Lamellisphecia champaensis Kallies & Arita, 2004

Arita, Yutaka, Kallies, Axel & Yata, Naoki, 2019, A large hornet mimic clearwing moth of the genus Lamellisphecia Kallies & Arita 2004 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Nanling, Guangdong, southern China, Zootaxa 4706 (3), pp. 477-482 : 480

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4706.3.8
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5941165
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scientific name	Lamellisphecia champaensis Kallies & Arita, 2004
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Lamellisphecia champaensis Kallies & Arita, 2004 View in CoL

Figs 3, 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 10 View FIGURE 10 View FIGURES 1–8 View FIGURE 10

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Vietnam, Lam Dong Prov., Bao Loc, Dambri , ca. 850 m, 7.viii.2001, Y. Arita leg. ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–8 , NSMT) . Additional material: 2♂, same locality, 3.v.2003, Y. Arita leg. ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , NSMT) ; 2 ♂, Laos, Houapan Prov. , Xamneua Distr., Ban Saleui, 1350 m, 24.vi.2003, S. Nagai leg. ( NSMT) (1 ♂, genitalia examined, prep. AK871, Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ) .

This species was known only from the holotype ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 1–8 ). We can now report two additional specimens from Vietnam, collected at the type locality, and two specimens from Laos. The two additional specimen from Vietnam differ from the holotype by the more extensive yellow-orange marking of the abdomen, with tergite 3 being reddish orange and tergite 4 yellow-orange. The two specimens from Laos differ from the ones from Vietnam by having tergite 5 completely yellow-orange in addition to tergites 3 and 4 ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 1–8 ). Although this gives them a quite different appearance, they do not show additional distinctive features. We therefore believe that these specimens belong to L. champaensis as and suggest that the extent of yellow-orange markings on the abdomen alone is not suitable to separate different species.

References

Kallies, A. & Arita, Y. (2004) A survey of the clearwing moths of the tribe Sesiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Vietnam and adjacent countries with a synopsis of the Oriental Sesiini fauna. Tinea, 18, 65 - 95.

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FIGURE 10. Lamellisphecia champaensis, male, Laos. Fig. 11. Lamellisphecia wiangensis, male, Thailand.

FIGURES 1–8. South-east Asian Sesiini. 1–2. Lamellisphecia minwangi Arita & Kallies, sp. nov., male, holotype, China. 1. dorsal aspect. 2. ventral aspect. 3–4. Lamellisphecia champaensis, Vietnam. 3. male, holotype. 4. male. 5. Lamellisphecia wiangensis, male, holotype, Thailand. 6. Lamellisphecia haematinea, male, holotype, Thailand. 7. Aegerosphecia fumoptera, male, holotype, Vietnam. 8. A. fumoptera, female, paratype, Vietnam.

FIGURE 10. Lamellisphecia champaensis, male, Laos. Fig. 11. Lamellisphecia wiangensis, male, Thailand.