Murmyshia micans ( Pagenstecher, 1895 ) Volynkin, 2024

Volynkin, Anton V., 2024, On the taxonomy of the Oriental genus Paraona Moore with descriptions of a new genus, a new species, and introduction of new synonymies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 73, pp. 408-420 : 411-413

Murmyshia micans ( Pagenstecher, 1895) , comb. n.

( Figs 5–9 , 19, 20 , 26 )

Lithosia micans Pagenstecher, 1895 , in Semon (Ed.), Zoologische Forschungreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel, 5: 213.

= Agylla dirabdus Rothschild, 1920 , Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums, 8 (3): 110 (Type locality: Korinchi, West Sumatra ), syn. n.

Type material examined. Holotype of Agylla dirabdus ( Fig. 6 ): female, “Sungei Kumbang, | Korinchi, W.Sum., | 4500 ft., April 1914.| (Robinson & Kloss).” / “ Agylla | dirabdus | Type Rothsch.” / “436” /

“ Rothschild | Bequest | B.M. 1939-1.” / red ring “ Type ” label / blue label “ Arctiidae | genitalia slide | No. 5189 ♀ ” / QR- code label with unique ID “NHMUK010401899” ( NHMUK) .

Additional material examined: series of specimens of both sexes from Malay Peninsula ( Malaysia) and the islands of Sumatra, Java and Bali ( Indonesia) ( MWM / ZSM and CKC) .

Note. In the 7 th volume of the fundamental series ‘The Moths of Borneo’ devoted to the Lithosiini, Holloway (2001) stated that “The Sumatran taxon dirhabdus [sic!] Rothschild is a Ghoria ”. However, the type specimen of the taxon is definitely a female of the species described from Java as Lithosia micans ( Pagenstecher 1895) thus, dirabdus is herein transferred to Murmyshia and the new synonymy is hereby introduced.

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 14.5–16.0 mm in males and 16.5–18.0 mm in females. Murmyshia micans is externally reminiscent of M. unifascia and the detailed comparison is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Distribution. Found in Sundaland (except for Borneo).

Figures

Figures 1–8. Murmyshia spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 1 and 6 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 2 and 5 in MWM/ZSM; 3, 4, 7 and 8 in CKC.

Figures 9–16. Murmyshia (9–12), Hesudra (13, 14), and Macrobrochis (15, 16) spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 9, 13 and 14 in CKC; 10–12 in MWM/ZSM; 15 and 16 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).

Figures 17–20. Murmyshia spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 17 and 19 in MWM/ZSM; 18 and 20 in CKC.

Figures 25–29. Murmyshia (25–27), Macrobrochis (28), and Hesudra (29) spp.: female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 25 and 27 in MWM/ZSM; 26 and 29 in CKC; 28 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).