Fangeilema, 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 : 142

Fangeilema gen. n. sensu stricto

Diagnosis. The nominate subgenus ( Figs 19, 20 ) is characterised by the presence of two apical lobes of the juxta bearing clusters of spines, the feature shared with Wittia ( Fig. 27 ). However, unlike the latter genus, in addition to the differences listed in the new genus diagnosis, the phallus carina of Fangeilema gen. n. s. str. is swollen and protruding dorsally whereas it forms a slender and weakly sclerotised distal process in Wittia .

Figures

Figures 19–22. Fangeilema, male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 19 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 20–22 in MWM/ZSM.

Figures 27–30. Lithosiina spp., male genitalia of the type species of the corresponding genera: Wittia (27), Pseudoscaptia (28), Dolgoma (29), and Teuloma (30). Depositories of the specimens dissected: 27 in ANHRT; 28 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 29 in CKC; 30 in CAV.