Agalope jianqingi, Huang & Zhu & Chen & Xu & Wang & Fan & Pan & Espeland, 2022

Huang, Si-Yao, Zhu, Li-Juan, Chen, En-Yong, Xu, Yong-Qiang, Wang, Min, Fan, Xiao-Ling, Pan, Zhao-Hui & Espeland, Marianne, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Agalope Walker from mainland China with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae), Zootaxa 5165 (4), pp. 557-574 : 572

Agalope jianqingi S.-Y. Huang sp. n.

( Figs 29 , 53, 55 )

Type material. Holotype: male, 14.V.2009, Pianma Town , Lushui City, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, P. R. China, Jian-qing Zhu leg., slide PMAG1 ( CHSY, will be subsequently deposited in ZFMK).

Diagnosis. Length of forewing 19. 3 mm. Agalope jianqingi sp. n. is reminiscent of A. primularis Butler, 1875 ( Figs 30 , 54, 56 ) from Eastern Nepal and Northeastern India for sharing a similar 8 th tergite, which bears two narrow and slender processes, whereas in other congeners these processes are thick and stout or absent ( Owada 1992; Horie 1993; Owada & Horie 2000), but it can be immediately distinguished from A. primularis by the combination of the following characters: 1) male forewing ground color is creamy white instead of yellow in A. primularis ; 2) posterior tegumenal projection is much broader and longer; 3) notch between the lobes of juxta is wider and deeper; 4) valva is more slender, with the distal part longer and 5) aedeagus shorter and broader.

Distribution. Known from Pianma Town ( Fig. 62 ) located at the border of China and Myanmar in Western Yunnan, P. R. China.

Etymology. The specific epithet jianqingi is dedicated to the Chinese entomologist Mr. Jian-qing Zhu, a friend of the first author and an expert in the taxonomy of Hesperiidae .

Figures

FIGURES 21–30. Adults of Agalope spp. 21, Agalope lucia, female, syntype, Tsekou, Yunnan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. Mamoru Owada; 22, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan (CHSY); 23, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan, GSAG3 (CHSY); 24, ditto, male, Badi, Weixi, Yunnan, AG04 (CHSY); 25, ditto, male, Samage, Weixi, Yunnan, AG03 (SCAU); 26, A. dejeani, male, Jinchuan, Sichuan, JCAG2(CHSY); 27, ditto, JCAG1(CHSY); 28, A. bieti, male, HT, Kangding, Sichuan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. K.A. Efetov; 29, A. jianqingi sp. n., male, HT, Pianma, Yunnan (CHSY); 30, A. primularis, male, Nepal, after Owada & Horie (2000). Scale bar for figs 21–27, 29.

FIGURES 51–56. Male genitalia and 8th abdominal segment of Agalope spp. 51, Agalope lucia, slide AG03; 52, A. dejeani, slide JCAG1; 53, A. jianqingi sp. n., HT, slide PMAG1; 54, A. primularis, after Horie (1993); 55, 8th segment of A. jianqingi sp. n., slide PMAG1; 56, 8th tergite of A. primularis, after Horie (1993). Scale bar for figs 51–53, 55.

FIGURES 62–67. Habitats and living adult of Agalope spp. in P.R. China. 62, Pianma, Lushui, Western Yunnan; 63, Samage, Weixi, Northwestern Yunnan; 64, Gongshan, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Western Yunnan; 65, living adult of A. aurelia, resting on leaves, Gongshan; 66, Longgu Village, Chayu, Southeastern Xizang; 67, Taohuagou, Bomi, Southeastern Xizang.