Danielithosia hoenei, Dubatolov & Ras, 2013

Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Ras, Sb, 2013, A new species and new combinations of Danielithosia from eastern China and Indochina, with check-list of the genus (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 381-386 : 382-383

Danielithosia hoenei sp. nov.

( Figs 1–6 )

Tigrioides immaculata (misidentification): DANIEL (1954): 134 –135, fig. 96 (original description).

Type locality. China, north-western Fujian, Shaowu.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, CHINA: FUJIAN: ‘ Shaowu – Fukien / (500m) J.Klapperich / 14.6.1937 ’, ‘ Präp. Nr. 611 / Slg. Franz Daniel München’, ‘ Tigr. Immacu- / lata Btlr. ’ ( ZFMK) . PARATYPES: CHINA: FUJIAN: 5 ♀♀, the same locality as in the holotype except of dates, ‘ 4.6.1937, 15.6.1937, 1.7.1937, 2.7.1937, 30.7.1937 ’ ( ZFMK) ; 1 J, ‘ Kwangtseh – Fukien / J. Klapperich / 30.7.1937 ’, ‘ Präp. Nr. 621 / Slg. Franz Daniel München’ ( ZFMK) . HUNAN: 1 J, ‘ Hoengshan / Prov. Hunan / 13.5.1933. Höne’ , ‘ Präp. Nr. 614 / Slg. Franz Daniel München’ ( ZFMK), 1 J, ‘Hoengshan / Prov. Hunan / 18.5.1933. Höne’ ; 1 ♀, ‘ Hoengshan / Prov. Hunan / 23.6.1933. Höne’ ( ZFMK). VIET- NAM: 1 J 1 ♀, ‘ Vietnam , Dong Nai / Vin Cuu Nat. Res. / Phu Ly , Dakinde / 11.41203°N, 107.10508°E / h= 106 m, 26-29.vi.2011 / leg. S.Nedoshivina, / S. Pugaev, A.Solovyev’ ( SZMN) . THAILAND: 1 J, ‘ Thailand, prov. Nakhon / Ratchasima (Korat), Wat / Soeng Sang , near Non / Sambun Vil. , h=260м [m], / 14º 16,5’ N, 102º 23,3’ E, / пойма реки, на свет [= river bottomland, by light] // V.K. Zinchenko leg. // 3- 4.08.2009 ’. ( SZMN) . CAMBODIA: 1 J 1 ♀, ‘CAMBODIA / Koh Kong Prov. / Tatai vill., h= 1030 m / 11º 33’50” N, 103º 07’29” E / O.E. Kosterin leg. // 17-18.IV.2010 ’ ( SZMN) .

Description. Forewing length 7–9 mm in males, 8–10.5 mm in females. Forewing ( Figs 1–2 ) narrow, with rounded apex and skewed outer edge; light buff or yellow in males, grey or yellow with lighter costal margin in females. Hindwing with an acute apex, light yellow in males, noticeably lighter than forewing; whitish or yellowish in females.

Male genitalia ( Figs 4–5 ). Uncus moderate in width, slightly curved. Cucullus tapering towards apex. Sacculus strongly bifurcated apically, costal branch twice as long as ventral one; foundation of this fork as long as the ventral apical branch length. Apical process of juxta stout; apical bifurcation asymmetrical: right branch of bifurcation small, three times shorter than left branch. Aedeagus stout, with strong apical spine; vesica was not everted in all slides; without any strong cornuti but with spiniculi.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 6 ). Ductus bursae sclerotized. Bursae with smaller basal and larger apical spherical parts. Apical part with two small round signa bearing small spines.

Differential diagnosis. Danielithosia hoenei sp. nov. differs significantly from all other known species of the genus in bifurcation of the apical process of the sacculus and the apical process of the juxta being shorter and less asymmetrical.

Etymology. The new species is dedicated to Dr. Hermann Höne (1883–1963), a German entomologist, who extensively collected in China and Japan in 1910–1938 ( NIETHAMMER 1963), including a part of the Danielithosia hoenei sp. nov. type series.

Figures

Figs 1–6. Danielithosia hoenei sp. nov. 1 – male, holotype; 2 – female, paratype; 3 – holotype labels; 4 – male genitalia, holotype, Shaowu, Fujian, China; 5 – male genitalia, paratype, Vietnam, Dong Nai, Vin Cuu Nat. Res., Phu Ly; 6 – female genitalia, paratype, Shaowu, Fujian, China.