Descriptions of Pedesta wangi sp. nov. and the female of P. xiaoqingae (Huang & Zhan, 2004) from China (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Xue, Guoxi Li, Meng Zhu, Jianqing Lu, Weicheng Li, Jialing Zheng, Bowen Zootaxa 2019 2019-11-20 4700 3 356 364 Xue, Li & Zhu Xue & Li & Zhu & Lu & Li & Zheng 2019 [151,518,1403,1430] Insecta Hesperiidae Pedesta Animalia Lepidoptera 2 358 Arthropoda species wangi sp. nov.  ( Figs. 2–5, 16)     Holotype:male, CenwanglaoshanNNR, Guangxi,  7.V.2015, 1270 m, leg. Guoxi Xue[M1, A41].    Paratypes: 3♂♂, ditto,  7.V.2015[ CWLS1, LC8],  9.V.2015[ CWLS2, A42],  10.V.2015[ CWLS3, LC15]. Since the new species extremely resembles  P. xiaoqingae( Figs. 6–10), and the latter has been described in detail by Huang & Zhan (2004), a comparative diagnosis of the two species are provided as follows instead of a pure description of the new one. 1. On the forewing of  P. xiaoqingae, the upper cell spot is absent or very minute on the dorsal side and present but minute on the ventral side, whereas it is always absent on both sides in the typespecimens of  P. wangi. 2. On the ventral side of the hindwing, there are well developed or reduced markings in  P. xiaoqingae, but it is totally unmarked in the new species. 3. Cilia on both the forewing and the hindwing of  P. xiaoqingaeis checkered, but it is unicolorous in  P. wangi. 4. In the male genitalia of  P. xiaoqingae( Fig. 14, 15), the tip of the left footstalk is shallowly bifurcate ( Fig. 14: K, L, Fig. 15: H) or truncate with serrate margin ( Fig. 14: D); the tip of the right footstalk is wide and apparently bifurcate ( Fig. 14: D, J, L, Fig. 15: H). While in the new species ( Fig. 16), the left footstalk is triangular and its tip is sharply pointed ( Fig. 16: G, L, M); the tip of the right footstalk is triangular, with serrate margin ( Fig. 16: F), slightly bifurcate ( Fig. 16: L) or sharply pointed ( Fig. 16: M).   Etymology.The new species is named after Mr. Chunhao Wang ( Beijing) for his kind help to the first author’s study on skipper butterflies.   Discussion.This new species is only known from the typelocality, Cenwanglaoshan NNR ( Fig. 17). All four males were captured by the side of a road inside the reserve. But no more specimens were found during the collecting trip to the same place in June of 2017. Its voltinism and relative bionomic information need further study. Based upon examined specimens and the records in Inayoshi (2019), a distribution map of  P. xiaoqingaeand  P. wangiis provided ( Fig. 18). It shows that  P. xiaoqingaeis distributed from Nanling Mountains, Hainan Island to Vietnamand central Laos, whereas the typelocality of  P. wangiis located at the southeast edge of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and isolated from the distribution range of  P. xiaoqingaeby Guangxi Basin. So we infer that geographic isolation played a very important role during the speciation of the cryptic species  P. wangi. 2454903188 [151,1244,1511,1538] 2015-05-07 Guoxi Xue Cenwanglaoshan 2 358 1 Guangxi holotype 2454903187 [199,1372,1547,1574] 2015-05-07 2015-05-10 2015-05-07 CWLS 2 358 CWLS1, CWLS2, CWLS3 3 3 paratype