Cidariplura luding, Wu & Owada & Wang, 2019

Wu, Shipher, Owada, Mamoru & Wang, Min, 2019, Review of Cidariplura Butler, 1879 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae). Part 1: the Cidariplura gladiata species complex, Zootaxa 4668 (4), pp. 489-502 : 494-496

Cidariplura luding sp. nov.

( Figs 13, 14 , 29 , 41 , 51 )

Type material. Holotype. ♂, China. Sichuan, Luding, Gangdong-wenquan , 8. VII. 2016, NSMT3279 ♂, in SCAU ( Fig. 13 ) . Paratypes (3♂ 4♀): The same collecting data as the holotype, 3♂ 3♀, NSMT3287 ♂, NSMT3320 ♂, NSMT3327 ♂, NSMT3280 ♀, NSMT3321 ♀, NSMT3328 ♀; Shimian, Caoke , 1,700 m, 1♀, 28. VII. 2017, NSMT3322 ♀, M. Wang et al. leg. ( SCAU and NSMT); Sichuan, Jiajingshan, 860 m, 2♂ 1♀, 5. VII. 2017, S. Wu leg. (temporally in ASIZ, will be transferred to IZCAS after article published)

Diagnosis. See diagnosis of Cidariplura nanling .

Description. Measurements. Forewing length 19–21 mm in males (n= 6); 17–18 mm in females (n= 5). Eye round; antenna ciliate, male with a pair of long bristles on each segment, length of bristle 2 X diameter of medial region of shaft. Head, all segments of thorax as well as femur, tibia and 1st tarsal segment chocolate brown. Labial palpus of males ( Fig. 29 ) and females as for Cidariplura nanling . Legs: male foretibial with presence of a spine at the apex. Forewing broad, slightly excurved, apex slightly protruded; ground coloration chocolate brown; white antemedial and postmedial lines slender, the former oblique, wave-like, the latter excurved outward at discal cell part; discocellular spot white, narrowed; outer margin white; marginal scales chocolate brown. Hindwing chocolate brown; postmedial line white; outer margin white; marginal scales chocolate brown. Abdomen brown, 8th segment unmodified. Male genitalia ( Fig. 41 )—Uncus broad, stout, apex hook-like. Tegumen and vinculum long, equal in length; saccus V-shaped. Valva trifurcate, costal process heavily sclerotized, curved ventrally at halfway point, distal portion of valva tongue-like, saccular process narrow, stout, nearly 0. 5 X shorter than distal portion of valva, covered with sparse hair tufts. Juxta plate-like, transtilla indistinct. Aedeagus stout, straight, nearly as long as valva; vesica densely scobinat, without cornutus. Female genitalia ( Fig. 51 )—Papillae anales membranous with short hair- like setae; both pairs of apophyses slender; ductus bursae nearly as long as corpus bursae, with a pair of broad lateral sclerites. Corpus bursae elliptical, nearly as long as ductus bursae, basal half part surrounded by dense internal spinose patch; ductus seminalis arising from lateral base of corpus bursae, broadened and coiled basally.

Distribution and phenology. China (Sichuan). The species is presumably univoltine and adults occur from June to July.

Etymology. Named after the type locality, noun in apposition.

Figures

FIGURE 1–22. Habitus of Cidariplura gladiata complex. 1. C. gladiata, male, NSMT3285, Honshu, Japan (NSMT); 2. Ditto, female, NSMT3286, Honshu, Japan (NSMT); 3. Ditto, male, NSMT3301, Iriomote Is., Japan (NSMT); 4. Ditto, female, NSMT3299, Ishigaki Is., Japan (NSMT); 5. Ditto, male, NSMT3289, Taiwan (NSMT); 6. Ditto, female, NSMT3290, Taiwan (NSMT); 7. Ditto, male, NSMT3295, Vietnam (NSMT); 8. Ditto, female, NSMT3296, Vietnam (NSMT); 9. Ditto, male, NSMT-MO169, Korea (NSMT); 10. Ditto, male, NSMT3294, Huangshan, Anhui (NSMT); 11. C. nanling sp. nov., male, holotype, NSMT3291, Nanling, Guangdong (SCAU); 12. Ditto, female, paratype, NSMT3292, Nanling, Guangdong (SCAU); 13. C. luding sp. nov., male, holotype, NSMT3279, Luding, Sichuan (SCAU); 14. Ditto, female, paratype, NSMT3280, Luding, Sichuan (SCAU); 15. C. maraho, male, holotype (TFRI); 16. Ditto, female, paratype, Taiwan (TFRI); 17. C. shanmeii, male, holotype, Taiwan (TFRI); 18. Ditto, female, paratype, Taiwan (TFRI); 19. C. hbun sp. nov., male, holotype, Taiwan (TFRI); 20. Ditto, female, paratype, Taiwan (TFRI); 21. Ditto, male, paratype, NSMT3303, Qiyunshan, Hunan (SCAU); 22. Ditto, female, paratype, NSMT3288, Jiulianshan, Guangdong (SCAU). Scale bar= 10 mm. Photos by Mamoru Owada (1–14, 19, 21, 22), Shipher Wu (15–18, 20).

