Dodia albertae Dyar

Schmidt, Christian & Macaulay, Douglas, 2009, A new species of Dodia Dyar (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from central Canada, ZooKeys 9 (9), pp. 79-88 : 81-83

Dodia albertae Dyar

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Dodia albertae Dyar, 1901: 85 .

Hypocrita atra A. Bang-Haas, 1912: 109 .

Hyperborea kozhantshikovi Sheljuzhko, 1918: 104 .

Dodia albertae eudiopta Tshistjakov, 1988: 638 , fig. 5; subspecies.

Type material. Dodia albertae – Type locality: “Calgary, Alberta, [ Canada], head of Pine Creek.” Male lectotype designated by Tshistjakov and Lafontaine (1984), USNM type No. 5747 [USNM, photograph examined] .

Hipocrita atra – Type locality: “Arasagun-gol (Sajan)” according to original description, label on lectotype reads “Arasagun-go / Sajan” [ Sayan Mountain range , Mongolia]. Male lectotype designated by Tshistjakov and Lafontaine (1984) [ZMHB, photograph examined]. Note – Hipocrita is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Hypocrita Hübner, [1807] .

Hyperborea kozhantshikovi – Type locality: “in montes Dzhugdzhuz [Dzhugdzhur], ad flum. Dzhelinda” [Dzhugdzhur Mountains, Dzhelinda River, eastern Siberia; near the head of the Aldan River according to Tschistjakov (1988)]. Described from 1 male and 1 female syntype; male lectotype (and four paralectotypes) designated by Tshistjakov and Lafontaine (1984) [ ZIN, genitalia slide no. 15,191; not examined]. Since only one male was included in the original type material, it is not clear which if any of the lectotype designations are valid. We follow Tschistjakov’s (1988) synonymy; he examined a genitalic preparation of the lectotype in his review of Palaearctic specimens of D. albertae , and treated kozhantshikovi as a synonym of D. albertae albertae .

Dodia albertae eudiopta Tshistjakov, 1988 – Type locality: [ Olenek River between lower Tomba and Alakit River, Russia]. Holotype male [ ZIN; not examined]. The diagnosis and genitalic illustration of this taxon in the original description clearly show that it is more closely allied to D. albertae than to the new species described below.

Diagnosis. See species key, and diagnosis of D. tarandus .

Distribution and biology. Dodia albertae is widely distributed across the northern hemisphere in wet subarctic and subalpine tundra and boreal peat bog habitats ( Fig. 9 ). In Eurasia it occurs from the Sayan Mountains eastward to eastern Siberia. In North America, it is distributed from the Yukon eastward to Labrador ( Fig. 8 ).

Figures

Figure 4. Male genitalia of D. albertae, ventral view of genital capsule (a) (Calgary, AB) and variation in valve apex (b – Caribou Mtns, AB; c – Muskox Lake, YT)

Figure 8. Distribution of examined specimens of D. albertae and D. tarandus.

Figure 9. Habitat of D. albertae and D. tarandus, showing typical wet peat bog habitat near Wentzel Lake, Caribou Mountains, Alberta. Dominant vegetation consists of Eriophorum sp. (left foreground), Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP, Ledum sp., Kalmia sp. and Spaghnum sp.

Figures 1-2. Adult habitus of Dodia albertae (1) (Ft. McMurray, AB) and D. tarandus holotype (2) (Caribou Mtns, AB).

Figures 6-7. Aedeagus with inflated vesica of D. albertae (6) and D. tarandus (7).