Rhodostrophia abscisaria Brandt, 1941
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Rhodostrophia abscisaria Brandt, 1941 View in CoL
( Figs 44–47 View FIGURES 44-62 , 73 View FIGURES 70-74 , 90 View FIGURES 86-90 , 102 View FIGURES 95-106 , Map 11 View MAP 11 )
Rhodostrophia abscisaria Brandt, 1941 View in CoL : Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 31 (3): 866, pl. 28, fig. 4. ( Iran, Khorassan, Kouh i Binaloud , 2500 m) (examined).
Lectotype ♂ (examined, in the original description the holotype is not mentioned, but in the type series holotype an paratypes are labeled; lectotype hereby designated in order to stabilize nomenclature): ' Iran Khorassan, Kouh i Binaloud (Meched), 2500 m, 21.Aug.1938, Coll. Brandt' , ' Holotype, Rhodostrophia abscisaria Brdt. View in CoL , Brandt', '46, 60', 'Preparation, WBS.4', '2:75, R.M. prep. 3702' in coll. NHRS. Paralectotypes, 1 ♂ (examined), ' Iran, Khorassan, Kouh i Binaloud ( Meched ), 1800 m, 14.Aug.1938, leg. F. Brandt', NHRS-LEPI 000010256, g.p. 10941 H. Rajaei ; 2 ♀ [one of them labeled as Allotype Rhodostrophia abscisaria Brdt. View in CoL , ' Iran, Khorassan, Kouh i Binaloud ( Meched ), 2500 m, 14.Aug.1938, leg. F. Brandt', NHRS-LEPI 000010257, g.p. 10942 H. Rajaei; all ex coll. Brandt, all in NHRS. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, ‘ Iran Khorassan Kouh i Binaloud , 2500 m, 25.viii.1938 Brandt’, ex coll. Cl. Hörhammer, in ZSM.
Rhodostrophia abscisaria chlorotica Wiltshire, 1967 : Beiträge zur naturkundlichen Forschung in Südwestdeutschland, 26 (3): 148, pl. 5, fig. 62 & pl. 10, fig. 33. ([ Afghanistan], Hindu Kush, Ejan, Salang valley), Holotype ♂ (examined): ‘J. Klapperich, Ejan, 2050 m, Salangtal, 11.10.52. Hindukush, O-Afghanistan’, ‘preparation EP Wiltshire 952’, ‘ Rhodostrophia chlorotica holotype’ in SMNK. A worn specimen of the second generation of R. abscisaria Brdt. , the genitalia preparation of no. 952 Wiltshire is missing in SMNK, but figured well pl.10, fig. 33. Even Wiltshire, 1967: 148 stated that it is identical with the nominate form of R. abscisaria , which was dissected by him. Therefore here we conclude that this subspecies is not valid, syn. nov.
Records in literature. Rhodostrophia abscisaria: Viidalepp (1988: 58) ; Viidalepp (1996: 57) [erroneously misspelled to abcisaria); Scoble (1999: 821); Scoble & Hausmann (2007).
Additional material examined. 17 ♂, 26 ♀, Iran NE, Kopet Dagh, Prov. Khorasan, ca. 50 km N Bojnurd, S Izmansufla , N 37°44’20’’, E 057°25’53’’, 1240 m, 17.v.2005, leg. R. Trusch, G. Petschenka & B. Müller, g.p. GoogleMaps (1 ♂) 589/2005 R. Trusch, GoogleMaps (3 ♀) 587, 588, 607/2005 R. Trusch ; barcode: BC ZSM 33875, 33874 , 33876 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, 12 ♀, id., 18.v.2005; 29 ♂, 60 ♀, id., 8.v.2008, leg. R. Trusch, M. Falkenberg & B. Müller, g.p. (♀) 2372/2020 H. Rajaei ; 4 ♂, 11 ♀, id., 10, 11.v.2008, g.p. 0516/2020 D. Wanke; 4 ♂, 1 ♀, Iran NE, Kopet Dagh, Prov. Khorasan, Kopet Dagh , NW Mashad, N Tschenaran [Chenaran], N Radkan, Dolmeh Olia , N 36°55’56.6’’, E 059°02’18.6’’, 8.–9.v.2008, 1560 mNN, lux, leg. R. Trusch, M. Falkenberg & B. Müller, g.p. (1 ♂) 2371/2020 H. Rajaei GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Iran NE, Kopet Dagh, Prov. Khorasan, E Torbat-e Heidarye , S Fariman , Zharf vic., N 35°24’25.1’’, E 059°56’08.2’’, 6.v.2008, 2160 mNN, lux, leg. R. Trusch, M. Falkenberg & B. Müller; all in SMNK GoogleMaps . 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Iran NE, Kopet Dagh, Prov. Khorasan, ca. 50 km N Bojnurd, S Izmansufla , N 37°44’20’’, E 057°25’53’’, 1240 m, 11.v.2005, leg. R. Trusch, G. Petschenka & B. Müller GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Iran, prov. Khorasan Shomali, IsmanSufla , 18.v.2015, leg. Sh. Feizpour, g.p. 0721/2020 D. Wanke ; 1 ♀, Iran, Shahrud, Shahkouh, Tash , Ayoub Hosseini Region , 2588 m, 36°37'18"N, 54°33'42.6"E, 11.07.2016, leg. Sh. Feizpour ; 1 ♀, Iran, Khorasan-e Shomali prov., N Qochan, Emam Gholi to Kabkan road, After Agh-Mazar , Allah-o Akbar Mt. , Alt. 1763 m, N 37°19'27.2'', E 058°43'26.1'', 18.06.2013, leg. H. Rajaei; J.-U. Meineke; B. Hafezi GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Iran, Khorasan-e Shomali prov., Bajgiran, Bardar to Namanlu road, Alt. 1922 m, N 37°38'52.7'', E 058°15'41.7'', 19.06.2013, leg. H. Rajaei; J.-U. Meineke; B. Hafezi; in SMNS GoogleMaps . 4 ♂, 5 ♀, Iran, Khorasan, Kopet Dagh, 1200m, Robat , 20 km SW Izman Olia, 25.– 26.5.2008, J.-U. Meineke, W. Kramer, g.p. 2370/2020 H. Rajaei; in coll. PCJM ; 1 ♀, Iran, Prov. Golestan, Elburs-mts., Maghazy val., 1630 m, 36,649 23 N, 54,207 01 E, 11.vi.2007 ; 4 ♂, 7 ♀, id.; 1730 m, 36,658 05 N, 54,224 22 E, 13.vi.2007; all leg. N. Pöll; in PCNP .
