Barsine pandeia Volynkin & Černý, 2019

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

Barsine pandeia Volynkin & Černý , sp. n.

( Figs 78, 79 , 184, 185 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 78 , 184 ): ♂, Vietnam, Prov. Vinh Phu, Tam Dao , 60 km NW Hanoi, 950–1200 m, 23°34´N, 105°20E, VI.1994, leg. Sinjaev V. & Simonov, slide MWM 33624 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM).

Paratypes: 1 ♂, same data as in the holotype (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♂, N Vietnam, Tam Dao , 60 NW Hanoi, 21.34´N, 105.20´E, 1200 m, 1–5.V.1993, secondary forest, leg. Sinjaev & Simonov, ex coll. A. Schintlmeister, slide MWM 33623 (♂) Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 10 mm in males. Barsine pandeia sp. n. is similar externally to B. mesomene sp. n., B. kuatunensis and B. takamukui , but differs from B. mesomene sp. n. by its medial line being connected to the antemedial line in the cell, and the absence of a postmedial line on hindwing; in comparison to B. kuatunensis and B. takamukui , the new species has creamy white coloration (that is yellow in B. kuatunensis and B. takamukui ), medial line connected to the antemedial line in the cell, and absent postmedial line on hindwing. The male genitalia of B. pandeia sp. n. are very similar to those of B. kuatunensis , but differ by their shorter and slightly narrower distal section of valva, broader aedeagus, shorter and globular ventral diverticulum (that is narrower and elongated in B. kuatunensis ), and slightly shorter and more rounded vesica (that is conspicuously elongated dorsally in B. kuatunensis ).

Female is unknown.

Distribution. North Vietnam (Vinh Phuc).

Etymology. Pandeia is the goddess of the waning moon in Greek mythology.

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.