Diduga robdevosi Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2023

Bayarsaikhan, Ulziijargal, Heppner, John B., Kwon, Hyung Wook & Bae, Yang-Seop, 2024, Review of the genus Diduga (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of Vietnam, with a new species and two newly recorded species, Zootaxa 5501 (4), pp. 553-563 : 560

Diduga robdevosi Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2023

( Figs 7a, 7b , 15 , 22 )

Diduga robdevosi Bayarsaikhan & Bae, 2023 , Forests 2023, 14: 889. TL: Laos (Bolikhamsai, Tad Leuk Waterfall).

Distribution. Vietnam (new record), Laos, Malaysia.

Additional material examined. 1♂, 1♀, Vietnam, Bac Kan, Ba Be N.P. (lodge), 240m, 21–26 Jun 2008, J.B. Heppner, adults no. FLMNH-MGCL1174185, 1174186 and genitalia slides no. UB ˗12970, 12971 (deposited in MGCL).

Remarks. This species is herein newly recorded from Vietnam (Bac Kan Province).

Figures

FIGURES 6–8. Adults of the Diduga from Vietnam. 6a. D. laocai Bayarsaikhan & Heppner, sp. nov., holotype, male. 6b. diito, paratype, female. 7a. D. robdevosi Bayarsaikhan & Bae, male. 7b. ditto, female. 8. D. quinquicornuta Bayarsaikhan & Bae, male.

FIGURES 9–15. Male genitalia of the Diduga from Vietnam. 9. D. alternota Bucsek, UB-12951Vietnam. 10. D. bayartogtokhi Bayarsaikhan& Bae, UB-12958Vietnam.11.D.hanoiensis Bayarsaikhan& Bae, UB-12976Vietnam.12.D.hastataBayarsaikhan & Bae, UB-12966Vietnam. 13. D. nigridentata Bayarsaikhan & Bae, UB-12957Vietnam. 14. D. quinquicornuta Bayarsaikhan & Bae, UB-12962Vietnam. 15. D. robdevosi Bayarsaikhan & Bae, UB-12970Vietnam.

FIGURES 18–22. Female genitalia of the Diduga from Vietnam. 18. D. alternota Bucsek, UB-12981Vietnam. 19. D. bayartogtokhi Bayarsaikhan &Bae, UB-12965Vietnam.20.D.hanoiensis Bayarsaikhan &Bae, UB-12969Vietnam.21.D.laocai Bayarsaikhan & Heppner, sp. nov., paratype, UB-12956Vietnam. 22. D. robdevosi Bayarsaikhan & Bae, UB-12971Vietnam.