Pseudodolbina yunnana, Jiang & Yan & Wang & Hu, 2024

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 : 432-433

Pseudodolbina yunnana sp. nov. [云南ma天ḙ]

( Figures 13–15 )

Material examined. CHINA: HOLOTYPE, ♂, Gulin Qing (1500 m), Maguan County, Yunnan, China, 12-V-2024, Jin-Xiang Xiang-Jin Liu leg. [ JZHC] ; PARATYPES, 2♂♂, same data as the holotype .

Diagnosis. Male ( Figures 13A–D ): Very similar to P. fo, but upperside of body and wings dark with an olive green hue. Yellow spots on lateral side of abdomen much reduced ( Figure 14 ) compared to those of P. fo. Forewing upperside black zigzag lines in the medial area slightly wider and darker than those of P. fo.

Female: Unknown.

Male genitalia ( Figure 15A–D ): Similar to those of P. aequalis and P. fo celator but: uncus not too longer than gnathos; valva tongue shaped and more slender; sacculus longer; harpe similar to P. fo celator in having a longer, upcurved upper lobe and a shorter, triangular ventral lobe. Phallus shorter and thicker than that of P. aequalis , transverse hook of anterior lobe longer and curved obliquely than in P. fo celator.

Distribution. China (S.E. Yunnan) ( Figure 16 ).

Biological notes. Like P. fo fo, this species was also collected in high elevation broad-leaf evergreen forest and was attracted to light at night ( Figure 17 ).

Figures

FIGURE 13. Habitus of Pseudodolbina yunnana sp. nov. (A–B) HOLOTYPE, male, Gulin Qing, Maguan County, Yunnan, China; (C–D) PARATYPE, male, Gulin Qing, Maguan County, Yunnan, China. Scale bar = 10 mm.

FIGURE 14. Lateral view of abdomen from Pseudodolbina yunnana sp. nov. (A) HOLOTYPE, male, Gulin Qing, Maguan County, Yunnan, China; (B) PARATYPE, male, ditto.

FIGURE 15. Male genitalia of Pseudodolbina yunnana sp. nov., Gulin Qing, Maguan County, Yunnan, China. (A) Lateral view; (B). Left valve; (C) Phallus; (D) Anterior lobe of the process.

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..

FIGURE 17. Habitats of Pseudodolbina species from China. A. Motuo County, Xizang, China; B. Maguan County, Yunnan, China.