Rotundagalope immaculata ( Leech, 1898 ) Huang & Horie & Fan & Wang & Espeland, 2023

Huang, Si-Yao, Horie, Kiyoshi, Fan, Xiao-Ling, Wang, Min & Espeland, Marianne, 2023, A review of the genus Agalope Walker (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae) with taxonomic notes and descriptions of three new genera and three new species, Zootaxa 5284 (2), pp. 291-321 : 300

Rotundagalope immaculata ( Leech, 1898) comb. nov.

( Figs 15–18 , 55 , 74, 75 , 97 , 111 )

Agalope immaculata Leech, 1898: 348 .

Type material examined. Holotype: male, handwritten label “ agalope immaculata sp.n., Type ♁”/ printed label “ Leech Coll. 1900-64”/ printed round label with red ring “Type”/ printed label “Ta-Chien-lu, 10,000 ft, A.E. Pratt coll., July 1889 ”/ QR-code label with unique number “ NHMUK014199906 ” ( NHMUK).

Other material examined. CHINA. SICHUAN: 1 male, Tibet (Western Sichuan), Menia (a locality south of Yajiang County between Yalongjiang river range and Huoqu River range), Hotschu-Fluss ( Huoqu River ), 2500–3000 m, Juni-August, Zygaenidae gen. prep. No. 1955 (♁), QR-code label with unique number “ NHMUK014199907 ” ( NHMUK) ; 1 male, same collecting data, QR-code label with unique number “ NHMUK014199909 ” ( NHMUK) ; 1 female, same collecting data, QR-code label with unique number “ NHMUK014199908 ” ( NHMUK) ; 1 female, Siao-lou, Chasseurs Indigènes du P. Dejeani 1903, Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927-3., QR-code label with unique number “ NHMUK014199987 ” ( NHMUK) ; 1 male, altitude 2600 m, 14.VII. 1994, 20 km E of Barkam, Qionglai Shan , N.-W. Sichuan, China, G.C. Bozano leg., unique number: ZFMK Lep 153376 ( ZFMK) ; 2 males, altitude 1647 m, 26–27.VII.2017, Heping Village, Caoke Town , Shimian City, Zhi-peng Miao & Min Wang leg. ( SCAU) .

Figures

FIGURES 15–24. Adults of Rotundagalope gen. n. and Paragalope gen. n. 15, Rotundagalope immaculata, HT, male, Tachien-lu, Sichuan, China, NHMUK014199906 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 16, ditto, male, Menia, Sichuan, China, NHMUK014199909 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 17, ditto, male, Barkam, Sichuan, China, ZFMK Lep153376 (ZFMK); 18, ditto, female, Menia, Sichuan, China, NHMUK014199908 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 19, Paragalope dejeani, ST, male, Tatsienlou, Sichuan, NHMUK014200110 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 20, ditto, female, Pa Tse Fang, Sichuan, NHMUK014200162 (NHMUK); 21, ditto, female, Pa Tse Fang, Sichuan, NHMUK014200172 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 22, P. lucia, ST, female, Tse Kou, Yunnan, China, NHMUK014199988 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 23, ditto, male, Weixi, Yunnan, China, AG03 (SCAU); 24, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan, China, GSAG3 (CHSY).

FIGURES 51–63. Lateral view of the male genitalia of Agalope/Elcysma-related genera. Depository: 51, 52, 58: ZMH; 53, 55, 63: ZFMK; 54, 57, 61: CHSY; 56: SCAU; 59, 60: NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 62: CSYSU.

FIGURES 70–75. Male genitalia of Agalope and Rotundagalope gen. n. spp. Depositary: 70, 71, 72, 74: ZFMK; 73: CHSY; 75: NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).

FIGURES 93–107. Eighth tergite of Agalope/Elcysma-related genera. Depository: 93, 94, 100: ZMH; 95, 96, 107: ZFMK; 97, 101, 103: NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 98: SCAU; 99, 102, 105: CHSY; 104: CJF; 106: CSYSU.

FIGURES 108–114. Female genitalia of Agalope, Rotundagalope gen. n. and Paragalope gen. n. spp. Depository: 108: ZMH; 109, 110: ZFMK; 111, 112, 114: NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 113: CHSY.