Neoreta Warren, 1897

Song, Wenhui, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2012, Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae), Zootaxa 3445, pp. 1-36 : 30

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.212981

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6174779

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/22188799-FF97-FF92-59CD-FE68928AF9AA

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scientific name

Neoreta Warren, 1897
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Neoreta Warren, 1897 View in CoL

Neoreta Warren, 1897 , Novit. zool., 4: 378. Type species: Oreta olga Swinhoe, 1894 , by original designation. India: Shillong, Khasi Hills. stat. rev.

Cyclura Warren, 1897 View in CoL , Novit. zool., 4: 14. Type species: Cyclura excisa Warren, 1897 View in CoL , by monotypy. Indonesia: Borneo. (A junior homonym of Cyclura Harlan, 1825 (Reptilia)) View in CoL

Amphitorna Turner, 1911 View in CoL , Ann. Qd. Mus., 10: 95. Type species: Amphitorna lechriodes Turner, 1926 View in CoL , by monotypy. Australia: Karanda Old. syn. nov.

Tomocerota Matsumuta, 1921 , Thousand Insects Japan (Addit.), 4: 946. Type species: Tomocerota formosana Matsumura, 1921 , by monotypy. China: Formosa ( Taiwan).

Procampsis Warren, 1923 , in Seitz, Macrolepid. World, 10: 488. Type species: Procampsis trogoptera Warren, 1923 , by monotypy. Indonesia: Mt. Goliath.

Diagnosis. Most species of the genus Neoreta can be recognized easily by the distinctive wing pattern: the antemedial and postmedial lines are parallel, and the latter is angled near the costa; the hind wing has a distinct postmedial line, and its outer margin is excavated and forms a hook medially. The forewing usually has a pale discocellular spot. In the male genitalia, the uncus is nearly obsolete, the socii are expanded like petals; the median process of the gnathos has a pair of diagnostically hooked processes; the anellus has a pair of developed and pointed processes; the valva is narrow, expanded and rounded terminally, sometimes spine-like; the saccus is sometimes concave. The sternite 8 usually has one pair of triangular processes at the middle of the posterior margin. The female genitalia have a bilobed signum in the corpus bursae.

Distribution. China, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea.

Remarks. The name Cyclura is regarded as a valid generic name in Watson (1967) and Chu & Wang (1985, 1987, 1991). Fletcher (1979) indicated that it is a junior homonym of Cyclura Harlan, 1825 (Reptilia) . Holloway (1998) used Amphitorna to be the replacement name of Cyclura and listed Neoreta , Procampsis and Tomocerota as synonyms, without explaining why not use Neoreta as the replacement name of Cyclura . However, Neoreta Warren, 1897 is a valid senior name and should be the adopted name of this genus. The following species are included in this genus: Neoreta olga ( Swinhoe, 1894) , N. perexcisa Warren, 1923 , N. purpureofascia ( Wileman, 1911) , N. submontana Holloway, 1976 , N. excisa ( Warren, 1897) comb. nov., N. albipuncta ( Hampson, 1893) comb. nov., N. castanea (Hampson, 1891) comb. nov., N. lechriodes (Turner, 1926) comb. nov., N. trogoptera (Rothschild, 1915) comb. nov., N. confusata (Warren, 1899) comb. nov., N. brunhyala ( Shen & Chen, 1990) comb. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Drepanidae

Loc

Neoreta Warren, 1897

Song, Wenhui, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang 2012
2012
Loc

Amphitorna lechriodes

Turner 1926
1926
Loc

Procampsis

Warren 1923
1923
Loc

Procampsis trogoptera

Warren 1923
1923
Loc

Tomocerota

Matsumuta 1921
1921
Loc

Tomocerota formosana

Matsumura 1921
1921
Loc

Amphitorna

Turner 1911
1911
Loc

Neoreta

Warren 1897
1897
Loc

Cyclura

Warren 1897
1897
Loc

Cyclura excisa

Warren 1897
1897
Loc

Oreta olga

Swinhoe 1894
1894
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