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Nyctemera arctata Walker 1856

Description

The N. arctata species-group

Nyctemera (Dondera) alba (Moore, 1877): 344. Type locality: “ Ceylon ” [Pundaloya]. Distribution: Sri Lanka (Hampson, 1901).

Nyctemera (Dondera) arctata Walker, 1856: 1664. Type locality: “Hindostan” [India], “Cherra Poonjee” [India, Assam, Cherrapunji].

= Nyctemera maculosa Walker, 1864: 198. Type locality: “ Hindostan ” [India]. Distribution: North and East India; Bhutan; Nepal; China (Yunnan, Tibet); Myanmar; Thailand; Malaysia (Malay Peninsula).

Nyctemera (Dondera) albofasciata (Wileman, 1911): 31 (Deilemera albofasciata). Type locality: “from Kagi district (7000 ft.), Formosa ” [Taiwan].

= Deilemera arctata f. tamahonis Matsumura, 1931; 6000 illust. Insects Japan-Empire: 953, fig. Type locality: Taiwan [in Japanese].

Distribution: Taiwan; Philippines (Luzon) (de Vos & Černý 1999).

Nyctemera (Dondera) zerenoides (Butler, 1881): 380. Type locality: Sumatra (Roepke, 1957). Distribution: Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) (de Vos 2015).

Nyctemera (Dondera) scalarium scalarium (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1863): 50–51 (Leptosoma scalarium). Type locality: “Java”.

= Deilemera arctata javana Reich, 1932: 237 –238, pl. 1, figs. 3, 7. Type locality: “ Java occ. … Preanger, Vulkan Gede, Westjava … Java ohne nähere Bezeichnung” [Indonesia].

= Nyctemera dentifascia, Kalis, 1934: 41, figs. (nec Snellen). Type locality: “ auf dem Wilisgebirge – in Ost-Java; … Dorado … in einer Höhe von twa 3000 Fuss” [Indonesia].

Distribution: Indonesia (Java, Bali).

Distribution: Malaysia (Malay Peninsula), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) (de Vos 2015).

Nyctemera (Dondera) scalarium balinensis de Vos, 2015: 97, figs. 17–18, 76, 104, 131, 157, 184, 211. Type locality: " Nederlands Indië, Bali, Batoeriti, 1100 m " [Indonesia, Bali]. Distribution: Indonesia (Bali).

Nyctemera (Dondera) scalarium tenuifascia Snellen, 1898: 26, pl. 1, fig. 2 (Nyctemera tenuifascia). Type locality: “Lombok; 4000 voet”.

Distribution: Indonesia (Lombok).

Nyctemera (Dondera) scalarium regalis Roepke, 1954: 258 –259 (Nyctemera regalis). Type locality: “ Central Flores, 1200 m ” [Indonesia].

Distribution: Indonesia (Flores).

Nyctemera (Dondera) scalarium timorana de Vos, 2015: 100, figs. 23–24, 78, 106, 133, 159, 187, 214. Type locality: " Indonesien, Timor, Prov. Nusa Tenggara Timur, Mt. Mutis Süd, 5 km N Fatumnasi, 1730 m ". Distribution: Indonesia (Timor).

Nyctemera (Dondera) montana Holloway, 1976: 6, pl. 2, fig. 23 (Nyctemera montana). Type locality: “Kamburongoh … [SABAH: Mt. Kinabalu, Kamborangoh 2110 m.]” [East Malaysia]. Distribution: Borneo.

Notes

Published as part of Dubatolov, Vladimir V. & Volynkin, Anton V., 2017, On the systematic position of the genera Paraplastis Hampson, Migoplastis Felder and Dondera Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) in Zootaxa 4358 (2), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1068066

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Scientific name authorship
Walker
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Arctiidae
Genus
Nyctemera
Species
arctata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Nyctemera arctata Walker, 1856 sec. Dubatolov & Volynkin, 2017

References

  • Moore, F. (1877) Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (4) 20, 339 - 348. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937708682244
  • Hampson, G. (1901) Catalogue of the Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History), 3, 1 - 609.
  • Walker, F. (1856) Part VII - Lepidoptera Heterocera. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 7, Edward Newman, London, pp. 1509 - 1808.
  • Walker, F. (1864 [1865]) List of the Specimens of lepidopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum, 31 suppl., London, pp. 1 - 322.
  • Wileman, A. E. (1911) New Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Formosa. The Entomologist, 44, 29 - 32, 148 - 152, etc.
  • Matsumura, S. (1931) 6000 illustrated insects of Japan-Empire. Tokyo, 1497 pp. [in Japanese]
  • Vos, R. de & Cerny, K. (1999) A review of the Philippine species of the genus Nyctemera Hubner, [1820] with descriptions of new species and subspecies (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Nyctemerinae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N. F., 20 (2), 133 - 188.
  • Butler, A. G. (1881) Descriptions of some new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Sumatra. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 8, 379 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938109487473
  • Roepke, W. (1957) The genus Nyctemera Huebner II. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 100 (2), 147 - 178.
  • Vos, R. de. (2015) Revision of the subgenus Arctata Roepke, 1949 of the genus Nyctemera Hubner, 1820 with description of three new species and four new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N. F., 36 (2 / 3), 93 - 123.
  • Snellen van Vollenhoven, S. C. (1863) Bijdrage tot de kennis van het vlindergeslacht Leptosoma Boisd. Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde, 1, 35 - 51.
  • Reich, P. (1932) Neue Arctiiden. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, 26 (22), 233 - 238.
  • Kalis, J. P. A. (1934) Uber javanische Heteroceren II. Entomologische Rundschau, 51 (5), 41 - 44.
  • Snellen, P. C. T. (1898) Mededeelingen over Nyctemera en Chalcosia met beschrijvingen van nieuwe soorten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 41, 23 - 30.
  • Roepke, W. (1954) Some new or little known Lepidoptera from Indonesia and New Guinea. I. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, 97, 257 - 262.
  • Holloway, J. D. (1976) Moths of Borneo with special reference to Mt. Kinabalu. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, 264 pp.