Paranudina xizangensis ( Fang, 2000 ) Huang & Tan & Wang & Fan, 2019

Huang, Si-Yao, Tan, Shun-Yun, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiao-Ling, 2019, Establishment of a new genus for Nudina xizangensis Fang, 2000 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4683 (2), pp. 271-276 : 273-275

Paranudina xizangensis ( Fang, 2000) , comb. nov.

(Figs. 1–4, 7, 9)

Nudina xizangensis Fang, 2000: 112 , pl. III, fig. 5, type locality: Beibeng, Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Prefecture.

FIGURES 7–10. Genitalia of Paranudina gen. nov. and Nudina : 7: ♂ genitalia of Paranudina xizangensis ( Fang, 2000) comb. nov.. 8: ♂ genitalia of Nudina artaxidia ( Butler, 1881) . 9: ♀ genitalia of Paranudina xizangensis ( Fang, 2000) comb. nov.. 10: ♀ genitalia of Nudina artaxidia ( Butler, 1881) . Scale= 1 mm.

Material examined. Photos of holotype, ♂, printed label in Chinese “[Xizang, Motuo, Beibeng, 850 m, Chinese Academy of Sciences]”/ printed label “ 1983. V. 30, leg. Yan-heng Han” / handwritten label “ Nudina xizangensis Fang ” / printed red label “ Holotype ” / printed label “ ♂ ” / blue printed label “IOZ(E) 208894” ( IZCAS); allotype, ♀, printed label in Chinese “[Xizang, Motuo, Beibeng, 850 m, Chinese Academy of Sciences]”/ printed label “ 1983. VI. 12, leg. Yan-heng Han ” / handwritten label “ Nudina xizangensis Fang ” / printed blue label “ Allotype ” / printed label “ ♀ ” / blue printed label “IOZ(E) 208895” ( IZCAS) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 25. IX. 2018, Beibeng Village, Motuo County, Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Prefecture ( SCAU) .

Diagnosis. This unique species can be easily distinguished from Nudina artaxidia (figs. 5–6, 8, 10) by the characters mentioned above in the remark section of the genus.

Remarks. We regard these two specimens conspecific with Nudina xizangensis Fang, 2000 not only they share similar appearance with the type series, but also because they are collected in the type locality of xizangensis which means they can all be regarded as topotypes, and until now no other species similar externally to xizangensis are known.

Distribution. Currently this species is only known to occur in its type locality, Beibeng Village in Motuo County, Southeast Xizang (Fig. 11).

FIGURES 11. Biotope of Beibeng Village, Motuo County, type locality of Paranudina xizangensis ( Fang, 2000) comb. nov.. Photograph by Zhi-wei Dong.