца Paradoxecia tuzovi O. Gorbunov, sp.n. Препарат гениталий № OG–017-2021: 7 — тегумен-ункус комплекс; 8 — вальва; 9 — саккус; 10 — Эдеагус. МасШтаб: 0,5 мм.