Thyatira hedemanni, Christoph, 1885

Mironov, Vladimir G. & Zolotuhin, Vadim V., 2019, Types of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in the collection of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Zootaxa 4615 (1), pp. 145-154 : 147

hedemanni Christoph, 1885

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Thyatira Hedemanni Christoph, 1885 , Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 2: 24, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Type locality: [ Georgia] ”de Lagodekhi… à Helenendorf et Koussari” [Lagodekhi after the lectotype] .

Present status: Thyatira hedemanni Christoph, 1885 : Thyatirini .

Taxonomic remarks: Can be confused in nature with a dark montane form phaea Dannehl, 1926, of Thyatira batis (Linnaeus, 1758) which has shorter and wider fore wings.

Nomenclatural notes: The specimens were collected by L. Mlokossewitsch (who was a forester in Lagodekhi) “en grande quantité de Lagodekhi … en Mai, Juin et Août”, and several specimens were attracted to a lamp “à Helenendorf et Koussari” by H. Leder. All of them should therefore be considered original syntypes of Thyatira hedemanni Christoph, 1885 . Of these, only 6 are found in ZISP ; it is known that part of H. Christoph’s collection had been sold, exchanged or presented by himself to different European collections. The most famous among them are the Museums of Germany ( ZMHU in Berlin) and of England ( NHML) .

A specimen from Lagodekhi in the coll. of NHML was designated lectotype of Thyatira hedemanni Christoph, 1885 , by László & al. (2007: 46). This was a male apparently hatched on 21[.]12[.][18]85: this date is later than the date of publication of the corresponding volume of Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères (Band 2) in which the taxon description was published. From the dates, this specimen cannot be part of the original type series and therefore this designation is invalid. We are therefore correcting the situation under articles 74.2 and 74.1 of the Code by designating the lectotype of the taxon here. We choose a specimen in fine condition (coll. ZISP: cabinet 217/drawer 5) which is supplied with the following labels: a small blue circle without any inscription, a small quadrat (so called a Christoph’s label) with wide black frame and Christoph’s inscription in black ink « ♂ | Lagod.» and«22 6 80 | Mlok» on the reverse, and a white rectangle with a printed text «Колл. Вел. Кн. | НиколаЯ | Михайловича» [“Collection of the Grand Duke Nikolay Mikhailovich”]. The specimen is actually a female (tip of ovipositor is visible, and it bears two dried eggs) although Christoph treated it as a male, and is supplied with a red lectotype label and corresponding text: “ Lectotypus ♀ ” and inscription: “ Thyatira | hedemanni Chr. | Design. V.G. Mironov | et V. V. Zolotuhin, 2019”. Another 5 syntypes (3♂♂ and 2♀♀ from Lagodekhi) kept in the same cabinet drawer 6 are designated paralecto- types of the taxon. They all have the same kind of labels and were collected on 4.6.79, 14.4.79, 10.7.82 (♂♂) and 7.5.80 and 22.5.80 (♀♀) according to the inscriptions on the reverses of the labels.

Figures

FIGURES 1–23. Types of Thyatirinae. 1, holotype of Cymatophora albicostata Bremer, 1861 (ZISP); 2, its reproduction from Mémoires de l’Académie impériale des sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 8(1): pl. 5, fig. 6; 3, lectotype of Cymatophora octogesima var. caucasica Krulikowsky, 1901 (ZMKU: courtesy I. Kostjuk); 4, lectotype of Gonophora dieckmanni Graeser, 1888 (ZISP); 5, correct lectotype of Thyatira hedemanni Christoph, 1885 (ZISP); 6, its reproduction from the original description (pl. 2, fig. 3); 7, holotype of Thyatira derasa var. intermedia Bremer, [1864] (ZISP); 8, holotype of Tethea ocularis ssp. opa Zolotuhin, 1997 (ZISP); 9, lectotype of Thyatira moellendorfi Fixsen, 1887 (ZISP); 10—its reproduction from the original description (pl. 15, fig. 12); 11, false lectotype of Asphalia nigrofascicula Graeser, 1888 (NHML); 12, correct lectotype of A. nigrofascicula Graes. (ZISP); 13, so-called ‘type’ of Cymatophora tancrei Graeser, 1888, from ZMHU; 14, labels of C. tancrei enlarged and cover page of the publication issue; 15, false holotype of Cymatophora or var. terrosa Graeser, 1888 (ZMHU); 16, correct lectotype of C. or var. terrosa Graes. (ZISP); 17, lectotype of Thyatira violacea Fixsen, 1887 (ZISP); 18, its reproduction from the original description (pl. 15, fig. 11); 19, paratype of Nothoploca nigripunctata ssp. zolotarenkoi Dubatolov, 1987 (ZISP); 20, holotype of Cymatophora trifolium Alphéraky, 1895 (ZISP); 21, lectotype of Thyatira opalescens Alphéraky, 1897 (ZISP); 22, its reproduction from the original description (pl. 9, fig. 7); 23, location of Pung-Tung village on the map by Fixsen (1887).