Revision of the genus Nephelomilta Hampson, 1900, with descriptions of twelve new species and two new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Author
Černý, Karel
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-09-11
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Nephelomilta martini
Volynkin & Černý
,
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 48, 49
,
106
,
137
)
Type
material
.
Holotype
(
Figs. 48
,
106
):
♂
, “
Vietnam
,
Vinh
Phuc Province
,
Tam Dao
,
N21°27.053'
E105°38.798'
,
19.IX.
2014
, 944 m, at light,
G. Martin
,
BMNH
(E) 2014-174”, slide
BMNH
(E)
Arct.
-6546
♂
Volynkin
(
Coll.
NHMUK
)
.
Paratypes
:
1 ♀
, same data as in the
holotype
(Coll.
NHMUK
)
;
2 ♀
,
Vietnam
,
Vinh
Phuc Province
:
Tam Dao
, roof of
Hoang Lonh Hotel
,
N21°27.471'
E105°38.679'
,
09.IX.
2014
, 925 m, at light,
G. Martin
,
BMNH
(E) 2014- 174, slide
BMNH
(E)
Arct.
-6547
♀
Volynkin
(
Coll.
NHMUK
)
;
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Vietnam
sept,
Tam Dao
,
950 m
,
V.1990
leg.
V. Kubáň
(
Coll.
CKC).
Diagnosis
. Length of forewing is
12.5–13 mm
in males and
14–15.5 mm
in females. The species is externally similar to
N. hortensis fansipana
,
ssp. nov
.
due to its orange-reddish forewing pattern, but differs in its more yellowish coloration of the pattern elements, and the slightly more elongated male forewing. The male genitalia of
N. martini
sp. nov.
are very characteristic and differ clearly from other species of the
N. pusilla
species-group in the very broad and long apical lobe of the valve and the small subapical saccular process; the aedeagus structure is similar to that of some other related species (e.g.,
N. thomaswitti
sp. nov.
,
N. fangae
sp. nov.
,
N. hortensis
sp. nov.
), but differ in the presence of the subbasal diverticulum of the vesica. The female genitalia of
N. martini
sp. nov.
are most similar to those of
N. karenkonis
and
N. hortensis
sp. nov.
, but differ in the significantly longer antevaginal plate, the slightly broader ductus bursae, and the slightly larger signum.
Distribution
. North
Vietnam
(
Vinh Phuc Province
).
Etymology
. The new species’ name is dedicated to Mr. Geoff Martin (NHMUK, London), a collector of the
holotype
and three
paratypes
.