Magnificus, Yan, 2000

Grehan, John R., Mielke, Carlos G. C., Minet, Joël, Ignatev, Nikolai, Buchsbaum, Ulf & Xue, Dayong, 2021, Taxonomic composition and monophyly of the genus Magnificus (Lepidoptera Hepialoidea: Hepialidae), Zootaxa 4920 (3), pp. 339-358 : 349-350

Magnificus sp.

( Fig. 7 )

We also examined a specimen from the collection of WMW ( Figs 7 , 20 , 21a, 22a , 23i ) that we could not identify with respect to the currently recognized species as it was a female specimen and therefore directly comparable to only three species. The specimen is from Qinghai province, Anemaqen Shan, 3000 m, 50 KM West of Maqen City, 26 July-1August 1997 .

Description. Wingspan 72 mm, FW length 34 mm, width 13 mm; HW length 28 mm, width 12 mm. Head covered with greyish brown scales. Antenna filiform. FW ground colour greyish-brown with scattered dark brown patches with golden dusting and edged with white, white lines edged with brown; predominantly white oblique band between anterior discal cell and apex (outlined by orange line in Fig. 30a ). HW basally covered with pale orange, extending distally along veins, central and outer region predominantly greyish brown. Legs: as for genus, leg length ratio pro:meso:meta 1: 1.1: 0.72. Abdomen greyish brown with orangish brown bands dorsally. Female genitalia ( Fig. 10 ): dorsal plate comprising lateral ovoids fused across dorsal midline, posterior margin forming a wide V shape; lamella antevaginalis lobes subequal, dorsal surface flat, para-anal sclerites dorsoventrally narrow; ductus bursae forming a tube, about twice as long as the bursa copulatrix. Ductus bursae about twice the length and half the width of the ovoid corpus bursae ( Fig. 10 ).

The FW similar to M. bouvieri where semi-ellipses (red arrows) is absent from the M 1 -M 2 cell, with basally concave edge to dark shading in outer M 2 -A cell (blue arrow in Fig. 30a ) contrasting with concave edging in M. bouvieri . The oblique pale band cannot be definitively distinguished from that of M. jiuzhiensis as illustrated by Yan (2000). In M. zhiduoensis the basal band is localized to the medial discal cell ( Fig. 30h ) whereas in M. bouvieri the pale area extends over the anterior discal cell, and there is a more extensive pale region with central brown patches between M2 and posterior margin. All other Magnificus species have a continuous or broken postdiscal band between outer costa and posterior wing margin in the M2-A cell

Figures

FIGURE 23. Magnificus abdominal sclerites: (a) M. regius tergite II, (MWM), photo by Nikolai Ignatev, (b) M. bouvieri holotype SII (photo by Joël Minet), (c) Magnificus sp. sternites VII-VIII, photo by Nikolai Ignatev), (d) M. bouvieri holotype sternites VII-VIII, photo by Joël Minet), (e) M. regius sternites VII-VIII, photo by Nikolai Ignatev, (f) M. regius and (g) M. roseus, photos by Ulf Buchsbaum, (h) M. bouvieri holotype abdomen, photo by Joël Minet, (i) Magnificus sp. tergosternal sclerite, (j) Magnificus regius tergosternal sclerite, photos by Nikolai Ignatev, (k) Hepialus humuli tsclerite, (l) Zenophassus schamyl tergosternal sclerite, photos by John Grehan.

FIGURE 30. Magnificus FW major banding patterns (coloured outlines). Wing veins—blue lines. FW illustrations 30g, h of limited quality. Higher resolution unavailable.

FIGURES 1–9. Adult moths: 1, Magnificus bouvieri male holotype, dorsal (MNHN); 2, M. dirschi male holotype, dorsal (MfN). Photo by Théo Léger; 3, M. miniatus female holotype, (a) dorsal, (b) ventral (IZAS). Photo by Dayong Xu; 4, M. regius: (a) female syntype (from Staudinger 1896, pl. 5, Fig. 11), (b) M. regius rubellus, male lectotype, dorsal (MfN). Photo by Théo Léger, (c) M. regius rubellus (ZSBS), Photo by Ulf Buchsbaum, (d) M. regius rubellus (MWM). Photo Nikolai Ignatev; 5, M. roseus: (a) holotype male, dorsal (MNHN). Photo by Joël Minet, (b) male, dorsal (ZSBS), Photo by Ulf Buchsbaum; 6, M. zhidu- oensis female holotype, dorsal [cropped image available only] (GAAH). Photo by Dayong Xue; 7, Magnificus sp. female, dorsal (MWM). Photo by Nikolai Ignatev; 8, Hepialus humuli, female, dorsal (Moscow, Russia SKC). Photo by Svyatoslav Knyazev; 9. Zenophassus schamyl, male, dorsal (Apsheronsk environs, Caucasus, Russia SKC). Photo by Svyatoslav Knyazev.

FIGURES 10–20. Genitalia. 10, Magnificus bouvieri male holotype genitalia, ventral view. Photo by Joël Minet; 11, Magnificus dirschi male holotype genitalia, ventral view. Photo by Théo Léger; 12, Magnificus regius genitalia: a, male syntype, ventral view, dissection ESN 2845(MfN). Photo by Théo Léger; b, male, ventral view (ZSBS). Photo by Ulf Buchsbaum; c, male, ventral (left) and lateral (right) (MWM). Photo by Nikolai Ignatev; 13, Magnificus roseus male genitalia, ventral view, (a) holotype (MNHN). Photo by Joël Minet, (b) (ZSBS). Photo by Ulf Buchsbaum; Fig. 16. Magnificus jiuzhiensis genitalia: (a) holotype male, ventral view (from Yan 2000); 15, ‘Hepialiscus sylvina Linnaeus, 1761’, male, ventral view (from Chu & Wang 1985b: fig. 31 and Zhu et al. 2004: fig. 120); 16, Magnificus jiuzhiensis, female external posterior view (from Yan 2000); 17, Magnificus miniatus female holotype external genitalia, posterior view. Photo by Dayong Xu; 18, Magnificus regius female external posterior and lateral interior view (MWM). Photo by Nikolai Ignatev; 19, Magnificus zhiduoensis female holotype external posterior view (from Yan 2000); 20, Magnificus sp. female external posterior view (MWM). Photo by Nikolai Ignatev.

FIGURES 21–22. Magnificus thoracic appendages: 21, wing venation a, Magnificus sp. female, b, M. regius male. Diagrams by John Grehan; 22, legs: left to right – pro. meso, meta (a) Magnificus sp. female (MWM), photo by Nikolai Ignatev, (b) Magnificus regius male (ZSBS), (c) Magnificus roseus male, photos by Ulf Buchsbaum.