Gandhara ( Cragandhara ) khasia (Volynkin, 2023), 2024

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2024, On the status of the genus-group name Cragandhara Volynkin with description of a new species from Thailand and Laos (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 78, pp. 25-33 : 29-33

Gandhara ( Cragandhara) khasia (Volynkin, 2023) , comb. n.

( Figs 4–6 , 16 , 17 , 21 )

Cragandhara himalaya Volynkin, 2023 , Ecologica Montenegrina , 69: 90, figs 3, 11 ( Type locality: “[NE India, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills] Khasis ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 4 , 16 ): male, [NE India, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills] “Khasis, | Feb. 1897. | Nat. Coll.” / “ Rothschild | Bequest | B.M. 1939-1.” / QR- code label with unique ID “ NHMUK010292439 ” | “Slide | NHMUK0104331715 ” ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined. INDIA: 2 males, 1 female , [ Meghalaya, Khasi Hills] Khasis, Nat. Coll. / Doncaster private coll. Purch. 1927, gen. prep. Nos.: AV7582 ♂, AV7583 ♀ and AV7584 ♂ ( OUMNH) .

Diagnosis of the female. The forewing length is 11.0 mm (vs. 11.5–12.0 mm in males). The female of G. ( C.) khasia is externally similar to G. ( C.) himalaya and the reliable identification requires the examination of the genitalia structures, which in G. ( C.) khasia have a narrower antrum with a more plicate ventral gelatinous margin, a proximally narrower postero-lateral sclerotised pocket of the corpus bursae, and a shorter and broader anterior section of the corpus bursae with a smaller signum, than the corresponding structures of G. ( C.) himalaya .

The comparison with G. ( C.) riparia sp. n. is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species. Distribution. Northeast India ( Meghalaya).

Figures

Figures 1–8. Adults of Gandhara (Cragandhara) spp. Depositories of the specimens: 1 in MWM/ZSM (ex CKC); 2 and 3 in CKC; 4, 7 and 8 in NHMUK; 5 and 6 in OUMNH.

Figures 13–16. Male genitalia of Gandhara (Cragandhara) spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 13 in MWM/ZSM (ex CKC); 14 in CKC; 15 and 16 in NHMUK.

Figures 17–19. Male genitalia of Gandhara (Cragandhara) (17) and G. (Gandhara) (18, 19) spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 17 and 18 in OUMNH; 19 in MWM/ZSM.

Figures 20–24. Female genitalia of Gandhara (Cragandhara) (20–22) and G. (Gandhara) (23, 24) spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 20 in NHMUK; 21 in OUMNH; 22 in CKC; 23 and 24 in MWM/ZSM.