Magnificus miniatus ( Chu & Wang, 1985a ), 2021

Grehan, John R., Mielke, Carlos G. C., Minet, Joël, Ignatev, Nikolai, Buchsbaum, Ulf & Xue, Dayong, 2021, Taxonomic composition and monophyly of the genus Magnificus (Lepidoptera Hepialoidea: Hepialidae), Zootaxa 4920 (3), pp. 339-358 : 345

Magnificus miniatus ( Chu & Wang, 1985a)

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Phassus miniatus Chu & Wang (1985a: 299) .— Zhu et al. (2004: 78; pl. 1, fig. 8).

Sthenopis miniatus: Nielsen et al. (2000: 850 ; as a synonymy of M. roseus )

Material examined. Holotype ♀ IZAS: China, Hubei, Shennongja , 2 August 1981

Original description ( Chu & Wang 1985a). “ Pink scales and hairs covering the dorsal sides from metathorax to abdomen, and also the wing bases, possesses more pink that ‘ Phassus regues [sic]’ [ Magnificus regius ]. Immediately below the discoidal cell of the FW there is a black stripe with a reddish yellow area next to it, the mid band is broad, arolium present, apex of FW produced and bent downwards like a hook [falcate] which is also distinguishable from Phassus regeus [sic].”

Male. Unknown.

Etymology. Unknown

Remarks. Forewing with a diffuse band of dark brown or black from base of central discal cell to other region of anterior discal cell extending to costa ( Fig. 30d ), a pattern also seen in M. roseus ( Fig. 30f ). Nielsen et al. (2000) listed M. miniatus as a synonym of M. roseus , perhaps because of an overall wing pattern similarity. Even though a direct genitalic comparison is not possible between the corresponding primary types, which represent different sexes, the distinct contrast between the falcate FW of M. miniatus ( Fig. 3 ) and the FW shape of the other species is sufficient to treat M. miniatus as a distinct species as accepted by Zhu et al. (2004). Future genitalic comparison for a male of M. miniatus is desirable to verify its species status.

Figures

FIGURE 30. Magnificus FW major banding patterns (coloured outlines). Wing veins—blue lines. FW illustrations 30g, h of limited quality. Higher resolution unavailable.

FIGURES 1–9. Adult moths: 1, Magnificus bouvieri male holotype, dorsal (MNHN); 2, M. dirschi male holotype, dorsal (MfN). Photo by Théo Léger; 3, M. miniatus female holotype, (a) dorsal, (b) ventral (IZAS). Photo by Dayong Xu; 4, M. regius: (a) female syntype (from Staudinger 1896, pl. 5, Fig. 11), (b) M. regius rubellus, male lectotype, dorsal (MfN). Photo by Théo Léger, (c) M. regius rubellus (ZSBS), Photo by Ulf Buchsbaum, (d) M. regius rubellus (MWM). Photo Nikolai Ignatev; 5, M. roseus: (a) holotype male, dorsal (MNHN). Photo by Joël Minet, (b) male, dorsal (ZSBS), Photo by Ulf Buchsbaum; 6, M. zhidu- oensis female holotype, dorsal [cropped image available only] (GAAH). Photo by Dayong Xue; 7, Magnificus sp. female, dorsal (MWM). Photo by Nikolai Ignatev; 8, Hepialus humuli, female, dorsal (Moscow, Russia SKC). Photo by Svyatoslav Knyazev; 9. Zenophassus schamyl, male, dorsal (Apsheronsk environs, Caucasus, Russia SKC). Photo by Svyatoslav Knyazev.

FIGURES 10–20. Genitalia. 10, Magnificus bouvieri male holotype genitalia, ventral view. Photo by Joël Minet; 11, Magnificus dirschi male holotype genitalia, ventral view. Photo by Théo Léger; 12, Magnificus regius genitalia: a, male syntype, ventral view, dissection ESN 2845(MfN). Photo by Théo Léger; b, male, ventral view (ZSBS). Photo by Ulf Buchsbaum; c, male, ventral (left) and lateral (right) (MWM). Photo by Nikolai Ignatev; 13, Magnificus roseus male genitalia, ventral view, (a) holotype (MNHN). Photo by Joël Minet, (b) (ZSBS). Photo by Ulf Buchsbaum; Fig. 16. Magnificus jiuzhiensis genitalia: (a) holotype male, ventral view (from Yan 2000); 15, ‘Hepialiscus sylvina Linnaeus, 1761’, male, ventral view (from Chu & Wang 1985b: fig. 31 and Zhu et al. 2004: fig. 120); 16, Magnificus jiuzhiensis, female external posterior view (from Yan 2000); 17, Magnificus miniatus female holotype external genitalia, posterior view. Photo by Dayong Xu; 18, Magnificus regius female external posterior and lateral interior view (MWM). Photo by Nikolai Ignatev; 19, Magnificus zhiduoensis female holotype external posterior view (from Yan 2000); 20, Magnificus sp. female external posterior view (MWM). Photo by Nikolai Ignatev.