Ancylosis rhodochrella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)

Bidzilya, Oleksiy, Budashkin, Yuriy, Slamka, František, Tsvetkov, Eugene & Yepishin, Viktor, 2020, Notes on taxonomy and distribution of some Palaearctic Ancylosis Zeller, 1839 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), Zootaxa 4822 (4), pp. 451-481 : 467-468

Ancylosis rhodochrella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852)

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Myelois rhodochrella Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 — Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, pl. 21, fig. 151 (vol. 4, 1852), p. 147 (vol. 6, 1855). TL: Amasia, Turkey.

Type material examined. Holotype of rhodochrella : ♀, “ Amasia, coll Lederer” | “GP 1791 FS 2017” [ František Slamka ] ( MfN).

Additional material examined. Spain: 1 ♀, Mardin ( SMNK) . Russia: 8 ♂, 1 ♀, Orenburg reg., Akbulak distr., Pokrovka vill., 16.vi.2019 ; 1 ♂, Volgograd reg., Kletsk distr., Savushkin 3 km W, 2.vi.2016 (all ET) . Georgia : 1 ♂, Caucasus Tiflis E. Koenig; 1 ♀, Eldar, po Iop Sitnah. u., Tifl. g. Mlokospv. 25.v.96 ; 1 ♀, Eldar , coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich; 1 ex (abdomen missing), Nasar lebi, coll. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich. Turkey: 1 ♀, Pont, coll. Wocke ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Pontus; 1 ♂, Pont , coll. Erschov (all ZIN) ; 1 ♀, Asia minor, Tuz Gölli, Nordufer , 20.vii.1970 (Friedel) (gen. slide 94/19, O. Bidzilya) ( SMNK) .

Remarks. Myelois rhodochrella was described based on single female from Amasia ( Turkey). Two specimens (male and female) from Amasia bear the labels “coll. Lederer” (coll. MfN), but they are not designated as “types”. We suggest a holotype is a female in accordance to Herrich-Schäffer’s description. The Roesler’s designation (1973: 424) a male from Lambese [ Algeria] as type of M. rhodochrella is incorrect. The species was recently re-diagnosed and the genitalia of both sexes were illustrated ( Bidzilya et al. 2019: 451, figs 22, 31a, 32b, 45, 71).

Distribution. The species is known with certainty from Spain, Algeria, Russia (Volgograd and Orenburg regions), Georgia (first record), Turkey and Iran ( Roesler 1973).

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FIGURES 44–58. Ancylosis spp., adults. 44–49. A. delicatella. 44. HT of ciliella, Iran, Keredj, ♂ (gen. slide GU 3614A; R.M. prep. 2870, NHRS-TOBI000004586; Photographed by Tobias Malm, © 2019 Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; original photo cropped). 45. PT of ciliella, Iran, Keredj, ♀ (NHRS-TOBI000004587; Photographed by Tobias Malm, © 2019 Naturhistor- iska riksmuseet; original photo cropped). 46. Russia, Sarepta, ♀ (gen. slide 52/19, O. Bidzilya). 47. Russia, Sarepta, ♂ (gen. slide 51/19, O. Bidzilya). 48. Afghanistan, Pol-i-Charchi, ♀ (gen. slide 113/19, O. Bidzilya). 49. Afghanistan, Herat, ♂ (gen. slide 107/19, O. Bidzilya). 50–55. A. larissae. 50. Afghanistan, Paghman, ♂ (gen. slide 339/19, O. Bidzilya). 51. Afghanistan, Paghman, ♀ (gen. slide 340/19, O. Bidzilya). 52. PT of unicolorella, Mongolia, ♀ (gen. slide 294/19, O. Bidzilya). 53. PT of unicolorella, Mongolia, ♂ (gen. slide 116/19, O. Bidzilya). 54. China, Ningxia, ♂ (gen. slide 370/19, O. Bidzilya). 55. China, Ningxia, ♂. 56, 57. A. hellenica. 56. E Afghanistan, Sarobi, ♂ (gen. slide 95/19, O. Bidzilya). 57. Turkey, Kizilirmak, ♀ (gen. slide 115/19, O. Bidzilya). 58. A. rhodochrella, Turkey, Gürün, ♂ (gen. slide 333/19, O. Bidzilya).

FIGURES 59–66. Ancylosis spp., male genitalia and sternum VIII. 59–62. A. delicatella. 59. Russia, Sarepta (gen. slide 51/19, O. Bidzilya). 60. HT of ciliella, Iran, Keredj, ♂ (gen. slide GU 3614A; B.M. prep. 2870, NHRS-TOBI000004586; Photographed by Tobias Malm, © 2019 Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; original photo cropped; composed from two photographs). 61. NE Iran, (gen. slide 356/19, O. Bidzilya). 62. Afghanistan, Gulbahar (gen. slide 90/19, O. Bidzilya). 63, 64. A. larissae. 63. Afghanistan, 10 km NW Kabul (gen. slide 331/19, O. Bidzilya). 64. China, Ningxia (gen. slide 370/19, O. Bidzilya). 65. A. rhodochrella, Turkey, Gürün (gen. slide 333/19, O. Bidzilya). 66. A. hellenica, Turkey (gen. slide 130.19, V. Yepishin).