Tarika kinha, Volynkin & Saldaitis & Černý & Huang, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2023, Taxonomic review of the genus Tarika Moore with descriptions of six new species from Nepal, China and Indochina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 5258 (3), pp. 285-300 : 290

Tarika kinha sp. n.

( Figs 11, 12 , 29, 30 , 38 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 11 , 29 ): male, “N. Vietnam | Mt. Fan-si-pan W-Seite [W side] | Cha-pa (= Sapa) 1600–1800m | 22.20′N 103.40′E [secondary forest] Sek. Wald/ | [agricultural land] Kulturland 30.vi.–12.VII.1994 | leg. Brechlin & Schintlmeister” / “Slide | ZSM Arct. | 2021-264♁ | A. Volynkin ” ( MWM / ZSM).

Paratypes: VIETNAM: 13 males, 6 females, same data as holotype, gen. prep. Nos.: ZSM Arct. 2021-231 (male), ZSM Arct. 2021-232 (female) (prepared by Volynkin ) ( MWM / ZSM) ; 7 males, 1 female, same locality as holotype but 15–25.III.1995, Sinyaev & local collectors leg., ex coll. A. Schintlmeister ( CKC) ; 2 females, Mt. Fan-SiPan, W side, Cha-Pa (= Sapa ), 1525m, 22°17′N 103°44′E, primary forest, 7–10.VII.1994, Brechlin & Schintlmeister leg. ( CKC) ; 1 female, same data as previous but 6.VII. 1994 ( CKC) ; CHINA: 1 male, 1 female, [Yunnan, Nujiang Valley ] Laoutsekiang, ZFMK Lep 153494, gen. prep. by Huang ( ZFMK) ; 1 male, 28.VII.2021, Yunnan, Qiunatong, Nujiang , HSY [Huang Si-yao] leg., ZFMK Lep 153510, gen. prep. by Huang ( ZFMK) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 16.5–17.0 mm in males and 20.0–20.5 mm in females. The new species is superficially indistinguishable from T. erlanga sp. n. and T. danieli sp. n., which also occur in South-West China. The male genital capsule of T. kinha sp. n. is similar to T. danieli sp. n. but distinguished by the longer and thicker distal saccular process. The vesica of T. kinha sp. n. differs from T. danieli sp. n. in the laterally interrupted subbasal cluster of spiniform cornuti, and the shorter and distally broader distal diverticulum bearing a broader serrulate plate apically. In the female genitalia, the new species differs from T. danieli sp. n. in the more numerous rib-like lateral subostial crests, and the narrower but more gelatinous posterior section of the corpus bursae.

Distribution. North Vietnam (Lào Cai Province) and South-West China (north-western Yunnan Province).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Kinh (Vietnamese) People native to North Vietnam and South China. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Figures

FIGURES 9–16. Tarika spp. (9–14) and Katha depressa (15, 16): adults. Depositories of the specimens: 9–14 in MWM/ZSM; 15 and 16 in CAV.

FIGURES 29–31. Tarika spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 29 and 31 in MWM/ZSM; 30 in ZFMK.

FIGURES 36–39. Tarika spp.: female genitalia. The specimens dissected are deposited in MWM/ZSM.