Leucanithosia paraliaka, Volynkin & Černý, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2023, On the taxonomy of “ Tigrioides ” leucanioides (Walker) with descriptions of two new genera and ten new species from the Oriental realm (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 5352 (2), pp. 151-176 : 155

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8407106
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leucanithosia paraliaka
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Leucanithosia paraliaka sp. n.

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( Figs 11 View FIGURES 8–15 , 47 View FIGURES 44–47 )

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 13.5 mm in the male holotype. The male genital capsule of L. paraliaka is similar to L. diehli but readily differs in the broader sacculus with a markedly shorter and proximally broader distal saccular process, which is more S-like curved distally. The phallus of the new species is somewhat longer than in the congener (in proportion to the tegumen-vinculum complex length). Compared to L. diehli , the vesica of L. paraliaka is distally broader, has shorter and semiglobular medial dorsal diverticula (they are utricular in the congener), and a broader distal diverticulum bearing two larger terminal cornuti (whereas L. diehli has a single terminal cornutus).

The female is unknown.

Distribution. The new species is currently known only from its type locality in coastal north-western Sumatra.

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Greek ‘παραλιακός’ meaning ‘coastal’ and refers to the occurrence of the new species in the coastal area of north-western Sumatra. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.