Witteulisna paraxena Volynkin, 2020

Volynkin, Anton V., ., .,., Ht, Inu, Mwm & Zsm, 2020, Witteulisna, a new genus for a new species from North Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 38, pp. 127-130 : 130

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2020.38.16
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:90A457F5-5F77-4766-A8D8-704CF08193E5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13232972
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4E9818FB-B690-4AD4-A2BA-B1B16B5367D4
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:4E9818FB-B690-4AD4-A2BA-B1B16B5367D4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Witteulisna paraxena Volynkin
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Witteulisna paraxena Volynkin View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figs 1 View Figures 1–4 , 5 View Figures 5–8 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 1 View Figures 1–4 , 5 View Figures 5–8 ): male, “ Vietnam, Prov. Vinh Phu, Tam Dao , 60 km NW Hanoi, 950– 1200m, 23°34’N, 105°20’O [E], Juni [June], 1994, Sinajev [Sinyaev] & Simonov leg.”, gen. slide No.: MWM 35984 (prepared by Volynkin) (MWM/ ZSM). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 4 males, the same data as the holotype GoogleMaps ; 1 male, Tam Dao, Tonkin (A. Duport) (MWM/ ZSM) .

Diagnosis and description: see under the genus.

Distribution. The new species is only known from North Vietnam (Vĩnh Phúc Province).

Etymology. ‘Paraxenos’ is a Latin transliteration of the Greek word ‘παράξενος’ meaning ‘strange’. The specific epithet refers to the peculiar structure of its aedeagus.