Genus

Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

Temesa Melichar, 1903: 40; preoccupied by Temesa (Mollusca) Adams, 1855.

Vekunta Distant, 1906 a: 8 — Distant 1906 b: 287; Yang and Wu 1994: 97; Liang and Wu 2001: 511–512; Löcker et al. 2009: 15; Rahman et al. 2012: 24; Sui and Chen 2019: 57.

Type species.

Temesa tenella Melichar, 1903.

Modified characters.

Head (Figs 1–5, 14–18, 27–31) narrower than pronotum. Vertex (Figs 1, 3, 14, 16, 27, 29) trapezoidal, broader at base. Frons (Figs 4, 17, 30) rectangular; median carina absent; lateral margins distinctly separated. Second antennomere (Figs 1–5, 14–18, 27–31) oval. Subantennal process (Figs 4, 17, 30) small or absent. Ocelli (Figs 5, 18, 31) present. Forewing (Figs 6, 19, 32) with short subcostal cell; RP and MP 1 + 2 usually fused for a distance; MP with two sectors; CuA bifurcated near basal third; costal margin and Pcu bearing tubercles; Pcu + A 1 reaching forewing margin near midlength. Hindwing (Figs 7, 20, 33) slightly shorter than forewing; MP apically bifurcated; CuA with three terminals. CuP and Pcu unbranched. Hind tibia without lateral spine. Spinal formula of hind leg 7–6 – 6.

Checklist of species of Vekunta Distant, 1906 from China

V. albipennis Matsumura, 1914; China (Taiwan)

V. asymmetrica Liang & Wu, 2001; China (Xizang)

V. atripennis Matsumura, 1940; China (Taiwan)

V. bambusana Sui & Chen, 2019; China (Guangxi, Guizhou)

V. botelensis Matsumura, 1940; China (Taiwan)

V. commendata Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. deflecta Yao, Sui & Chen, sp. nov.; China (Guizhou)

V. diluta Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. extima Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. fera Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. fodingshanensis Yao, Sui & Chen, sp. nov.; China (Guizhou)

V. furcata Yao, Sui & Chen, sp. nov.; China (Guizhou)

V. fuscolineata Rahman, Kwon & Suh, 2012; China (Guizhou), Korea (new record for China)

V. gracilenta Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. intermedia Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. kotoshonis Matsumura, 1940; China (Taiwan)

V. lyricen Fennah, 1956; China (Taiwan)

V. maculata Matsumura, 1914; China (Taiwan)

V. makii Muir, 1914; China (Taiwan)

V. malloti Matsumura, 1914; China (Taiwan), Japan

V. memoranda Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. nigra Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. nigrolineata Muir, 1914; China (Taiwan)

V. nivea Fennah, 1956; China (Zhejiang)

V. nutabunda Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. obaerata Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. obliqua Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. parca Yang & Wu, 1994; China (Taiwan)

V. pentaprocessusa Sui & Chen, 2019; China (Yunnan)

V. shirakii Matsumura, 1914; China (Taiwan)

V. stigmata Matsumura, 1914; China (Guizhou, Hunan, Taiwan, Yunnan)

V. triprotrusa Wu & Liang, 2001; China (Guizhou, Yunnan)

V. umbripennis Muir, 1914; China (Taiwan)

Key to species of the genus Vekunta Distant, 1906 from China (male)

Due to the limited availability of female descriptions for many species, the key to the genus presented herein is based primarily on male characters. Five species — V. atripennis, V. botelensis, V. diluta, V. nigrolineata, and V. shirakii — are known only from females and, therefore, are not included in the key.