Published August 15, 2022 | Version v1
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Microleon , Butler 1885

  • 1. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China Department of General and Molecular Biology, Samara State Medical University, Samara, 443099, Russia & 619484197 @ qq. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0307 - 6345
  • 2. solovyev _ alexey @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4837 - 2554
  • 3. Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China Department of General and Molecular Biology, Samara State Medical University, Samara, 443099, Russia & houshuaiwang @ scau. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0796 - 9768

Description

A key to Microleon, Butler, 1885, based on male genitalia characters

1 Gnathos present...................................................................................... 2

- Gnathos absent....................................................................... M. dianensis sp. nov.

2 Gnathos triangular or spatulate................................................................. M. yoshimotoi

- Gnathos T-shaped..................................................................................... 3

3 The left dorsal arm longer than the right one in sacculus............................................. M. decolatus

- The right dorsal arm slightly longer than the left one in sacculus................................................ 4

4 Aedeagus apex with a delicately dentate sclerotized band........................................... M. longipalpis

- Aedeagus apex without a sclerotized band................................................ M. simingensis sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Liang, Jiamin, Solovyev, Alexey V. & Wang, Houshuai, 2022, Two new species of the genus Microleon (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from China, pp. 137-145 in Zootaxa 5175 (1) on page 138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/7003314

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
, Butler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Limacodidae
Genus
Microleon
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Microleon , 1885 sec. Liang, Solovyev & Wang, 2022

References

  • Butler, A. G. (1885) Descriptions of moths new to Japan, collected by Messrs. Cistula Entomologica, 3, 113 - 136.