Medioptyx kishidai, Volynkin & Černý, 2024

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Thysanoptyx Hampson generic complex (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). I. The genus Collitoptyx Volynkin with descriptions of two new genera, two new subgenera and six new species, Ecologica Montenegrina 77, pp. 44-68 : 63

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.77.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14654680
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scientific name	Medioptyx kishidai
status	sp. nov.

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Medioptyx kishidai View in CoL sp. n.

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( Figs 25, 26 View Figures 25–33 , 46, 47 View Figures 46–48 , 61 View Figures 59–64 )

Paratypes. CHINA: 1 male, 2 females, same data as holotype, gen. prep. Nos.: MWM 35.954, MWM 35.955 (females), MWM 36.013 (male) (MWM/ ZSM) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, 1 female, same data as previous but iii.2002, gen. prep. No.: MWM 36.010 (male) (MWM/ ZSM) GoogleMaps ; 18 males, 2 females, same data as previous but v.2002 (MWM/ ZSM) GoogleMaps ; 2 males, 1 female, Jiangxi, Wuyi Shan, Xipaihe village , 1500m, 24°54'N 117°20'E, vi.2003, Sinyaev & his team leg., gen. prep. No.: MWM 36.014 (male) (MWM/ ZSM) GoogleMaps ; 1 male, [Fujian Prov.] Kuatun (2300m), 24°40'N 117°40'E, J. Klapperich (Fukien), 21.v.1938 / Sammlung Daniel, gen. prep. No.: MWM 35.846 (male) (MWM/ ZSM) GoogleMaps ; 1 female, same data as previous but 17.v.1938 (MWM/ ZSM) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 18.0–19.0 mm in males and 20.0– 20.5 mm in females. Medioptyx kishidai sp. n. is externally very similar to C. fraterna sp. n. and differs from it only in the reduced greyish-brown suffusion on the hindwing. The genitalia structures of the new species are reminiscent of those of the genus Caliginoptyx gen. n. and the key differences between the two genera are listed below in the diagnosis of the latter. The comparison with members of the externally similar genera Collitoptyx and Thysanoptyx is provided above in the diagnosis of Medioptyx gen. n.

Distribution. The new species is known from East China (provinces of Fujian and Jiangxi).

Etymology. The new species is named after Mr Yasunori Kishida (Tokyo, Japan), renowned Japanese lepidopterist. The name is a noun in genitive case.

Figures

Figures 25–33. Adults of Medioptyx kishidai sp. n. (25, 26), Thysanoptyx tetragona (27, 28), Caliginoptyx gen. n. spp. (29–31), and Thysanoplisna brevimacula (32, 33). Depositories of the specimens: 25–30 and 32 in MWM/ZSM (30: ex CKC), 31 in CKC; 33 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).

Figures 46–48. Male genitalia of Medioptyx kishidai (46, 47) and Thysanoptyx tetragona (48). The specimens dissected are deposited in MWM/ZSM.

Figures 59–64. Female genitalia of the Thysanoptyx generic complex. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 59–61 in MWM/ZSM; 62 and 64in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 63 in CKC.