Caradrina (Eremodrina) gyulaii

Volynkin, Anton V., Matov, Alexey Yu. & Chen, Liusheng, 2016, Some taxonomic notes on the Caradrina (Eremodrina) filipjevi (Boursin, 1936) species group (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Zootaxa 4200 (2), pp. 340-344 : 344

Caradrina (Eremodrina) gyulaii ssp.

( Figs 7, 8 , 15, 19 )

Material examined: 1 male, 1 female, 20.ix.2009, China, Xinjiang, Manasi county, near Dongfucheng town, edge of Gurbantünggüt desert, 44°59' N, 86°17' E, Chen Liusheng leg. (Coll. AVB). Slides AV 1322 Volynkin (male), AV1323 Volynkin (female).

Remarks. The specimens from Dzhungarian Basin in Xinjiang, China, have noticeably larger size and somewhat paler colouration ( Figs 7, 8 ) than the western populations of C. gyulaii ( Figs 1–5 ). In the male genitalia ( Fig. 15 ), the apical part of left cucullus is almost rectangular, the vesica is much broader than that of C. gyulaii ; in the female genitalia ( Fig. 19 ), the antevaginal plate is broader. Considering the differences listed, the Chinese populations can represent a different subspecies of C. gyulaii , but it cannot be described here because of insufficient material and a high genital variability in the species group.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Caradrina spp., adults. 1, C. gyulaii, holotype male, Turkmenistan, Repetek (photo by P. Gyulai) (PGM); 2, C. gyulaii, paratype male of C. vargai, SE Kazakhstan, Prov. Almaty (photo by G. & L. Ronkay) (GRB); 3, C. gyulaii, male, SW Kazakhstan, Ustyurt Plateau (ZISP); 4, C. gyulaii, female, SE Kazakhstan, 150 km NE of Almaty (ZISP); 5, C. gyulaii, male, Uzbekistan, Karakalpakhstan, Takhtakupyr (ZISP); 6, C. fergana, female, Tajikistan, Kondara valley (ZISP); 7, C. gyulaii ssp., male, China, Xinjiang (AVB); 8, C. gyulaii ssp., female, China, Xinjiang (AVB).

FIGURES 15 – 20. Caradrina spp., male (15, 16) and female (17 – 20) genitalia. 15, C. gyulaii ssp., China, Xinjiang, slide AV 1322 Volynkin; 16, C. fergana, E Kazakhstan, slide AV 1548 Volynkin; 17, Caradrina gyulaii, paratype of C. vargai, slide Hacker 13497; 18, Caradrina gyulaii, Uzbekistan, Karakalpakhstan, Takhtakupyr, slide Matov 0414; 19, C. gyulaii ssp., paratype, China, Xinjiang, slide AV 1323 Volynkin; 20, C. fergana, E Kazakhstan, slide AV 1560 Volynkin.