Drasteria flexuosa mongolica ( Staudinger, 1896 ), 2019

Yu, Alexey & Korb, Stanislav K., 2019, A revision of the genus Drasteria of Central Asia and Kazakhstan with special attention to the adjacent areas (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), Zootaxa 4673 (1), pp. 1-104 : 69

Drasteria flexuosa mongolica ( Staudinger, 1896)

(= D. pulverosa Wiltschire, 1969 , syn. n.; = D. pulverosa intermedia Ronkay, 1983 , syn. n.) ( Figs. 178–186 (imago), 260, 261 (male genitalia), 291 (female genitalia))

Staudinger, 1896: 269 ( Leucanitis Flexuosa Mén. var. (Mongolica Stgr.)). Type locality: “vom Sagasin-Gol” (by the original description).

Type material. Holotype (by monotypy) ( Figs. 178–180 ), labelled: “Origin.” (pink paper, printed), “Uliassutai | 94. Led.” (green paper, handwritten), “ex coll. 1/1 | Staudinger” (white paper, printed with handwritten numbers), “ LECTOTYPUS | Leucanitis flexuosa var. | mongolica Staudinger, 1896 | Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 9 (2): 269 | Korb, Matov, Volynkin des. | 2016, Feb. 1–4 ” (red paper, printed; erroneous labelling) ( ZMHU).

Poole, 1989: 329, 330.

= pulverosa Wiltschire, 1969: 138 ; pl. 2, fig. 10 ( Drasteria pulverosa ). Type locality: “ Mongolia: Gobi Altaj Aimak, 10 km. SW of Somon Chechmort” (by holotype data).

Type material. Holotype female ( Figs. 181–183 ), labelled: “ Abgebildet | Wiltshire | Reichenbachia | f. 10.” (white paper, handwritten with printed ‘ Abgebildet’ ); “Nr. 684 | 13.VII.1966 ” (white paper, printed); “ Preparation | WM. 241” (green paper, handwritten); “ DRASTERIA ♀ | pulverosa | Wiltshire | holo-TYPE” (light-brown paper, handwritten); “ MONGOLIA, Gobi Altaj | aimak, Mongol els, 10 km | SO von Somon Chechmort | 1600 m | Exp. Dr. Z. KASZAB, 1966” ( HNHM).

= intermedia Ronkay, 1983: 237; fig. 15; pl. 1, figs. 3–6 ( Drasteria pulverosa intermedia ). Type locality: “ Mongolia, Uburchangaj aimak: 130 km OSO von Somon Bajanleg. 1150 m ” (by holotype data).

Type material. Holotype male ( Figs. 184–186 ), labelled: “ 38 mm ” (white paper, printed); “gen. prep. No. | Dr.L.Ronkay | 249 ♂ ” (white paper, two first lines printed, last line handwritten); “Nr. 882 | 3.VII.1967 ” (white paper, printed); “ Holotypus | Drasteria | pulverosa intermedia | ssp.n. | Ronkay” (white paper with red borders, handwritten with red printed ‘ Holotypus’ ); “ MONGOLIA: Uburchangaj | aimak, 130 km OSO von | Somon Bajanleg | 1150 m | Exp. Dr. Z. KASZAB, 1967” (white paper, handwritten) ( HNHM).

Habitat. Deserts and semideserts. Elevation: 200– 700 m.

Distribution. Deserts of Mongolia and Sinjan-Uigur autonomous area in China.

Material examined (in total: 12 specimens). Mongolia. 5 ♂, 2 ♀, 1877, Mongolia bor. occ., leg. Potanin, ex coll. Mus. Petrop. ( ZISP) ; 1 ♀, Mongolian Altai , leg. Grumm-Grshimailo ( ZISP) ; 1 ♂, 1894, Uliassutai , leg. Leder (holotype) ( ZMHU) ; 1 ♀, Gobi Altaj aimak, Mongolels, 10 km SO von Somon Chechmort 1600 m Exp. Dr. Z. KASZAB, 1966 (holotype of pulverosa ) ( HNHM) ; 1 ♂, Uburchangaj aimak, 130 km OSO von Somon Bajanleg, 1150 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab (holotype of intermedia) ( HNHM) ; 1 ♀, Uburchangaj aimak, 130 km OSO von Somon Bajanleg, 1150 m, Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab (paratype of intermedia) ( HNHM) .

Figures

FIGURES 166–186. Drasteria specimens. 166–171. D. tenera (Staudinger, 1877), lectotype (166: upperside; 167: underside; 168: labels), Koktal bridge, Kazakhstan (169), Panfilov, Kazakhstan (170), Dubin environs near Ili river, Kazakhstan (171). 172–174. D. antiqua (Staudinger, 1889), lectotype (172: upperside; 173: underside; 174: labels). 175–177. D. flexuosa flexuosa (Ménétriés, 1847), lectotype (175: upperside; 176: underside; 177: labels). 178–186. D. flexuosa mongolica (Staudinger, 1896), lectotype (178: upperside; 179: underside; 180: labels), holotype of pulverosa Wiltshire, 1969 (181: upperside; 182: underside; 183: labels), holotype of intermedia Ronkay, 1985, holotype (184: upperside; 185: underside; 186: labels).