Aemene taeniata Fixsen, 1887

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Ivanova, Maria S., 2017, Description of a new Aemene Walker, 1854 from North Thailand and Myanmar, with a checklist of the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4306 (3), pp. 444-450 : 448

Aemene taeniata Fixsen, 1887

( Figs. 3, 4 , 6, 8 )

Aemene taeniata Fixsen, 1887 , in Romanoff: Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 3: 327, pl. 15, fig. 6 (Type locality: "Pg Tg" [Pung Tung, North Korea].

= Siccia v-nigra Hampson, 1900, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum 2: 392, pl. 29, fig. 3 (Type locality: "China, Shanghai"), syn. nov.

Type material examined. Photographs of the syntype of Aemene taeniata : ♀, red handwritten label "lecto" / white printed label "coll. Acad. Petrop." / handwritten ochreous label " Aem. Taeniata Fxsn, Herz Pg Tg. 4.VIII. [18]84" (Coll. ZISP); syntype of Siccia v-nigra ( Fig. 3 ): ♂ yellowish printed round label with a red circle "Type" / handwritten brownish label " Siccia v-nigra Type ♂ Hampsn." / printed brownish label "Walker Coll., Shanghai, 92–196. VI.[18]92" (Coll. NHM).

Additional material examined. 1 ♂, 8–22.VII.2014, Russia, Primorsky Krai, Ussuri district, 30 km SW village Krounovka , ridge Death, h=252–391, 43°37.26' N, 131°27.44' E, A.V. Korshunov leg., slide AV 2546m Volynkin (Coll. CAV) ; 1 ♂, 11.VII.2004, Russia, Primorye terr., Spassky district , Novoselskoe vill., 5 km from Khanka lake, at light, A. Korshunov leg. (Coll. CAV) ; 1 ♀, USSR—S Primorye, Gornotajushnaja [ Gornotayozhnaya ], 25.VII.1976, lg. Lindt , ex coll. Schintlmeister, slide MWM 13541 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♀, USSR—S Primorye, Gornotayoshnaya [ Gornotayozhnaya ], 50 km E Ussurijsk, 1–14.VII.1979, coll. Schintlmeister (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♀, [ China, Heilongjiang, Harbin] Charbin, Mandschurei / Coll. Th. Witt München / Weiden, slide MWM 31550 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM).

Taxonomic note. The syntype specimen of v-nigra is identical to the syntype specimen of taeniata , so the new synonymy is established here: Aemene taeniata Fixsen, 1887 = Siccia v-nigra Hampson, 1900, syn. nov.

Distribution. The species is known from the Russian Far East, Korea and China (Heilongjiang, Hebei, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Henan, Zhejiang,) ( Fang 2000; Dubatolov 2008). The records from Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan ( Fang 2000) need confirmation.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Aemene spp.: adults. 1, A. eudonioides, holotype ♂, N Thailand, Chiang Mai province (NHM); 2, A. eudonioides, paratype ♀, N Thailand, Chiang Rai province (CAV); 3, A. taeniata, holotype ♂ of Siccia v-nigrum, China, Shanghai (© NHM); 4, A. taeniata, ♀, Russian far East, Primorye terr. (MWM / ZSM).

FIGURES 5 – 8. Aemene spp.: male (5, 6) and female (7, 8) genitalia. 5, A. eudonioides, holotype, N Thailand, Chiang Mai province, slide AV 2368 m Volynkin; 6, A. taeniata, Russian Far East, Primorye terr., slide AV 2546 m Volynkin; 7, A. eudonioides, paratype, N Thailand, Chiang Rai province, slide AV 2513 f Volynkin; 8, A. taeniata, Russian Far East, Primorye terr., slide MWM 31550 Volynkin.