Atkinsonia furcata ( Wang, 2008 ) Wang, 2008

Wang, Shuxia, Guan, Wei & Sinev, Sergey Yu., 2016, Taxonomic study of the genus Atkinsonia Stainton, 1859 (Lepidoptera, Stathmopodidae) in China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 4208 (1) : -

Atkinsonia furcata ( Wang, 2008) comb. nov.

( Figs 11 , 17 )

Oedematopoda furcata Wang, 2008: 37 . Type locality: China (Fujian).

Material examined. Holotype, ♂, CHINA: Xianfengling (27°45′N, 117°41′E), Mt. Wuyi , Fujian Province, 1000 m, 26.v.2004, leg. Haili Yu, genitalia slide No. W07002.

Redescription. Adult ( Fig. 11 ) with wingspan 14.5 mm. Head shining gray, with blue metallic luster. Labial palpus grayish brown except first segment yellowish white. Antenna black, flagellum with dense pectinate scaling from basal 1/4 to 5/6 on dorsal edge. Thorax ferrugineous red, with scattered gray scales, except metathorax entirely gray. Tegula ferrugineous red. Forewing ferrugineous red, purplish black at base, with scattered gray scales at apex; costal margin black; dorsum with scattered gray scales from basal 1/4 to before apex, darkened from basal 1/4 to middle; cilia dark grayish brown. Hindwing and cilia grayish brown; dorsum with semi-elliptical hyaline space at base. Legs grayish black, with purplish black metallic luster, with scattered yellowish white scales; hind tibia with long yellowish brown bristles at middle and at apex, tarsus with blackish brown bristles at apex of basal three tarsomeres.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 17 ). Uncus broad at base, gradually narrowed to 3/5, then broadened to apex, with densely spaced long hairs laterally; apex deeply furcate, forming two large triangular processes. Gnathos absent. Tegumen nearly trapezoidal, about twice length of uncus. Valva slightly narrow at base, broadened apically, with dense long hairs in distal half; costa concave at base; transtilla elongate bar shaped, curved inward distally, exceeding apex of anellus lobes apically; sacculus narrow, reaching ventro-apex of valva, straight in basal 2/3, arched in distal 1/3. Vinculum narrow; saccus semicircular, about 1/4 length of uncus. Juxta rounded; anellus lobes long clubbed, about three times length of juxta, with long setae. Aedeagus about 1.3 times length of valva; basal 5/6 nearly uniform, with a sclerotized plate at basal 1/6, with numerous microspines between basal 2/5 and 4/5; distal 1/6 narrowed triangularly, sclerotized; cornutus absent.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Fujian).

Diagnosis. This species is similar to A. beijingana (Yang) superficially, and the differences between them are stated under the latter species.

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 14. Adults of Atkinsonia spp. 11, A. furcata (Wang), ♀; 12, A. ignipicta (Butler), ♀; 13, A. swetlanae Sinev, ♂; 14, A. parignipicta sp. nov., holotype, ♂. Scale bars = 2.0 mm.

FIGURES 15 – 20. Male genitalia of Atkinsonia spp. 15, A. beijingana (Yang), slide No. NKUGW 008; 16, A. brevisaccula sp. nov., paratype, slide No. GW 12324; 17, A. furcata (Wang), slide No. W 07002; 18, A. ignipicta (Butler), slide No. 12319; 19, A. swetlanae Sinev, slide No. ZH 06024; 20, A. parignipicta sp. nov., holotype, slide No. ZH 06028. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.