Problepsis shirozui Inoue, 1986

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Problepsis shirozui Inoue, 1986

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Problepsis shirozui Inoue, 1986 , Bull. Fac. domest. Sci. Otsuma Wom. Univ., 22: 224, figs 17, 18a. Holotype ♂, Taiwan: Taipei Hsien, Wulai (NHM).

Diagnosis. See under P. discophora and P. superans ( Butler, 1885) .

Type material. Holotype, ♂, CHINA: ( NHM): N. Formosa [ Taiwan], Wulai, 8.VII.1961, coll. T. Shirozn, NHM slide no. 16489, Inoue Coll. B.M. 1992–71.

Material examined. CHINA: Jiangxi ( IZCAS) : 2 ♂, Dayu, 500 m, 13–16.VIII.1985, coll. Song Shimei et al. Hunan (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Yizhang, 19.VIII.1981. Fujian (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Jiangle, 800 m, 14.IX.1990, coll. Yang Bin. Hainan ( IZCAS): 1 ♂, Jianfengling, 30.I.1982, coll. Lin Youdong ; 1 ♂, Baisha, Yinggeling, Nankai, Mohao, 336 m, 15–16.IV.2010, coll. Jiang Nan. Guangxi ( IZCAS): 1 ♂, Jinxiu, Jinzhong Gonglu, 1100 m, 11.V.1999, coll. Han Hongxiang ; 2 ♂, Jinxiu, Luoxiang, 200 m, 14.V.1999, coll. Han Hongxiang; 2 ♂, Huanjiang, Yangmei’ao, 1189 m, 18–22.VII.2015, coll. Jiang Nan et al., IZCAS slide no. Geom-03400. Yunnan (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Xishuangbanna, Menglun, 580 m, 6.IX.1993, coll. Yang Longlong.

Distribution. China (Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURES 23–30. Adults of Problepsis. 23, P. discophora kardakoffi, Heilongjiang. 24–26, P. phoebearia, male, 24, Beijing, 25, Jilin, 26, Heilongjiang; 27–28, P. shirozui, male, Guangxi, 27, uppside, 28, underside, 29–30, P. superans, Hubei. Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 49–51. Male genitalia of Problepsis. 49, P. phoebearia, Beijing; 50, P. shirozui, Guangxi; 51, P. superans, Guizhou. FIGURES 52–58. Aedeagus of Problepsis. 52, P. albidior, Hainan; 53, P. eucircota, Gansu; 54, P. stueningi sp. nov., paratype, Gansu; 55, P. vulgaris, Tibet; 56, P. paredra, Hubei; 57. P. subreferta, Yunnan; 58, P. batangnensis sp. nov., paratype, Sichuan. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 59–72. Aedeagus of Problepsis. 59, P. plagiata, Shaanxi; 60, P. apollinaria apollinaria, Hainan; 61, P. delphiaria auriculifera, Hainan; 62, P. transvehens, Hainan; 63–64, P. conjunctiva; 63, Hainan, 64, Tibet; 65, P. crassinotata, Fujian; 66, P. diazoma, Hunan; 67, P. discophora discophora, Beijing; 68, P. discophora kardakoffi, Heilongjiang; 69–70, P. phoebearia, 69, Russia, 70, Beijing; 71, P. shirozui, Guangxi; 72, P. superans, Guizhou. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 73–91. Male eighth sternite of Problepsis. 73, P. albidior, Sichuan; 74, P. eucircota, Jiangxi; 75, P. stueningi sp. nov., paratype, Gansu; 76, P. vulgaris, Guangdong; 77, P. paredra, Hubei; 78. P. subreferta, Yunnan; 79, P. batangnensis sp. nov., paratype, Sichuan; 80, P. plagiata, Shaanxi; 81, P. apollinaria apollinaria, Hainan; 82, P. delphiaria auriculifera, Hainan; 83, P. transvehens, Hainan; 84, P. conjunctiva, Hainan; 85, P. crassinotata, Yunnan; 86, P. diazoma, Fujian; 87, P. discophora discophora, Beijing; 88, P. discophora kardakoffi, Heilongjiang; 89, P. phoebearia, Russia; 90, P. shirozui, Guangxi; 91, P. superans, Guizhou. Scale bar = 1 mm.