Ochlodes cryptochraceus Zhu, Fan & Chiba, 2023

Zhu, Lijuan, Hou, Yongxiang, Chiba, Hideyuki, Osada, Yohei, Huang, Zhenfu, Sinev, Sergey Yu., Wang, Min & Fan, Xiaoling, 2023, Molecular and morphological evidence reveals hidden new taxa in Ochlodes ochraceus (Bremer, 1861) (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) from China, ZooKeys 1169, pp. 203-220 : 203

Ochlodes cryptochraceus Zhu, Fan & Chiba sp. nov.

Figs 3L-N , 4C, D , 5B

Ochlodes ochracea : Chiba and Tsukiyama 1996: pl 1 figs 20, 22; Cai et al. 2011: 312; Yuan et al. 2015: 513; Wu and Hsu 2017: 1396.

Type material.

Holotype: ♂, SCAU_He2605, 1.VI.2019, Shennongjia, Hubei province, P. R, China. Paratypes: 1♂, SCAU_He2678, 20.VI.2021, Miaowangshan, Baoji, shaanxi province, P. R, China, leg. Liping Zhou; 1♂, SCAU_He2680, 13.VI.2018; 2♂, 6.VII.2018; 1♂, 10.VI.2011, Liukan, Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, leg. Liping Zhou; 1♂, 19.VI. 2018; 1♂, 20.VI. 2018; 1♀, 6.VII.2018, Miaowangshan, Baoji, Shaanxi province, leg. Liping Zhou; 1♂, 10.VII.2011; 1♀, SCAU_He2632, 6.VI.2018; 1♀, 10.VII.2011, Heilongtan, Yulin, Shaanxi province, leg. Liping Zhou; 1♂, 12.VI.2018, Huangguan, Ankang, Shaanxi province, leg. Liping Zhou; 1♂, 24.VI.1993, Wanhuashan, Yanan, Shaanxi province, (HC); 1♂, 5.VII.1993, Qinlin, Shaanxi province, (HC); 1♀, SCAU_He2677, 1.VI.2019, Shennongjia, Hubei province; 1♂, 1.VII.2022, Mianyang, Sichuan province; 1♂, Yunnan province, P. R, China, leg. Xiaoling Fan & Min Wang.

Diagnosis.

Spots in spaces R1-R5 on forewing upperside long radial, reaching discocellular vein. Male genitalia: lateral process of phallus only distally enlarged. Female genitalia: upper margin of lamella postvaginalis slightly concave.

Description.

Forewing length 15 ± 0.5 mm in males and 14-15 mm in females (Fig. 3L-N ). Antenna longer than half length of forewing, and black and white stripes extend to club.

Male (Fig. 3L, M ). Forewing upper side: ground color dark brown with orange-red spots. Spots in spaces R1-R5 long radial and connected to discocellular vein; spots in spaces M1-CuA2 form a broad band, of which spot in space M1 very small. Cell orange-red; stigma black-grey and thick. Hindwing upper side: ground color same as forewing, central part including cell and spaces Rs-CuA2 orange-red. Wing under side: ground color red-brown, spots yellow and blurred.

Female (Fig. 3N ). Different from male in reduced spots in spaces R1, 2; only a pair of small cell spots present on forewing upper side; cell spot and spots in spaces Rs-CuA2 orange-yellow on hindwing.

Male genitalia (Fig. 4C, D ). Tegumen slightly shorter than uncus; uncus bifurcated at end tip, with closely aligned arms; gnathos well-developed and bifid; valva long and narrow, dorsodistal process narrow and blunt, ventrodistal process irregular rectangular, and rounded with small spines at apex; lateral process of phallus long and distally enlarged with two rows of small spines; juxta horseshoe shaped.

Female genitalia (Fig. 5B ). Papilla analis irregularly triangular in dorsal view; lamella antevaginalis trilobed, lamella postvaginalis U-shaped, with upper margin slightly concave and densely covered with fine hairs; ductus bursae thick and long, and bursa copulatrix oblong and membranous.

Etymology.

The scientific name is a combination of the prefix crypt (meaning hidden) combined with the species name Ochlodes ochraceus , which refers to the cryptic species of Ochlodes ochraceus . The name is a masculine adjective.

Distribution.

China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan).

Figures

Figure 3. Adults of four Ochlodes species A-C O. ochracea A lectotype, male, Primorsky Kray, Russia B male, Primorsky Kray, Russia, SCAU He 2728 C male, Amur, Russia D-G O. rikuchina stat. rev. D female, Miyanoshita, Japan (NHMUK) E neotype, male, Iwate, Japan (designated herein), SCAU He 2726 F male, Japan, SCAU He 2736 G female, Japan, SCAU He 2727 H Augiades ochracea var. ampittiformis. holotype, female, Tokyo, Japan I-K O. pseudochraceus sp. nov. I holotype, male, Zhejiang, SCAU He 2614 J paratype, male, Zhejiang, SCAU He 2676 K paratypes, female, Zhejiang, SCAU He 2637 L-N O. cryptochraceus sp. nov. L holotype, male, Hubei, SCAU He 2605 M paratype, male, Shaanxi, SCAU He 2678 N paratypes, female, Shaanxi, SCAU He 2632.

Figure 4. Male genitalia of four Ochlodes species A, B O. pseudochraceus sp. nov. A holotype, male, SCAU He 2614 B paratypes, male, SCAU He 2676 C, D O. cryptochraceus sp. nov. C holotype, male, SCAU He 2605 D paratypes, male, SCAU He 2678 E, F O. rikuchina stat. rev. E male, SCAU He 2726 F male, SCAU He 2736 G, H O. ochraceus G male, SCAU He 2728 H male, Amur, Russia.

Figure 5. Female genitalia of four Ochlodes species A O. pseudochraceus sp. nov., SCAU He 2637 B O. cryptochraceus sp. nov., SCAU He 2678 C O. rikuchina stat. rev., SCAU He 2727.