FIGURE 23–33. Male labial palpus of Cidariplura gladiata complex (equal in scale). 23. C. gladiata, NSMT3285, Honshu, Japan (NSMT); 24. Ditto, Taiwan (TFRI); 25. Ditto, NSMT3295, Vietnam (NSMT); 26. Ditto, NSMT-MO169, Korea (NSMT); 27. Ditto, NSMT3301, Iriomote Is., Japan (NSMT); 28. C. shanmeii, paratype, Taiwan (TFRI); 29. C. luding sp. nov., holotype, NSMT3279, Luding, Sichuan (SCAU); 30. C. hbun sp. nov., paratype, Taiwan (TFRI); 31. C. nanling sp. nov., holotype, NSMT3291, Nanling, Guangdong (SCAU); 32. C. hbun, paratype, NSMT3303, Qiyunshan, Hunan (SCAU); 33. C. maraho, paratype, Taiwan (TFRI). Photos by Mamoru Owada (23, 25–27, 29, 31, 32), Shipher Wu (24, 28, 30, 33).

FIGURE 34–45. Male genitalia of Cidariplura gladiata complex (equal in scale). 34. C. gladiata, NSMT3285, Honshu, Japan (NSMT); 35. Ditto, NSMT3301, Iriomote Is., Japan (NSMT); 36. Ditto, NSMT3289, Taiwan (NSMT); 37. Ditto, NSMT3295, Vietnam (TFRI); 38. Ditto, NSMT-MO169, Korea (NSMT); 39. Ditto, NSMT3294, Huangshan, Anhui (NSMT); 40. C. nanling sp. nov., holotype, NSMT3291, Nanling, Guangdong (SCAU); 41. C. luding sp. nov., holotype, NSMT3279, Luding, Sichuan (SCAU); 42. C. maraho, holotype, TFRI147244, Taiwan (TFRI); 43. C. shanmeii, holotype, TFRI128721, Taiwan (TFRI); 44. C. hbun sp. nov., holotype, TFRI195178, Taiwan (TFRI); 45. Ditto, paratype, NSMT3303, Qiyunshan, Hunan (SCAU); Photos by Mamoru Owada (34–41, 44–45), Shipher Wu (42–43).

FIGURE 46–55. Female genitalia of Cidariplura gladiata complex (equal in scale). 46. C. gladiata, NSMT3286, Honshu, Japan (NSMT); 47. Ditto, NSMT3302, Iriomote Is., Japan (NSMT); 48. Ditto, NSMT3290, Taiwan (NSMT); 49. Ditto, NSMT3296, Vietnam (NSMT); 50. C. nanling sp. nov., paratype, NSMT3292, Nanling, Guangdong (SCAU); 51. C. luding sp. nov., paratype, NSMT3280, Luding, Sichuan (SCAU); 52. C. maraho, paratype, TFRI10165, Taiwan (TFRI); 53. C. shanmeii, paratype, TFRI153189, Taiwan (TFRI); 54. C. hbun sp. nov., paratype, TFRI160565, Taiwan (TFRI); 55. Ditto, paratype, NSMT3288, Jiulianshan, Guangdong (SCAU). Photos by Mamoru Owada (46–51, 55), Shipher Wu (52–54).