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Fossia punicea subsp. kachina

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Description

Fossia punicea kachina (Volynkin & Černý, 2018)

(Figs 12–15, 22, 23, 28, 29)

Barsine punicea kachina Volynkin & Černý in Volynkin et al. (2018): 1002, figs 10, 11, 30, 40.

Fossia punicea kachina: Volynkin et al. 2019: 77.

Type material examined. Holotype: male, “ Myanmar (Burma), 25 km E Putao, env. Nan Sa Bon vill., 800 m, 6– 9.V.1998, leg. Murzin & Sinjaev”, gen. prep No.: MWM 31414 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM / ZSM); Paratype: 1 female, same data as for holotype, gen. prep No.: MWM 31415 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM / ZSM); Additional material examined. China: 2 males, 4 females, 29. VI. 2018, Pingpo Town, Yangbi Yi Autonomous County, Dali City, Yunnan Province, Xin-jie Zhao leg., gen. prep No.: Y1 (male) and Y2 (female) (CHSY)

Remarks. The examination of the genitalia of both sexes from Yunnan (Figs 12, 13, 22, 28) confirms their identities as Fossia punicea, and based on the wing pattern in female, this population should be assigned to ssp. kachina (characterized by Volynkin et al. 2018). Although these specimens are generally larger than the type series from Myanmar, in the current study we still treat both populations as the same subspecies for the reasons below. First, the size can be variable in allopatric populations of the same taxon, e. g. in the Thailand and Laos populations of F. melanandra (Černý, 2009), as it was already illustrated by Volynkin et al. (2018), therefore in F. punicea kachina it is probably the same case. Second, the wing pattern of the Yunnan population is very typical of ssp. kachina, having narrow forewing pattern elements and a more reddish coloration of both wings in females, and differs from those of the other two subspecies significantly. For these two reasons above, we still consider the Yunnan population as ssp. kachina.

Distribution. The subspecies is known from northern Myanmar (Kachin State) and northern part of Yunnan Province of China, and it is new to Chinese fauna.

Notes

Published as part of Huang, Chu-Yang, Volynkin, Anton V., Zhu, Li-Juan, Wang, Min & Huang, Si-Yao, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Fossia Volynkin, Ivanova & S. - Y Huang, 2019 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) from China with description of a new subspecies, pp. 284-292 in Zootaxa 5023 (2) on page 290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5023.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/5225976

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CHSY , MWM , MWM, ZSM , VI
Event date
1998-05-06
Verbatim event date
1998-05-06/09
Scientific name authorship
Volynkin & Cerny
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Fossia
Species
kachina
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype , paratype
Taxonomic concept label
Fossia punicea subsp. kachina (Volynkin, 2018) sec. Huang, Volynkin, Zhu, Wang & Huang, 2021

References

  • Volynkin, A. V., Cerny, K. & Ivanova, M. S. (2018) Revision of the Barsine punicea Moore, 1878 species-group, with descriptions of two new species and two new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 21, 999 - 1008. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. aspen. 2018.07.020
  • Volynkin, A. V., Huang, S. - Y. & Ivanova, M. S. (2019) An overview of genera and subgenera of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Part 1. Barsine Walker, 1854 sensu lato, Asura Walker, 1854 and related genera, with descriptions of twenty new genera, ten new subgenera and a check list of taxa of the Asura / Miltochrista generic complex. Ecologica Montenegrina, 26, 14 - 92. https: // doi. org / 10.37828 / em. 2019.26.3
  • Cerny, K. & Pinratana, A. (2009) Moths of Thailand. Vol. 6. Arctiidae. Brothers of Saint Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok, 283 pp.