Barsine paraprominens Huang & Wang, 2018

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2019, A review of the Barsine hypoprepioides (Walker, 1862) species-group, with descriptions of fifteen new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4618 (1), pp. 1-82 : 15

Barsine paraprominens Huang & Wang, 2018

( Figs 42 , 168, 169 )

Barsine paraprominens Huang & Wang, 2018 , Zootaxa, 4457 (1):190, figs 1, 2, 6, 7 (Type locality: “Pailong Village, Linzhi County, Linzhi Division, Xizang Autonomous Region, P. R. China ”).

Material examined. Holotype ( Figs 42 , 168 ): ♂, “ 2130 m, 30. VII. 2017, Pailong Village , Linzhi County, Linzhi Division, Xizang Autonomous Region, P. R. China, leg. Si-yao Huang, Shu-qin Ji, Fu-hong Wei and Shi-fang Mo” ( SCAU); paratype: ♂, same data as in the holotype ( SCAU).

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 12.5–14 mm in males. This species is most similar externally to B. wernerthomasi due to its rather large size, but can be easily distinguished by its medial line being connected to the antemedial line and the antemedial line being evenly curved and continuous (while that is angled in the cell and interrupted in B. wernerthomasi ). The male genitalia of B. paraprominens differ from those of B. wernerthomasi by the thicker tip of the distal saccular process, and the presence of a broad cluster of cornuti in the distal diverticulum of vesica (that has robust granulation in B. paraprominens ).

Female is unknown.

Distribution. China (SE Xizang) ( Huang et al. 2018).

Figures

FIGURES 35–42. Barsine spp., adults. 35, B. prominens, holotype ♂, NE India (©NHMUK); 36, ditto, holotype ♀ of Lyclene delicata, NE India (©NHMUK); 37, ditto, ♂, NE India (MWM/ZSM); 38, ditto, ♀, NE India (MWM/ZSM); 39, B. wernerthomasi, holotype ♂, NE India (MWM/ZSM); 40, ditto, paratype ♂, E Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 41, ditto, paratype ♀, NE India (MWM/ZSM); 42, B. paraprominens, holotype ♂, China, Xizang (SCAU, photo by S.-Y. Huang).

FIGURES 168–171. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 168, B. paraprominens, holotype, China, Xizang, prep. Huang; 169, ditto, paratype, China, Xizang, prep. Huang; 170, B. wernerthomasi, holotype, NE India, slide MWM 31791 Volynkin; 171, ditto, paratype, E Nepal, slide MWM 33576 Volynkin.