Agalope liuzihaoi, Huang & Horie & Fan & Wang & Espeland, 2023

Huang, Si-Yao, Horie, Kiyoshi, Fan, Xiao-Ling, Wang, Min & Espeland, Marianne, 2023, A review of the genus Agalope Walker (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae) with taxonomic notes and descriptions of three new genera and three new species, Zootaxa 5284 (2), pp. 291-321 : 297

Agalope liuzihaoi S.-Y. Huang & Horie sp. n.

( Figs 14 , 54 , 73 )

Type material. Holotype: male, hindwritten label (in Chinese) “ 2017. 8. 13, LZH, AENJffiṄDZ ”(2017. 8. 13 (13. VIII. 2017), Bomi , Zhagang Town ( Gang Village , Zhamu Town , Bomi County, Xizang Autonomous Region ), LZH (leg. Zi-hao Liu ))/ hindwritten label“ZSY183” ( CHSY, will be subsequently deposited in ZFMK).

Diagnosis. Length of forewing 21 mm in male. Externally A. liuzihaoi sp. n. is only reminiscent of A. geoffi sp. n. described above, but it can be distinguished from the latter by the combination of the following characters: 1) Both wings broader. 2) On the hindwing the cilia are white thoroughly from apex to tornus, while in A. geoffi sp. n. the cilia are greyish from apex to cell Cu 2 and white from cell Cu 2 to the tornus. 3) The posterior tegumenal projection is slightly longer. 4) The distal saccular process is significantly long and slender, while in A. geoffi sp. n. it is much shorter and forms a triangular process pointed upwards. 5) The phallus is somewhat longer.

Distribution. Known from Bomi County in southeastern Xizang, China, its type locality.

Etymology. The specific epithet liuzihaoi is dedicated to the collector of the new species, Dr. Zi-hao Liu, a good friend of the first author. A noun in the genitive case.

Figures

FIGURES 1–14. Adults of Agalope spp. 1, Agalope hyalina, male, Simla, Punjab, India, ZMH 67215 (ZMH); 2, ditto, female, Simla, Punjab, India, ZMH 67216 (ZMH); 3, A. glacialis, ST, female, Darjiling (Darjeeling), West Bengal, India, NHMUK014200152 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 4, ditto, male, Lete, Nepal, NHMUK014199967 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 5, ditto, male, Jilong, Xigaze, Xizang, China, STS-34884 (TAAHU); 6, ditto, male, Jilong, Xigaze, Xizang, China, STS-34883 (TAAHU); 7, A. eronioides, male, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India, NHMUK014200111 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 8, ditto, female, Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, India, NHMUK014200112 (NHMUK, ©The Trustees of NHMUK); 9, ditto, male, Chiangmai, Thailand, ZFMK Lep153372 (ZFMK); 10, ditto, female, Chiangmai, Thailand, ZFMK Lep153373 (ZFMK); 11, A. livida, male, Taibaishan,Shaanxi,China, ZFMK Lep153374 (ZFMK);12, ditto, female,Shennongjia, Hubei, China, ZFMK Lep 153375 (ZFMK); 13, A. geoffi sp. n., male, HT, Linzhi, Xizang, China, ZFMK Lep 153485 (ZFMK); 14, A. liuzihaoi sp. n., male, HT, Bomi, Xizang, China, ZSY183 (CHSY, will be deposited in ZFMK).

FIGURES 51–63. Lateral view of the male genitalia of Agalope/Elcysma-related genera. Depository: 51, 52, 58: ZMH; 53, 55, 63: ZFMK; 54, 57, 61: CHSY; 56: SCAU; 59, 60: NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 62: CSYSU.

FIGURES 70–75. Male genitalia of Agalope and Rotundagalope gen. n. spp. Depositary: 70, 71, 72, 74: ZFMK; 73: CHSY; 75: NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).