Zarcinia spec.

Mey, Wolfram, 2022, Taxonomic notes on Palearctic taxa of Galacticidae, a little-known family of Lepidoptera (Galacticoidea), Nota Lepidopterologica 45, pp. 169-190 : 169

Zarcinia spec.

Figs 16 , 48

Material.

1 ♀, Iran, 70 km south of Teheran, 1300 m, 5.v.1965, leg. [F.] Kasy & [A.] Vartian, genitalia slide Mey 25/21 ( NHMW) .

Remarks.

According to the genitalia, the single female represents an undescribed species. It mainly differs from Z. ghorella , Z. stshetkini sp. nov. and Z. walsinghami in the median position of the ostium bursae in the intersegmental membrane ventrally between segment VII and VIII. The abdominal segments are more melanised than in other species and especially the surface of sterna VI and VII have a rough surface formed by minute denticules (Fig. 48 ).

With only one female individual at hand, the species is not named and described here. More material including males should be collected in the area of the known locality, which would provide a more adequate basis for a species description.

Species incertae sedis

Figures

Figures 9 - 16. Adults of Zarcinia spp. 9 - 10. Z. ghorella (Amsel), holotype and label; 11 - 12. Z. stshetkini sp. nov., male holotype and label; 13 - 14. Z. walsinghami (Caradja), male paralectotype and label; 15. Z. stshetkini sp. nov., female, Afghanistan; 16. Zarcinia sp., female, Iran (photos by W. Mey).

Figures 36 - 48. Female genitalia of Zarcinia spp., 36 - 38. Z. ghorella (Amsel), holotype; 36. Lateral; 37. Ventral; 38. Segment VII, dorsal; 39 - 41. Z. stshetkini sp. nov.; 39. Ventral; 40. Lateral; 41. segment VII, dorsal; 42 - 44. Z. walsinghami (Caradja), Kzyl-Orda; 42. Lateral; 43. Ventral; 44. Segment VII, dorsal; 45 - 47. Z. nigrosignatella (Chretien); 45. Ventral; 46. Lateral; 47. Segment VII, dorsal; 48. Zarcinia sp., Iran, ventral view.