Nychiodes antiquaria Staudinger, 1892

Wanke, Dominic, Hausmann, Axel, Krogmann, Lars, Petrányi, Gergely & Rajaei, Hossein, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the genus Nychiodes Lederer, 1853 (Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini) with description of three new species-an integrative approach, Zootaxa 4812 (1), pp. 1-61 : 19-20

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Nychiodes antiquaria Staudinger, 1892 View in CoL

( figs 28–34, 100, 101 View FIGURES 96-102 , 134 View FIGURES 127-134 ; map 2)

Nychiodes antiquaria Staudinger, 1892 View in CoL . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 5, 171. Syntypes 1♂ 2 ♀ ([ Central Asia ]: Namangan , Margelan, Samarkand) (in MNHU, examined).

Phthonandria confusa Warren, 1902 View in CoL . Novitates zoologicae: a journal of zoology in connection with the Tring Museum 9, 367. Holotype ♂ ([ Pakistan]: Chitral). Regarded as a junior synonym by Wehrli 1929c.

Nychiodes antiquarius . Incorrect subsequent spelling in Viidalepp, 1996. Checklist of the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) View in CoL of the former U.S. S.R. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 111 pp.

Type material examined. Lectotype (herewith designated), ♀, Origin, [ Uzbekistan], Margelan, g.prep. 0227/2019 D. Wanke ; Paralectotype (herewith designated), 1 ♂, Typus , Origin, [ Uzbekistan], Namangan, [18]84, [last segments of abdomen with genitalia missing]; all in MNHU .

Additional material studied: 106 ♂, 39 ♀ (see appendix).

Diagnosis. Wingspan ♂ 33–45 mm, ♀ 37–46 mm (forewing length ♂ 18–25 mm, ♀ 20–26 mm) ( figs 28–34). Ground colour of wings highly variable from bright yellow and light brown to darker brown ( figs 28–34), easily confused with many other Nychiodes species. However, unique male and female genitalia ( figs 100, 101 View FIGURES 96-102 ) of N. antiquaria and its distribution pattern (only in most eastern part of Central Asia) differentiate this species from all other congeners.

Male genitalia slightly variable (also within populations), but always showing a similar ground plan, characterized by the apical part of costa of valva, exceeding apex of valva ( fig. 100 View FIGURES 96-102 ). This pattern is similar to that of N. rayatica , N. convergata sp. nov. and N. eberti sp. nov., but all these species differ in the character combination of the ampulla superior and inferior (see figs 100 View FIGURES 96-102 , 105 View FIGURES 103-107 , 120–124 View FIGURES 120-126 ). Moreover, the aedeagus of N. antiquaria is characteristically long and the length of the cornutus is longer than half length of aedeagus. In female genitalia ( fig. 134 View FIGURES 127-134 ), N. antiquaria has a characteristically large corpus bursae compared with that of N. subfusca , but these two species can be diagnosed based on the length of apophyses anteriores ( figs 134 View FIGURES 127-134 , 136 View FIGURES 135-144 ).

Phenology. Flying from May to September.

Biology. Unknown.

Habitat. In altitudes from 550 up to 2350 m.

Distribution. Distributed in south-eastern Uzbekistan, western Tajikistan, in the north to western Kyrgyzstan and south-eastern Kazakhstan, in the south to eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan (new record for the fauna of Pakistan) (map 2). Wehrli (1929c) stated a distribution also in northern India and Kashmir, but we had no material to confirm this hypothesis.

DNA barcoding. Nearest species (minimum pairwise distances): N. subfusca (5.4%) and N. admirabila (5.8%) ( fig. 145 View FIGURE 145 ).