Agrisius cernyi, Volynkin & Saldaitis, 2022

Volynkin, Anton V. & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2022, Taxonomic review of the Agrisius guttivitta Walker species group with transfer of the genus Agrisius Walker to the family Nolidae Bruand and descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Eligminae), Zootaxa 5190 (2), pp. 241-256 : 245-246

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC864CF3-69E0-4262-A89C-B373B5B7E605

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7120271

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/48B76671-CB87-4DF5-BAB6-5F3D3149DB0E

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:48B76671-CB87-4DF5-BAB6-5F3D3149DB0E

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Plazi

scientific name

Agrisius cernyi
status

sp. nov.

Agrisius cernyi sp. n.

( Figs 9, 10 View FIGURES 1–10 , 33 View FIGURES 33–38 , 41 View FIGURES 39–46 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 9 View FIGURES 1–10 , 33 View FIGURES 33–38 ): male, “N. Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon-NP, 1416m, 18°30′59′′N, 98°28′13′′E, 7.–8.V.2008 leg. K. Černý ” / “Slide AV5608 A. Volynkin ” ( WIGJ). GoogleMaps

Paratype: THAILAND: female, W Thailand, Tak, Doi Mussoe , 821m, 16°45.317′N, 98°55.438′E, 11. V GoogleMaps .2008, leg. K. Černý, gen. prep. No.: AV5607 (prepared by Volynkin) ( CAV) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 22.0 mm in the holotype male and 21.5 mm in the paratype female. The new species is externally reminiscent of A. epidela and A. kachina but is distinguished by the somewhat smaller size and the markedly less intense dark suffusion on the hindwing veins. Additionally, compared to A. kachina , A. cernyi has a somewhat larger discal spot of the forewing. The male genital capsule of the new species is most similar to that of A. kachina but differs in the slightly longer branches of the uncus, the thicker dorsal process of the sacculus, and the distally thicker ventral process of the sacculus. The phallus of A. cernyi is markedly shorter and narrower than in A. kachina . In the vesica of the new species, the distal diverticulum is conspicuously longer than in A. kachina . In the female genitalia of A. cernyi , the postvaginal plate is longer and posteriorly rounded (whereas it is trapezoid with rounded corners in the congener), and the antrum is narrower. Additionally, the signa bursae of the new species are somewhat narrower anteriorly than in A. kachina .

Distribution. The new species is known from North and West Thailand (Chiang Mai and Tak Provinces).

Etymology. The species is named after Dr Karel Černý, a prominent lepidopterist, expert in Palaearctic and Oriental Arctiinae , collector of the type series and friend of the senior author.

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Arctiidae

Genus

Agrisius

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