Aegerosphecia fumoptera 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 : 482

Aegerosphecia fumoptera Kallies & Arita, 2004

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Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Vietnam, Vinh Phu Prov. , Tam Dao, 1100 m, 3.vi.1997, Y. Arita leg. ( Fig. 7 , NSMT) . Paratype: 1 ♀, same locality, 3.v.1994, H. Karube leg. ( Fig. 8 , NSMT) .

This species was described from several specimens collected in Northern Vietnam. We figure it here due to its superficial similarity to species of Lamellisphecia , including L. minwangi sp. nov.

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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.