Burmanyctycia naumanni, Benedek & Volynkin & Babics & Saldaitis, 2021

Benedek, Balázs, Volynkin, Anton V., Babics, János & Saldaitis, Aidas, 2021, Burmanyctycia, a new genus for a new species from north-western Myanmar with notes on closely related genera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae: Xylenini), Zootaxa 5061 (1), pp. 167-176 : 171

Burmanyctycia naumanni sp. n.

( Figs 1, 2 , 15, 16 , 23 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 1 , 15 ): male, Myanmar (West), Chin State, ca. 4 km W Thaing Gnin village , N23°12.102’, E93°48.112’, 2100m, 4–5.XI.2015, leg. Loeffler & Naumann, gen. prep. No.: JB2398 (BBT).

Paratypes: 1 male, 3 females, the same data as in the holotype, gen. prep. Nos.: JB2398, JB2399 (males), JB2420, JB2425, (females) (BBT) .

Diagnosis: see the diagnosis for the genus.

Description: see the description of the genus.

Distribution. Known only from the Chin Hills in Chin State, north-western Myanmar.

Etymology. The new species is named after Dr Stefan Naumann (Berlin, Germany), an expert in Saturniidae taxonomy and one of the collectors of the type series.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Xylenina spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 1 and 2 in BBT; 3–8 in HNHM (photo by B. Tóth).

FIGURES 15–18. Xylenina spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens: 15 and 16 in BBT; 17 and 18 in HNHM (photo by B. Tóth).

FIGURES 23–28. Xylenina spp.: female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens: 23, 26 and 27 in BBT; 24, 25 and 28 in HNHM (photo by B. Tóth).