Eupithecia armeniaca Wardikjan, 1970

Mironov, Vladimir, 2013, New species and checklist of Turkish Eupithecia Curtis (Geometridae: Larentiinae), Zootaxa 3717 (1), pp. 39-52 : 46-47

Eupithecia armeniaca Wardikjan, 1970 , sp. rev.

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Eupithecia armeniaca Wardikjan, 1970 , Zool. sbornik, Zool. Inst. Akad. Nauk Arm.SSR 15: 215. [Replacement name for Eupithecia djakonovi Wardikjan, 1961 ].

Eupithecia djakonovi Wardikjan, 1961 , Doklady Akad. Nauk Arm. SSR 32 (1): figs 3, 4. Holotype ♂ (ZIAR; examined), [ Armenia]: environs of Jerevan, Zoopark. [Junior primary homonym of Eupithecia djakonovi Shchetkin, 1956 ].

Material examined. ♂, [ Armenia], environs of Jerevan, Zoopark, 4.ix. (19)54, Wardikjan (holotype, ZIAR). 1♀, Asia minor, Kizilcahamam, 935 m, 21.–22.vi. (19)66, R. Löberbauer, Mironov slide no. 888♀ (ZSM); 1♀, Türkey, Pontischer Gebirge, Ilgaz Daglari, Ilgaz, ca. 900 m, 13.vi.1991; 1♀, N– Türkey, Kizilcaköy b. Kizilcahamam, 900 m (Flußtal 2 km südl. Kizilcahamam), 8.vi.1996; 1♀, Süd– Türkey, Taurus, Bey Daglari, 1800 m, Saklikent bei Antalya, 21.v.1999; 2♀, NE– Türkey, Provinz Erzurum, Dogu Karadeniz Daglari, 1200 m, Korga Dagi: Ispir Umg., 2, 3.vi.2000; 1♀, NE– Türkey, Provinz Erzurum, Dogu Karadeniz Daglari: Korga Dagi, Umg. Köprüköy bei Ispir, 2000 m, 7.vi.2000; 1 ex., NE– Türkey, Prov. Erzurum, Karadeniz Daglari, 1000 m, Tal des Coruh, ca. 20 km E Ispir, 22.iv.2001, leg. J. Gelbrecht, S. Beshkov & Almet Kazanci (all in coll. J. Gelbrecht).

Notes. This species was described on the basis of a single male specimen (Wardikjan 1961) as E. djakonovi . I have found more specimens from Azerbaijan and Turkey in ZISP, ZSM and the private collection of J. Gelbrecht, including matching females, and include here a description of the female genitalia for the first time. This species belongs to the ultimaria group. It was synonymized incorrectly with E. inconspicuata Bohatsch, 1893 (Mironov 1990) . Female genitalia (fig. 23). Bursa copulatrix small, ovate, membranous, covered with small unisized spines at anterior half of corpus bursae. Ductus bursae not clearly differentiated from corpus. Ductus seminalis narrow, attached to middle of corpus bursae at right side. Colliculum collar-like, short and narrow, slightly inclined to the one side. Antrum membranous. Tergite A8 rectangular with rounded posterior corners. Anterior and posterior apophyses relatively short and narrow. Papillae anales small, rounded.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Eupithecia species (scale bar = 10 mm). 1 — E. gelbrechti sp. n. (holotype); 2 — E. niveata sp. n. (holotype); 3 — E. armeniaca Wardikjan, 1970 (Turkey); 4 — E. armeniaca Wardikjan, 1970 (Azerbaijan); 5 — E. mima Mironov, 1989 (Turkey); 6 — E. despectaria Lederer, 1853 (Turkey); 7 — E. dubiosa Dietze, 1910 (Turkey, first generation); 8 — E. dubiosa Dietze, 1910 (Turkey, second generation).