Eudiaphora turensis turensis ( Erschoff, 1874 )

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Kondakov, Alexander V., Tomilova, Alena A. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2019, A new species and new subspecies of Eudiaphora Dubatolov, 1990 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Tien-Shan and Pamir ranges, Ecologica Montenegrina 22, pp. 97-107 : 99-100

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Eudiaphora turensis turensis ( Erschoff, 1874)

= Spilosoma turensis Erschoff (1874): 33 View in CoL .

= Eudiaphora turensis turensis ( Erschoff, 1874) . – Dubatolov (2004): 152.

= Diaphora turensis maracandica Seitz (1910): 92 (type locality: “ Turkestan ” [ Uzbekistan, Samarkand]).

= Diaphora afghanistanensis Daniel (1966): 163 View in CoL (type locality: “ Afghanistan, Hazaradjat GoogleMaps , Koh- i-Baba, Pandjao Umgebung GoogleMaps , 2500 m ” [environs of Punjab town, Baba Range, Afghanistan, approx. 34.3869° N, 67.0243° E]).

= Eudiaphora turensis View in CoL f. yuldashevi Murzin (2003): 131 (type locality: environs of Bakanas village , middle reaches of the Ili River, Kazakhstan, approx. 44.8130° N, 76.2835° E) GoogleMaps .

Figs 1A View Figure 1 , 2 View Figure 2 A-C.

Type. Lectotype male (designated by Dubatolov, 1994) in the Zoological Institute ( ZISP) of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Saint Petersburg, Russia ( Dubatolov 2004).

Type locality. “In desertis Kisil- Kum et inter Ulus et Djam” [ Uzbekistan, in arid areas of the Kyzylkum Desert and between Ulus village (39.5667° N, 66.3667° E) and Dzam town (39.4325° N, 66.4096° E)] GoogleMaps .

Material examined. 7♂♂, Tajikistan (border with Afghanistan), Pamir Range , Khorog town, botanical garden, altitude 2249 m, 37.4803° N, 71.5997° E, 25-28 June 2018, Spitsyn leg. GoogleMaps

Reference COI barcode sequences. GenBank accession numbers MK 887193 and MK 887195 (voucher numbers Sph806 and Sph808, respectively).

Differential diagnosis. This subspecies could be distinguished from the other taxa in the genus by combination of the following characters: wing coloration light brown or gray; postdiscal band is narrow and is clearly separated from the apex of the central cell, not connecting with the discal spot; valva elongated, broad, weakly sclerotized, with clear separation on the narrow distal and broad proximal parts; length of the narrow distal part of valva is shorter that the length of its broad proximal part; saccus U-shaped, with its branches being parallel to each other.

Molecular diagnosis. The nominative subspecies differs from the other congeners with available sequences by five diagnostic nucleotide substitutions in the COI gene fragment ( Table 1). The COI p-distance between the nominative subspecies and Eudiaphora turensis nozimdjoni ssp. nov. is 0.9%.

Distribution. The nominative subspecies is thought to be widespread in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, China, and Mongolia ( Dubatolov 2004).

References

Daniel, F. (1966) Zwei neue Arctiidae aus Afghanistan (Lep.). Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 56, 161 - 164.

Dubatolov, V. V. (2004) Review of the genus Eudiaphora Dubat. (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) with description of two new subspecies from Turkmenistan. Eurasian Entomological Journal, 3 (2), 151 - 154.

Erschoff, N. (1874) Reise in Turkestan auf Veranlassung des General-Gouverneurs von Turkestan, General von Kaufmann, herausgegeben von Gesselschaft der Freunde der Naturwissenschaften in Moskau, 2 (5), 1 - 128.

Murzin, V. S. (2003) Tiger moths of the former Soviet Union (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow, 243 pp.

Seitz, A. (1910) Familie: Arctiidae, Barenspinner. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes, 2, 43 - 103.

Figures

Figure 1. Male specimens of Eudiaphora spp. A E. turensis turensis (Tajikistan, Khorog) B E. turensis nozimdjoni ssp. nov. (holotype) C E. tienshanensis sp. nov. (holotype). Scale bars = 10 mm. (Photos: Vitaly M. Spitsyn).

Figure 2. Male genitalia of Eudiaphora spp. A, B, C E. turensis turensis: general view of the male genitalia (A); juxta and saccus (B); aedeagus (C) D, E, F E. turensis nozimdjoni ssp. nov. (holotype): general view of the male genitalia (D); juxta and saccus (E); aedeagus (F) G, H, I E. tienshanensis sp. nov. (holotype): general view of the male genitalia (G); juxta and saccus (H); aedeagus (I). Scale bar = 1 mm. (Photos: Vitaly M. Spitsyn).