Barsine specialis ( Fang, 1991 )

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 : 22-23

Barsine specialis ( Fang, 1991)

( Figs 91– 93 , 193 , 248 )

Miltochrista specialis Fang, 1991 , Sinozoologia, 8 (5): 386, 393, 397, fig. 13 (Type locality: [ China] “Lijiang, Yunnan ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Fig. 91 ): ♂, label in Chinese “[Yunnan, Lijiang, Chinese Academy of Sci- ences]” / label in Chinese “[19] 80 V 21, “leg. Lin-yao Wang / “ Miltochrista specialis Fang, Det. : Cheng-lai Fang [in Chinese]” / red label “ Holotype ” / “ ♂ ” / “L-0067” / blue label “IOZ(E) 208743” (Coll. IZCAS) . Paratypes: 1 ♂, same data as in the holotype , PARATYPE, IOZ(E) 208750 (Coll. IZCAS) ; 1 ♂, same locality and date, but leg. Ping Gao , PARATYPE, IOZ (E) 331062 (Coll. IZCAS) .

Other material examined. 10 ♂, 1 ♀, China, Yunnan, Wumeng Shan , 2200 m, 20 km N Baoshan vill., 26°28´N 104°27´E, 20.IV–05.V.2004, leg. Siniaev & his team, slides MWM 31378 (♂), MWM 31386 (♀) Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) .

Remark. The genital preparation of the holotype is lost.

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 13 mm in males and 14 mm in females. Barsine specialis is a closest relative of B. asotoida , from which it differs by the dark brown forewing ground color with creamy white medial area connected to two longitudinal subbasal strokes, and the monotonous dark brown hindwing, while B. asotoida has the medial transverse line of forewing consisting of three large brown spots, the postmedial line presented as a narrow distal brown area, the presence of a broad creamy white subterminal area with broad but weak greyish longitudinal suffusion on veins, and whitish hindwing with two diffuse grey transverse lines. The male genitalia of B. specialis differ from those of B. asotoida by their shorter medial costal process, more robust distal saccular process directed more or less distally, and smaller subbasal and medial ventral diverticula. The female genitalia of B. specialis differ from those of B. asotoida by the much broader and more elongated antrum, and the broader and slightly longer appendix bursae.

Distribution. China (Yunnan) ( Fang 1991; 2000; Volynkin & Černý 2018c).

Figures

FIGURES 86–93. Barsine spp., adults. 86, B. persephone, holotype ♂, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 87, ditto, paratype ♀, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 88, B. asotoida, holotype ♂, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM); 89, ditto, paratype ♀, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM); 90, ditto, paratype ♂, NE Myanmar (©NHMUK); 91, B. specialis, holotype ♂, China, Yunnan (IZCAS); 92, ditto, ♂, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM); 93, ditto, ♀, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM).

FIGURES 192–195. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 192, B. asotoida, holotype, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31422 Volynkin; 193, B. specialis, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31378 Volynkin; 194, B. karenkensis karenkensis, Taiwan, slide MWM 31439 Volynkin; 195, B. karenkensis wushipheri, holotype, Taiwan, slide MWM 31441 Volynkin.

FIGURES 246–251. Barsine spp., female genitalia. 246, B. persephone, paratype, N Thailand, slide MWM 31385 Volynkin; 247, B. asotoida, paratype, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31423 Volynkin; 248, B. specialis, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31386 Volynkin; 249, B. karenkensis karenkensis, N Taiwan, slide MWM 31440 Volynkin; 250, B. karenkensis wushipheri, S Taiwan, slide MWM 31442 Volynkin; 251, B. euryphaessa, paratype, N Vietnam, slide MWM 31444 Volynkin.