Craniophora tapaishana Draudt, 1950

Han, H. L. & Kononenko, V. S., 2010, New species of the genera Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 and Craniophora Snellen, 1867 from China with notes on synonymy and checklist (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Acronictinae), Zootaxa 2678 (1), pp. 48-68 : 57

Craniophora tapaishana Draudt, 1950

( Figs. 12 , 19 , 21, 22 , 27 )

Craniophora tapaishana Draudt, 1950 , Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellshaft, 40(1): 6, Pl. 1:17; genit.: Pl. X: 3. Type material examined reported: "Tai-pei-shan. Flugzeit vom 26. VI– 2. IX. 1935 ".

Material examined. Lectotype. Male lectotype (designated herein to stablize usage of the name, preserved in ZFMK), indicated as " Holotype ", " Tapaishan im Tsiling Sued -Shensi ( China) [Shaanxi]" 2.vii 1935 (H. Höne). Preparation No. Hö 156 Ch. Boursin . Paralectotypes: f, " Allotype ", same locality and collector, 2.vii 1935 . Non-type material: 6 males, 4 females, same locality, 2.vii, 31.vi, 22.vi, 26.vii, 27.vi, 25.vi; 26. vi, 25. v, 2.vii. 1934 , 1936; 12 males, 1 female, " Mienshan (prov. Shansi) [Shanxi] Obere Hohe ca 2000 m ", 12, 15, 17, 30. vii 1937 .

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 12 ). Externally C. tapaishana differs from its sister species C. simillima by a more brownish tint to the forewing and hindwing, greyish in the female. It is also externally similar to C. pacifica Filipjev, 1927 . The external male genitalia ( Fig. 21 ) are similar to C. simillima , are somewhat larger. The species differs well by shape and armature of vesica. It is tube-like, long, about 2 times longer than aedeagus, curved and somewhat broadened in the arch. It is armed with a patch of small pin-like cornuti which are weaker than those in C. simillima and by field of small setae-like cornuti near apex. In the female genitalia ( Fig. 27 ), ovipositor short, quadrangular; apophyses anteriores and posteriores ones equal in length; antrum membranous, funnel-like; ductus bursae heavily sclerotised; posterion two thirds straight, anterior third bent knee-like, broadened in joining with corpus bursae; corpus bursae elongate, membranous. Shape of corpus bursae in C. tapaishana is similar to that C. ligustri , the former differs by thinner and less curved ductus.

Distribution. ( Fig. 32 ). China (Shaanxi).

Figures

FIGURES 11–16. Craniophora ssp., adults. 11. C. draudti, male, holotype (ZFMK); 12. C. tapaishana, male, lectotype (ZFMK); 13. C. simillima, lectotype (ZFMK); 14. C. pacifica, male Russia, Primorye (IBSS); 15. C. pacifica, female Russia, Primorye (IBSS); 16. C. ligustri, male Russia, Primorye (IBSS).

FIGURES 17–20. Craniophora ssp., adults. 17. C. draudti, type series (ZFMK); 18. C. filipjevi (ZFMK); 19. C. tapaishana, types and other material (ZFMK); 20. C. simillima, types and other material (ZFMK).

FIGURES 21–24. Craniophora ssp., male genitalia. 21. C. tapaishana, lectotype, prep. Ho 156 (ZFMK); 22. C. tapaishana, vesica everted, prep. 1996 VK (ZFMK); 23. C. simillima, prep. 1997 VK (ZFMK); 24. C. draudti, paratype, prep. 1996 VK (ZFMK).

FIGURES 24–30. Craniophora ssp., male and female genitalia. 25. C. pacifica, prep. 3010 VK (IBSS); 26. C. ligustri, prep. 1850 VK (ZFMK); 27. C. tapaishana, paralectotype, prep. 1867 VK (ZFMK); 28. C. simillima, prep. 1965 VK (ZFMK); 29. C. pacifica, Russia, Primorye, VK; 30. C. ligustri, N China, prep. HHL.

FIGURES 31–32. 31. Acronicta cinerea (holotype of A. cinerascens, ZISP), adult, North China; 32. A. cinerea (holotype of A. cinerascens, ZISP), male genitalia, prep. 0266 AM; 33, 34, Distribution maps. 31. Acronicta alni and A. naxi; 32. Craniophora pacifica, C. draudti, C. tapaishana and C. simillima.