Eupithecia solianikovi Viidalepp, 1988

Mironov, Vladimir & Šumpich, Jan, 2022, New species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) from China Part IX, Zootaxa 5219 (3), pp. 276-286 : 285

Eupithecia solianikovi Viidalepp, 1988

( Fig. 13 )

Eupithecia solianikovi Viidalepp, 1988 , Fauna pyadenits gor Sredney Azii [Geometridae fauna of the Central Asian mountains]: 106, pl. 2: fig. 9; text-pl. 22, figs 2-4, 10, 14.

Holotype ♂ (IZBE; examined), [ Tajikistan], Tadzh. SSR, W. Pamirs, Vanch river , Guchevast, 2200 m .

Examined material: 1 ♀, China, Tibet mer., Himalaya Mts, Nyalam , 3700 m, 10.–12.vi.2005, L. Bieber leg. Gen. prep. J. Procházka 20171; Photo J. Šumpich 21/423 ( NMPC) .

Note. This is a new species for the fauna of China. It was described from Tajikistan and Kyrghyzstan ( Viidalepp 1988). Based on the structure of the female genitalia this species belongs to the leucostaxis species group with the following species: E. leucostaxis Prout, 1926 , E. mustangata Schütze, 1961 and E. thomasi Mironov & Galsworthy, 2008 ( Mironov & Galsworthy 2014). The first two species listed have been recorded from Tibet ( Mironov & Galsworthy 2014). The female genitalia of the Chinese specimen are illustrated ( Fig. 27 ).

Figures

FIGURES 13–17. Eupithecia adults, China (scale bar = 10 mm). 13. E. solianikovi Viidalepp, 1988; 14. E. supercastigata Inoue, 1958; 15. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004, male; 16. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004, female; 17. E. fulvidorsata Mironov & Galsworthy, 2006.

FIGURES 27–28. Female genitalia of Eupithecia species (scale bar = 1mm). 27. E. solianikovi Viidalepp, 1988; 28. E. ensifera Mironov & Galsworthy, 2004.