Eupithecia mima Mironov, 1989

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Eupithecia mima Mironov, 1989

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Eupithecia mima Mironov, 1989 , Vestnik Zoologii 1989 (3): 14, figs 3a–d. Holotype ♀ (ZISP; examined), Mongolia: Bayan- Khongor aimak, 140 km S of Shine-Dzhinsta, Ekhin-Gol Oasis.

Material examined. ♀, Mongolia, Bayan-Khongor aimak, 140 km S of Shine-Dzhinsta, Ekhin-Gol Oasis, 23.vi.1981, leg. A. Lvovsky, Galsworthy & Mironov slide no. 540♀ (holotype, ZISP); 4♂, 14♀, the same locality, 26.vi.–16.viii.1981, leg. A. Lvovsky (paratypes, ZISP); 1♂, 1♀, Uzbekskaya SSR [ Uzbekistan], Karakalpakskaya ASSR, 40 km N of Nukus, 25.vi.1984, leg. I. Sokolov (paratypes, ZISP); 1♂, 1♀, Kazakhskaya SSR [ Kazakhstan], southern coast of Balkhash Lake, vill. Karaoj, 28.viii.1986, leg. V. Mironov (paratypes, ZISP). 1♂, 1♀, O– Türkei, Elazig, Euphrat bei Kale, 700 m, 28.vi.1979, leg. Groß; ex coll. Dr. F. J. Groß, Königsdorf, in Ent. Mus. Ulf Eitschberger, Marktleuthen 1986, Mironov slides nos 890♂, 889♀ (ZSM).

Notes. This very small species from the ultimaria group is known from Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Pakistan. It is a new species for the fauna of Turkey. The male and female genitalia of E. mima are very similar to those of E. minusculata Alphéraky, 1882 , but the corpus bursae in the female has a row of spines situated opposite the spiniferous area between base of ductus seminalis and colliculum.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Eupithecia species (scale bar = 10 mm). 1 — E. gelbrechti sp. n. (holotype); 2 — E. niveata sp. n. (holotype); 3 — E. armeniaca Wardikjan, 1970 (Turkey); 4 — E. armeniaca Wardikjan, 1970 (Azerbaijan); 5 — E. mima Mironov, 1989 (Turkey); 6 — E. despectaria Lederer, 1853 (Turkey); 7 — E. dubiosa Dietze, 1910 (Turkey, first generation); 8 — E. dubiosa Dietze, 1910 (Turkey, second generation).