Ammatho (Conicornuta) convexa ( Wileman, 1910 )

Volynkin, Anton V., Huang, Si-Yao & Derzhinsky, Yevgeniy A., 2020, Two new species of the subgenus Conicornuta Volynkin, 2019 of the genus Ammatho Walker, 1855 from China and northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Erebidae Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4878 (1), pp. 182-188 : 184-188

Ammatho (Conicornuta) convexa ( Wileman, 1910)

( Figs 8–11 , 15 , 21 )

Miltochrista convexa Wileman, 1910 , The Entomologist 43 (567): 223 (Type locality: [ Taiwan] “ Formosa ... Kanshirei ”).

= Asura cruciata Matsumura, 1927 , Journal of the College of Agriculture , Hokkaido Imperial University 19 (1): 70, pl. 5, fig. 3 (Type locality: [ Taiwan] “Formosa ... Horisha”).

Type material examined. Lectotype of Miltochrista convexa (designated herein): male ( Figs 8 , 15 ), “ ♂ Kanshirei, | Formosa. | 1,000 ft. | 16.IV.1906 | A.E. Wileman.”/“ Miltochrista | taiwana | convexa | Type ♂. sp. n.”/“Wileman Coll. | B.M. 1929.-261.”/“762 T +”/round label with a red circle “Type”/“ Arctiidae | genitalia slide | No. 5271 ♂ ”/ label with QR-code and unique number “NHMUK010604444” (Coll. NHMUK). Paralectotype: female, “ ♀ Kan-shirei, | Formosa. | 1,000 ft. | 17.IV.1906 | A.E. Wileman.”/“Koanania | IV.17.1906 ♀ ”/ Miltochrista | convexa | sp. n. | Type ♀ ”/“Wileman Coll. | B.M. 1929.-261.”/round label with a red circle “Type”/label with QR-code and unique number “ NHMUK 010604443” (Coll. NHMUK). Photographs of the holotype (by monotypy) of Asura cruciata ( Fig. 9 ): female, “HORISHA | Formosa | - - 1917”/“ Asura cruciata ”/“-type | Asura | cruciata | Mats. 1927”/“Type | Matsumura” (Coll. EIHU).

Other material examined. Series of specimens of both sexes from various counties of Taiwan (Colls MWM / ZSM and NHMUK).

Remark. In the original description, Matsumura (1927) cited one male specimen, whereas the type specimen deposited in EIHU ( Fig. 9 ) is a female.

Distribution. Endemic to Taiwan Island.

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Ammatho (Conicornuta) spp., adults. 1, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., holotype male, China, Guangdong (SCAU); 2, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., paratype female, China, Guangdong (SCAU); 3, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., paratype male, China, Fujian (SCAU); 4, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., paratype male, China, Sichuan (©NHMUK); 5, A. mangae sp. n., holotype male, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 6, A. mangae sp. n., paratype female, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 7, A. mangae sp. n., paratype female, N Vietnam (CAV); 8, A. convexa, lectotype male, Taiwan (©NHMUK); 9, A. convexa, holotype female of Asura cruciata, Taiwan (EIHU, photo by V.V. Zolotuhin); 10, A. convexa, male, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 11, A. convexa, female, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM).

FIGURES 12–15. Ammatho (Conicornuta) spp., male genitalia. 12, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., holotype, China, Guangdong, prep. Huang (SCAU); 13, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., paratype, China, Guangdong, prep. Huang (SCAU); 14, A. mangae sp. n., holotype, N Vietnam, slide ZSM Arct. 2019-680 Volynkin (MWM/ZSM); 15, A. convexa, lectotype, Taiwan, slide BMNH(E) Arct.-5271 (©NHMUK).

FIGURES 16–21. Ammatho (Conicornuta) spp., female genitalia. 16, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., paratype, China, Guangdong, prep. Huang (SCAU); 17, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., paratype, China, Guangdong, prep. Huang (SCAU); 18, A. sinocontinentalis sp. n., paratype, China, Zhejiang, slide AV1828 Volynkin (ZFMK); 19, A. mangae sp. n., paratype, N Vietnam, slide ZSM Arct. 2019-681 Volynkin (MWM/ZSM); 20, A. mangae sp. n., paratype, N Vietnam, slide AV5889 Volynkin (CAV); 21, A. convexa, Taiwan, slide MWM 33590 Volynkin (MWM/ZSM).