Sesapa (Nipponasura) inouei Volynkin, nom. n. (figs 1, 7–8; 2, 3; 3, 3)

Nipponasura sanguinea Inoue, 1965: 242; non Sesapa sanguinea (Moore, 1877) (= Setinochroa sanguinea Moore, 1877).

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Holotype: {, “Ka-arayama, Ishigaki Is., Ryukyu, 12.06.1963, H. Inoue ” (handwritten & printed label), “Holotype Nipponasura sanguinea Inoue, 1965 ” (handwritten red label), “Holotype” (round printed label with a red circle), “Inoue coll. B.M. 1992–71” (printed label), “Type status verified K. Buckmaster 1992” (printed label), “Type photographed in colour” (printed label), “No. 995”, (handwritten label), “ NHMUK010605746 ” (printed label with QR-code) (NHM). Paratype: {, “Ryukyu, Is. Ishigaki, Kawarayama, 6.05.1963, Y. Arita leg.” (NHM) .

O t h e r m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Japan: Shirahama, Iriomote I., Ryukyu, 14.11.1963, 1 {, slide BMNH (E) Arct.- 6559 m Volynkin (NHM); Mt. Komi, Is. Iriomote, Okinawa [pref.], 23.04.1981, 1} (Col. K. Baba et N. Kato) (NHM) .

D i a g n o s i s. See the diagnosis of the subgenus.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Endemic to Japanese Ryukyu Islands (Ishigaki Is., Iriomote Is., Yonakuni Is.) (Inoue, 1965).