Tarika annapurna, Volynkin & Saldaitis & Černý & Huang, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2023, Taxonomic review of the genus Tarika Moore with descriptions of six new species from Nepal, China and Indochina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 5258 (3), pp. 285-300 : 288

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.3.3

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7780243

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D1EADA02-EADA-40FC-A36A-823D52AA7339

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:D1EADA02-EADA-40FC-A36A-823D52AA7339

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Tarika annapurna
status

sp. nov.

Tarika annapurna View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 19 View FIGURES 17–19 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 4 View FIGURES 1–8 , 19 View FIGURES 17–19 ): male, “ Nepal, Annapurna Himal | between Nangethanti and | Ghorepani, 2600 m, 83°42,5′E | 28°23,5′N, 24.VII.1995, leg. | Gy. M. László & G. Ronkay ” / “Slide | ZSM Arct. | 2021-226♁ | A. Volynkin ” ( MWM / ZSM). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 18.0 mm in the male holotype. Tarika annapurna sp. n. differs from the other species known to occur in the Himalayas, T. varana in the somewhat narrower male forewing with a slightly less convex anal margin. The male genital capsules of the two species display no remarkable differences and the main diagnostic features are found in the vesica structure. Compared to T. varana , the largest spiniform cornuti in the subbasal cluster of the new species are thinner, the medial diverticulum bears a markedly larger cornutus, and the distal diverticulum is significantly longer and broader and bearing a serrulate plate apically whereas it is apically membranous in T. varana .

The female is unknown.

Distribution. Central Nepal (Gandaki Province).

Etymology. The specific epithet is homonymic of Annapurna mountain range, from where the new species is known. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

SubFamily

Arctiinae

Genus

Tarika

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