Specimens studied total: 67 ♂, 132 ♀.
Differential diagnosis. ( Figs 44–47 View FIGURES 44-62 ). Wingspan 23–31 mm, one of the smallest Rhodostrophia species in Iran. Forewing with pointed apex and straight termen. Wings and body concolorous with light yellow-white colour. Forewing with brown antemedial, postmedial and subterminal lines; hindwing with brown postmedial and subterminal lines; all lines are thin and strongly dentated. Discal spot well visible on forewing, reduced or sometimes absent on hindwing. Underside of wings slightly darker than upperside, glossy; subterminal line on both fore- and hindwing visible. Male antennal flagellum ventrally dentated. Male hindtibia with three spurs. This species may be superficially confused with species of the badiaria species-group (especially with R. bahara and R. iranica ), but it is significantly smaller and the male hindtibia has three spurs (four spurs in the badiaria species-group). Another externally similar species to R. abscisaria is R. vastaria ( Christoph, 1876) . The latter species shows also four spurs on the hindtibia and has different male genitalia (illustrated in Hausmann 2004: 521). The examination of the genitalia enables a confident determination in any case, as well as the consideration of the restricted occurrence only in the north-east of Iran.
Male genitalia ( Fig. 73 View FIGURES 70-74 ) with approximately digitiform uncus ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ); valva apically bilobed, spinulose; costal part of the valva with medial extension (diagnostic from all other Iranian Rhodostrophia species; Fig. 73a View FIGURES 70-74 ); sacculus curved interiorly. Juxta wide, elongated dorso-ventrally. Aedeagus subapically slightly curved; vesica membranous bearing a dentated plate. Male sternite A8 bilobed ( Fig. 73c View FIGURES 70-74 ), with small octavals.
Female genitalia ( Fig. 90 View FIGURES 86-90 ) with a membranous, oval corpus bursae, signa developed as a pair of stripes, partially connected to each other on the anterior part of the corpus bursae ( Figs 90 b, c View FIGURES 86-90 ). Ductus bursae funnel-shaped, short (half length of corpus bursae), strongly sclerotized. Posterior apophyses three times length of anterior apophyses.
Genetic data. Genetically heterogeneous with two BINs (BOLD:AAE7809; BOLD:ACF5327) at a distance of 1.5% from each other, and a third BIN (BOLD:AAX9132), retrieved from a specimen from Khorasan (Kueh-e Sorkh, N Torbat-e Heydariyeh, Turusen) at a large distance of 5.4%. Genetic variation possibly pointing to cryptic diversity and requiring further integrative study. Nearest species: R. praecisaria from central Asian mountains (7.8%) ( Fig. 119 View FIGURE 119 , Table 1).
Distribution ( Map 11 View MAP 11 ). This is a Central Asian species, distributed in Tadjikistan (Hissaro-Darwaz), western Pamir, Afghanistan and north-eastern Iran (Binaloud and Kopet-Dagh Mts into eastern Elborz Mts.). Most probably, it can be found also in the northern parts of the Kopet-Dagh in Turkmenistan.
Life history and habitat ( Fig. 116 View FIGURES 111-118 ). The species seems to be bivoltine, recorded from early April to late August, collected by Fred Brandt in Binaloud Mt. as late as 21.viii.1938, apparently belonging to a second generation.
According to examined material here, it flies at middle altitudes from 1200 m up to 2200 m.
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Bavarian State Collection of Zoology |
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Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History) |
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Rhodostrophia abscisaria Brandt, 1941
Rajaei, Hossein, Hausmann, Axel & Trusch, Robert 2022 |
Rhodostrophia abscisaria
Brandt 1941 |
Rhodostrophia abscisaria Brdt.
Brandt 1941 |
Rhodostrophia abscisaria Brdt.
Brandt 1941 |