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Lamellisphecia champaensis Kallies & Arita 2004

Description

Lamellisphecia champaensis Kallies & Arita, 2004

Figs 3, 4, 10

Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Vietnam, Lam Dong Prov., Bao Loc, Dambri, ca. 850 m, 7.viii.2001, Y. Arita leg. (Fig. 3, NSMT). Additional material: 2♂, same locality, 3.v.2003, Y. Arita leg. (Fig. 4, NSMT); 2 ♂, Laos, Houapan Prov., Xamneua Distr., Ban Saleui, 1350 m, 24.vi.2003, S. Nagai leg. (NSMT) (1 ♂, genitalia examined, prep. AK871, Fig. 10).

This species was known only from the holotype (Fig. 3). We can now report two additional specimens from Vietnam, collected at the type locality, and two specimens from Laos. The two additional specimen from Vietnam differ from the holotype by the more extensive yellow-orange marking of the abdomen, with tergite 3 being reddish orange and tergite 4 yellow-orange. The two specimens from Laos differ from the ones from Vietnam by having tergite 5 completely yellow-orange in addition to tergites 3 and 4 (Fig. 4). Although this gives them a quite different appearance, they do not show additional distinctive features. We therefore believe that these specimens belong to L. champaensis as and suggest that the extent of yellow-orange markings on the abdomen alone is not suitable to separate different species.

Notes

Published as part of Arita, Yutaka, Kallies, Axel & Yata, Naoki, 2019, A large hornet mimic clearwing moth of the genus Lamellisphecia Kallies & Arita 2004 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Nanling, Guangdong, southern China, pp. 477-482 in Zootaxa 4706 (3) on page 480, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/3568930

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NSMT
Event date
2001-08-07 , 2003-05-03 , 2003-06-24
Verbatim event date
2001-08-07 , 2003-05-03 , 2003-06-24
Scientific name authorship
Kallies & Arita
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Sesiidae
Genus
Lamellisphecia
Species
champaensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Lamellisphecia champaensis Kallies, 2004 sec. Arita, Kallies & Yata, 2019

References

  • Kallies, A. & Arita, Y. (2004) A survey of the clearwing moths of the tribe Sesiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Vietnam and adjacent countries with a synopsis of the Oriental Sesiini fauna. Tinea, 18, 65 - 95.