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Boarmia amygdalaria Herrich-Schaffer 1848

Description

The amygdalaria species-group

The species of this group can be diagnosed by the following characters (after Müller et al. 2019): In male genitalia, costa of valva sclerotized up to apex, usually straight (humped only in few species, see below); apex of ampulla superior and inferior spinose; sacculus process absent; tip of aedeagus without clear extension. In female genitalia, lamella postvaginalis antero-posteriorly broadened, strongly sclerotized.

The following species are included in this group: N. amygdalaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848), N. dalmatina Wagner, 1909, N. farinosa Brandt, 1938, N. antiquaria Staudinger, 1892, N. princeps Wiltshire, 1966, N. quettensis Wiltshire, 1966, N. admirabila Brandt, 1938, N. rayatica Wiltshire, 1957, N. subfusca Brandt, 1938, N. leviata Brandt, 1938, N. subvirida Brandt, 1938, N. divergaria Staudinger, 1892, N. convergata sp. nov., N. eberti sp. nov., N. mirzayansi sp. nov..

Notes

Published as part of Wanke, Dominic, Hausmann, Axel, Krogmann, Lars, Petrányi, Gergely & Rajaei, Hossein, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the genus Nychiodes Lederer, 1853 (Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini) with description of three new species-an integrative approach, pp. 1-61 in Zootaxa 4812 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4812.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3944102

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  • Herrich-Schaffer, G. A. W. (1848) Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa. Dritter Band. Die Spanner. In Commission bei G. J. Manz, Regensburg, pp. 1 - 184.
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