Atrovirensis pedibus Gyulai, Ronkay

Han, H. L., Pan, Z. H. & Kononenko, V. S., 2016, A review of the genus Atrovirensis Kononenko, 2001 with description of four new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae, Apameini), Zootaxa 4088 (2), pp. 201-220 : 212

Atrovirensis pedibus Gyulai, Ronkay & Wu, 2013

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Atrovirensis pedibus Gyulai, Ronkay & Wu, 2013, Fibigeriana supplement: 1: 126, Pl. 39:9–12; gen. fig. 5, 6. Type-locality: China, Prov. Hubei. Holotype: HNHM.

Diagnosis. Adult ( Fig. 5 ). Wingspan 31–34 mm. This species is close to A. atrovirens and A. parannamita but differs by smaller size (31–34 mm), generally darker colouration and details of wing pattern. Male genitalia ( Fig. 25 ). In the male genitalia, it differs from the related species by narrower valva with less tapered narrower and more rounded cucullus and more rounded lobe of sacculus. It well differs from all congeners by the shape and size of the large broad-based cornutus of the vesica, neck-like constricted in medial part with terminal section dilated, appearing as a paw-like asymmetrical extension with apical U-shaped submedial incision; the medial diverticulum of the vesica is the largest among the allied species, bearing six terminal cornuti on the wide basal plate. Female genitalia ( Fig. 39 ). The female genitalia of A. pedibus differ conspicuously from those of A. atrovirens by their trapezoid, anteriorly broader and more sclerotised antrum, longer, tubular ductus bursae, the enlarged posterior section of corpus bursae and the presence of four short, ribbon-like signa. A. pedibus differs from the other related species by its about twice larger conical papillae anales, less rounded shape of antrum and much broader shape of corpus bursae.

Distribution. China (Prov. Hubei).

Note. Three paratypes of A. pedibus referred by Gyulai et al. (2013) as “3 females, Autonomous region Xizang (Tibet), Hanmi–Motuo, 2100 m, 18–28.vii.2005, leg. H. Huang, D.K. Zhou & L. Tang (coll. NEFU) have been examined by authors only by photographs of adults, without dissection. In fact these specimens belong to A. parannamita (genit. preps HHL-2927-2; HHL-2928-2; 2929-2) and included here to the type series of the former.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 15. Atrovirensis spp., adults. 1. A. atrovirens, Nepal (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 2. A. annamita, HT, Vietnam (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 3. A. parannamita sp. n., male HT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2930 - 1; 4. A. parannamita sp. n., female PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2906 - 2; 5. A. pedibus, HT, China, Prov. Hubei (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 6. A. sp. cf. A. parannamita, male, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2907 - 1; 7. A. sinica, HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. ZFMK 1624; 8. A. owadai, Prov. Guangdong, HT, China (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 9. A. taiwani, HT, Taiwan (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 10. A. furcatus sp. n., male HT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2921 - 1; 11. A. furcatus sp. n., female PT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2919 - 2; 12. A. sp. cf. furcatus, male, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2918 - 1; 13. A. sp. cf. furcatus, female, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2909 - 2; 14. A. sacculatus sp. n., male HT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2910 - 1; 15. A. sacculatus sp. n., male PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2908 - 1.

FIGURES 24 – 26. Atrovirensis spp., male genitalia. 24. A. parannamita sp. n., HT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2930 - 1; 25. A. pedibus. HT, China, Prov. Hubei, genit. prep. PG 3086 (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 26. A. sp. cf. A. parannamita HT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2907 - 1.

FIGURES 36 – 44. Atrovirensis spp., female genitalia. 36. A. atrovirens, Nepal, genit. prep. RL 10874; 37. A. annamita, Vietnam, PT, genit. prep. RL 10894; 38. A. parannamita sp. n., PT, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2906 - 2; 39. A. pedibus, PT, China, Prov. Hubei, GYP 3329; 40. A. sp. cf. A. parannamita, China, Aut. Reg. Xizang, genit. prep. HHL- 2925 - 2; 41. A. owadai, PT, China, Guangdong, genit. prep. W 023 (after Gyulai et al. 2013); 42. A. owadai, PT, China, Prov. Guangdong, genit. prep. HHL- 2913 - 2; 43. A. furcatus sp. n., PT, China, Prov. Guangdong, HHL- 2919 - 2; 44. A. sp. cf. furcatus, China, Prov. Guangdong, HHL- 2909 - 2.