Dichagyris contermina melanographa, Tang & Zhang & Guo & Luo & Jiang & Pan, 2023

Tang, Jin, Zhang, Gongaote, Guo, Junqi, Luo, Lingxuan, Jiang, Jiamei & Pan, Hongbo, 2023, Contributions To The Taxonomy And Biogeography Of The Genus Dichagyris (Subg. Dichagyris) Lederer, 1867 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae) Ii. The Review Of The D. Forficula Species Group, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 69 (3), pp. 265-301 : 294-295

Dichagyris contermina melanographa ssp. n.

http://zoobank.org/ B3EC2759-0B0A-4688-98BF-73F6CEAAC041 ( Figs 39–40 )

Holotype: male, “ 24.V.1963 | SW-Iran, Berge O v. Kasri Shirin | Kasy & Vartian”

(coll. NHMW). Paratypes. Iran. 6 specimens, with same data as holotype (coll. NHMW) .

Diagnosis. Both sexes are on average smaller (30–31 mm) and more contrastingly patterned than the typical D. contermina from Turkey and Syria. Ground colour of head, thorax and forewings is deep ochreous brown, generally without reddish shine. The crosslines are deep brown, in males medially obsolescent, strongly crenulate. The reniform and orbicular stigmata are lighter ochreous, diffusely defined only. The most conspicuous trait of the new subspecies is that the basal and subterminal fields are much darker than the medial area. Hindwings are light ochreous-brown, whitish basally and with a diffused deeper brown stripe marginally.

The genitalia of both sexes do not differ from those of the typical subspecies.

1884), Turkmenistan, Kopet-Dagh , slide No.: VZ9984 f. 72–73 = D. forficula pseudoturana ssp. n., paratypes: 72 = Afghanistan, Paghman Mts , slide No.: VZ11651 f; 73 = Pakistan, Quetta,

slide No.: VZ 11642f

Figures

Figs 33–40. Dichagyris spp. 33–35 =D. furiosa kugitanga ssp. n., Turkmenistan, Kugitang Tau: 33 = holotype, male; 34–35 = paratype, males. 36–38 = D. contermina (Corti, 1929): 36 = holotype of Dichagyris wolfi Hacker, 1986, male, Turkey, Prov. Mardin; 37 = male, Turkey, Prov. Urfa, Halfeti; 38 = female, Turkey, Prov. Urfa, Halfeti. 39–40 = Dichagyris contermina melanographa ssp. n., Iran, Zagros Mts, Kasri-Shirin: 39 = holotype, male; 40 = paratype, female