Kuatunittia (Paraxenittia) sapa, Volynkin & Saldaitis, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V. & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2023, Two new genera, two new subgenera, and four new species of Lithosiina from China and northern Indochina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 68, pp. 140-154 : 153

Kuatunittia (Paraxenittia) sapa sp. n.

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( Figs 10 , 25, 26 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 10 , 25 ): male, “N-Vietnam [border of Lai Châu and Lào Cai Provinces] 1600m | Mt. Fan-si-pan(Nord) | Cha-pa, Primärurwald [primary jungle] | 22.17'' N 103.44 ''E [22°17'N 103°44'E] | 20.–30.III.1995 | leg. V. Sinjaev [Sinyaev] & | A. Schintlmeister | Museum Witt” / ‘Slide | ZSM Arct. | 2019-1132 ♂ | A. Volynkin ” ( MWM / ZSM).

Paratype: VIETNAM: 1 male, the same data as in the holotype, gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019- 1133 ♂ ( MWM / ZSM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 15.0–15.5 mm in males. The new species is externally reminiscent of the allopatric K. erlanga sp. n. but differs in the smaller size. The detailed comparison of the male genitalia of the two species is provided above in the diagnosis of K. erlanga sp. n. The female is unknown.

Distribution. Northern Vietnam (border of Lai Châu and Lào Cai Provinces).

Etymology. The specific epithet is homonymic of the town of Sapa situated near the type locality of the new species.

Figures

Figures 9–18. Adults of Kuatunittia (9, 10), and the type species of the corresponding genera: Wittia (11, 12), Pseudoscaptia (13, 14), Dolgoma (15, 16), and Teuloma (17, 18). Depositories of the specimens: 9 in WIGJ; 10 in MWM/ZSM; 11 and 12 in ANHRT; 13 and 14 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 15 and 16 in CKC; 17 and 18 in CAV.

Figures 23–26. Kuatunittia, male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 23, 25 and 26 in MWM/ZSM; 24 in WIGJ.