Barsine kuatunensis ( Daniel, 1951 )

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2019, A review of the Barsine hypoprepioides (Walker, 1862) species-group, with descriptions of fifteen new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4618 (1), pp. 1-82 : 20-21

Barsine kuatunensis ( Daniel, 1951)

( Figs 80–82 , 186, 187 , 244 )

Miltochrista kuatunensis Daniel, 1951 , Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 2 (3–4): 315, Pl. 1, fig. 19 (Type locality: [ China Fujian] “Fukien: Kuatun, 2300 m ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Fig. 80 ): ♂, [ China, Fujian] Kuatun, 2300 m ( Fukien ), 27,40 N Lat / 117,40 E Long, 13.VIII.1938, H. Höne [leg.] / Holotypus Miltochrista kuatuni Daniel. , slide AV1858 ♂ Volynkin (Coll. ZFMK) . Paratype ( Fig. 186 ): ♂, [ China, Fujian] Kuatun, prov. Fukien, 4.VIII. [19]38, [leg.] Höne / Re-Paratype Miltochr. kuatunensis Dan. , slide AV1863 ♂ Volynkin (Coll. ZFMK) .

Other material examined. CHINA: 1 ♂, [China, Fujian] Kuatun (2300 m), 4.VIII. [19]46, leg. Höne (Coll. ZFMK) ; 1 ♂, same locality and collector, but 2.IX. [19]46 (Coll. ZFMK) ; 1 ♂, [China, Fujian] Kuatun, prov. Fukien , 30.VII. [19]38, [leg.] Höne (Coll. ZFMK) ; 1 ♂, [Fujian] Lingping, South China , VII.1922, H. Höne [leg.] (Coll. ZFMK) ; 1 ♂, [China, Fujian] Kuatun, prov. Fukien , 05.IX.1938, leg. Höne (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, China, Guangdong, Shaoguan, Nanling [Mts.], 900–1400 m, 27–31.VII.2008, Y. Kishida, M. Wang [leg.], slides AV2541 ♂, AV2542 ♀ Volynkin (Coll. SZMN) ; 1 ♂, same locality and collector, but 1000–1400 m, 9–15.VII.2010, prep. in sugar by Dubatolov (Coll. SZMN) ; 1 ♂, [Sichuan] 25.31. Mt. Omei , W. China, 3000–4000 ft., 13.VII. [19]31, G.M. Franck [leg.], slide AV4825 ♂ Volynkin (Coll. NHMUK) ; VIETNAM: 2 ♀, [N Vietnam] Tonkin , Hanoi, leg. Franz Daniel (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♂, [N] Vietnam, Tam Dao , 25.IX. [19]78, A. Helia leg., slide AV4627 ♂ Volynkin (Coll. CKC) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 10.5–11 mm in males and 12–12.5 mm in females. Barsine kuatunensis is externally very similar to the allopatric B. takamukui and can be differed from it by the genitalia structure only. The male genitalia of B. kuatunensis differ from those of B. takamukui by the valva being broader distally, the basally broader medial costal process, the slightly larger ventral diverticulum, and the presence of a medial row of small cornuti in vesica. The female genitalia of B. kuatunensis differ from those of B. takamukui by their slightly larger corpus bursae having signum (that is absent in B. takamukui ), and smaller appendix bursae.

Distribution. South China (Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong) ( Fang 2000; Kishida 2011) and North Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 71–85. Barsine spp., adults. 71, B. mesomene, holotype ♂, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 72, ditto, paratype ♀, N Thai- land (MWM/ZSM); 73, ditto, paratype ♂, N Myanmar (MWM/ZSM); 74, ditto, paratype ♂, NE India (MWM/ZSM); 75, ditto, paratype ♂, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 76, ditto, paratype ♀, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 77, ditto, paratype ♂, N Laos (CKC); 78, B. pandeia, holotype ♂, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 79, ditto, paratype ♂, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 80, B. kuatunensis, holotype ♂, China, Fujian (ZFMK); 81, ditto, ♀, China, Guangdong (SZMN); 82, ditto, ♂, China, Sichuan (©NHMUK); 83, B. takamukui, ♂, Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 84, ditto, ♀, Taiwan (©NHMUK); 85, ditto, holotype ♀, Taiwan (EIHU) (Photo by Y.-L. Chen).

FIGURES 184–187. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 184, B. pandeia, holotype, N Vietnam, slide MWM 33624 Volynkin; 185, ditto, paratype, N Vietnam, slide MWM 33623 Volynkin; 186, B. kuatunensis, paratype, SE China, Fujian, slide AV1863 Volynkin; 187, ditto, China, Sichuan, slide AV4825 Volynkin.

FIGURES 240–245. Barsine spp., female genitalia. 240, B. fasciata, N Thailand, slide AV2765 Volynkin; 241, B. amaculata, paratype, S Vietnam, slide AV1801 Volynkin; 242, B. mesomene, paratype, N Thailand, slide MWM 33620 Volynkin; 243, ditto, paratype, N Vietnam, slide ZSM Arct. 07/2017 Volynkin; 244, B. kuatunensis, China, Guangdong, slide AV2542 Volynkin; 245, B. takamukui, Taiwan, slide AV2540 Volynkin.