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Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer 1853

  • 1. Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; & Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China. & School of Life Science, Westlake University, Hangzhou, 310023, China.
  • 2. Lubei District, Tangshan City, Hebei, 063000, China.
  • 3. Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources, College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, Anhui 241000, China;
  • 4. Northeast Forestry University, College of Forestry, Harbin 150040, China.;
  • 5. Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China; & Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China.

Description

Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853 [合n天ë]

(Figures 5–7)

Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853, Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien (Abhandl.) 2: 92. TL: ‘Maden, Diyarbakir [Turkey]’. Smerinthus kindermannii obscura Closs, 1917, Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift. 11: 153.

Smerinthus kindermanni meridionalis Gehlen, 1931, Entomologische Zeitschrift. 45: 202.

Smerinthus kindermannii gehleni Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996, Atalanta. 27: 617.

Smerinthus kindermannii iliensis Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996, Atalanta. 27: 617.

Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 16-V-2017, Rui Wang leg. [JZHC]; 2♂♂, Zada, Xizang, 950 m, 3-V-2013, Si-Xun Ge leg. [JZHC].

Diagnosis. Male (Figure 5A–B): Similar to S. caecus, but upperside of body greyish brown and darker, abdomen with a long black-brown stripe. Forewing longer than S. caecus, edge serrated; upperside browner, larger brown patch in the medial and marginal areas with more white scales, white zigzag line near apex; underside similar but more faded, basal to medial area pinkish. Hindwing mostly rose pink, incomplete small black ocellus near tornus with one small blue streak and a greyish yellow patch nearby; underside similar to forewing underside but without the pink area.

Female (Figure 5C–D): Similar to male, but wings broader, ground pattern darker and more extensive, antennae slenderer.

Male genitalia (Figure 6A–D): Similar to S. caecus, but uncus shorter and more curved, gnathos slender and slightly curved upward. Valva wider and more rounded. Sacculus leaf-shaped, with wider basal part constricted into a short, blunt harpe. Phallus similar to S. caecus, anterior lobe wider than posterior, with a short, blunt apical process and a weak lateral sclerite bearing a patch of weak cornuti.

Female genitalia (Figure 7): Similar to S. caecus, but lamella postvaginalis slenderer. Ostial lobe narrower. Ductus bursae tubular and curved. Corpus bursae more rounded.

Distribution. China (Xinjiang, Xizang, Ningxia, Gansu), Mongolia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Biological notes. This species was collected in middle to high elevation temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest, attracted to light at night.

Notes

Published as part of Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Li, Tao, Yan, Ming, Wang, Jia-Xin, Zheng, Xin-Yi & Hu, Shao-Ji, 2024, The life history of Smerinthus minor Mell, 1937, with a review of the East Asian species of the genus Smerinthus Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), pp. 453-478 in Zootaxa 5551 (3) on pages 460-461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/14443026

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
JZHC
Event date
2013-05-03 , 2017-05-16
Verbatim event date
2013-05-03 , 2017-05-16
Scientific name authorship
Lederer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Smerinthus
Species
kindermannii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853 sec. Jiang, Li, Yan, Wang, Zheng & Hu, 2024

References

  • Lederer, J. (1853) Versuch, die europaischen Lepidopteren ... in moglichst naturliche Reihenfolge zu stellen, nebst Bemerkungen zu einigen Familien und Arten von Julius Lederer. II. Abtheilung: Die Heteroceren (Vorlaufig bis zum Schlusse der Spinner). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 2, 65 - 126.
  • Gehlen, B. (1931) Neues uber Sphingiden. Entomologische Zeitschrift, 44, 251 - 253.
  • Eitschberger, U & Lukhtanov, V. A. (1996) Neue Unterarten und Namen bei westpalaearktischen Sphingiden (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Atalanta, 27, 615 - 621.