Pseudodolbina, Jordan, 1926

Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Yan, Ming, Wang, Jia-Xin & Hu, Shao-Ji, 2024, Review of the genus Pseudodolbina Rothschild, 1894, with the description of a new species from Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Zootaxa 5523 (4), pp. 423-436 : 429-431

Pseudodolbina fo celator Jordan, 1926 [ma天ḙxḛ亚ª]

( Figures 7–9 )

Pseudodolbina fo celator Jordan, 1926; Novit. Zool., 33: 379; TL: “Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh ” [Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, N.W. India]’.

Diagnosis. Male ( Figure 7A–B ): Similar to the nominotypical subspecies, but smaller and darker. Black zigzag lines and black patch lines on the forewing upperside smoother and less obvious, but still recognizable.

Female ( Figure 8A–B ): Similar to male, but wings broader and ground pattern slightly darker, antenna much more slender than male.

Male genitalia ( Figure 10A–G ): Similar to those of P. fo fo, but harpe of sacculus shorter and thicker, with second ventral tooth close to apex. Phallus shorter and transverse hook of anterior lobe slender than that of P. fo fo.

Distribution. N.W. India (Uttarankhand, Himachal Pradesh), N. Pakistan ( Figure 16 ).

Figures

FIGURE 7. HOLOTYPE of Pseudodolbina fo celator, male, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. Photo by Alessandro Giusti, NHMUK. (A) Upperside; (B) underside; (C) labels. Scale bar = 10 mm. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

FIGURE 8. PARATYPE of Pseudodolbina fo celator, male, Masuri, Uttaranchal, India. Photo by Alessandro Giusti, NHMUK. (A) Upperside; (B) underside; (C) labels. Scale bar = 10 mm. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

FIGURE 9. PARATYPE of Pseudodolbina fo celator, female, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India. Photo by Alessandro Giusti, NHMUK. (A) Upperside; (B) underside; (C) labels. Scale bar = 10 mm. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

FIGURE 10. Male genitalia of Pseudodolbina fo celator, PARATYPE, Masuri, Uttaranchal, India. Photo by Alessandro Giusti, NHMUK. (A) Lateral view; (B) Right valve; (C) Left valve; (D) Phallus; (E) Anterior lobe of the process; (F) Sacculus of the right valve; (G) Sacculus of the left valve. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

FIGURE 16. Distribution of species of genus Pseudodolbina. The blue dots indicate records of P. f. fo, the red dots indicate records of P. f. celator, the orange dots indicate records of P. aequalis, and the green dot indicates the type locality of P. yunnana sp. nov..