Tarika biserratula, Volynkin & Saldaitis & Černý & Huang, 2023

Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas, Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2023, Taxonomic review of the genus Tarika Moore with descriptions of six new species from Nepal, China and Indochina (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 5258 (3), pp. 285-300 : 290-300

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5258.3.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:415D3C07-EA87-49D1-A758-9E9A44FB2C58
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7780266
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE7665F9-8C45-4690-BE86-1EFA3873AE59
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:BE7665F9-8C45-4690-BE86-1EFA3873AE59
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Tarika biserratula
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Tarika biserratula View in CoL sp. n.

( Figs 13, 14 View FIGURES 9–16 , 31 View FIGURES 29–31 , 39 View FIGURES 36–39 )

Paratypes: CHINA: 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype, gen. prep. Nos.: ZSM GoogleMaps Arct. 2021-236 (female), ZSM Arct. 2021-263 (male) (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 15.5 mm in males and 18.0 mm in female. The new species is superficially most similar to T. reducta sp. n. due to its relatively small size but differs from it in the somewhat narrower forewing in both sexes. The male genital capsule of T. biserratula sp. n. is similar to T. danieli sp. n. and T. kinha sp. n. but distinguished by the somewhat thicker arms of the vinculum,the somewhat narrower valva with almost parallel margins (the valva margins are convex in the aforementioned congeners), and the shorter distal saccular process. The vesica of T. biserratula sp. n. differs clearly from other species of Tarika in the larger, trilobate medial diverticulum bearing a broad serrulate plate in the distal lobe. Additionally, the subbasal tubular section of the vesica is remarkably longer than in other congeners. The female genitalia of the new species are distinguished from other species in the genus by the presence of two subostial lobes latero-ventrally, and the elongate and narrow ductus bursae.

Distribution. South China (southern Hunan Province).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the presence of two serrulate plates in the phallus vesica. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.