Barsine flavicollis ( Moore, 1878 ) Volynkin & Černý, 2019

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-yao, 2019, A review of the Barsine perpallida-B. yuennanensis species-group, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59 (1), pp. 273-293 : 281

Barsine flavicollis ( Moore, 1878) , comb. nov.

( Figs 9 , 37 )

Mahavira flavicollis Moore, 1878: 11 , pl. 1, fig. 3. Type locality: “Darjiling” [= NE India, north of West Bengal, Darjeeling].

Type material examined. LECTOTYPE ( Figs 9 , 37 ) (designated herein): ♂, “Darjiling / ♂ / 83” (handwritten) // “Moore Coll. / 94–106” (printed) // round printed label with a red circle “Type” / printed label with QRcode “NHMUK010604656” // blue label “ Arctiidae genitalia slide No. (printed) 4663♂” (handwritten) ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 15.5 mm in male. Male of B. flavicollis ( Fig. 9 ) can be distinguished from those of B. hololeuca ( Fig. 8 ) and B. laszloi ( Fig. 10 ) by its longer lamellae of antennae and pale ochreous patagia. In addition, in B. flavicollis the blackish basal area of forewing costa is longer than that of B. hololeuca . The male genitalia of B. flavicollis (fig. 37) differ from those of B. hololeuca ( Fig. 36 ) in narrower valva; slightly longer medial costal process with claw-shaped tip; longer and narrower, blade-shaped basal saccular process (almost trigonal, short and broad in B. hololeuca ); narrower, longer and more strongly curved distal saccular process; smaller 1 st medial diverticulum; and slightly shorter and distally broader 3 rd medial diverticulum. The differences from B. laszloi are listed in the diagnosis of the latter species.

Female is unknown.

Distribution. North East India (north of West Bengal) ( MOORE 1878).

Remarks. HAMPSON (1900) incorrectly cited the holotype label as “Sikhim”, while it is “Darjiling” ( MOORE 1878).

In the NHMUK collection, there is only one male syntype of B. flavicollis , which we designate here as lectotype. Other, non-type specimens placed in the NHMUK collection under the name B. flavicollis belong to Macrobrochis pallens (Hampson, 1894) .

Figures

Figs 9–16. Barsine spp., adults. 9 – B. hololeuca (Hampson, 1895), holotype ♂, Bhutan (©NHMUK); 10 – B. flavicollis (Moore, 1878), lectotype ♂, India (©NHMUK); 11–13 – B. laszloi sp. nov.: 11 – holotype ♂, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 12 – paratype ♂, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 13 – paratype ♀, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 14–16 – B. andromeda sp. nov.: 14 – holotype ♂, China (MWM/ZSM); 15 – paratype ♂, China (MWM/ZSM); 16 – paratype ♀, China (MWM/ZSM).

Figs 36–38. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 36 – B. hololeuca (Hampson, 1895), holotype, Bhutan, slide BMNH(E) Arct-6580 Volynkin (©NHMUK). 37 – B. flavicollis (Moore, 1878), lectotype, India, slide BMNH(E) Arct-4663 (©NHMUK). 38 – B. laszloi sp. nov., holotype ♂, Nepal, slide MWM 37067 Volynkin.

Figs 1–8. Barsine spp., adults. 1–4 – B. biformis sp. nov.: 1 – holotype ♂, Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 2 – paratype ♀, Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 3 – paratype ♂, Thailand (CKC); 4 – paratype ♂, Thailand (CKC). 5–8 – B. perpallida (Hampson, 1900): 5 – syntype ♂, India (©NHMUK); 6 – syntype ♀ of Diacrisia porthesioides Rothschild, 1910, India (©NHMUK); 7 – ♂, Nepal (ZSM); 8 – syntype ♀, India (©NHMUK).