Barsine takamukui ( Matsumura, 1927 ) Volynkin & Černý & Huang, 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 : 21

Barsine takamukui ( Matsumura, 1927) , comb. n.

( Figs 83–85 , 188, 189 , 245 )

Miltochrista takamukui Matsumura, 1927 , Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University, Sapporo, Japan, 19 (1): 69, pl. 5, fig. 4 (Type locality: [ Taiwan] “ Formosa; … at Horisha”).

Type material examined. Photographs of the holotype ( Fig. 85 ): ♀, Horisha, Formosa, -1917 / Miltochrista takamukui / Type Matsumura (Coll. HUFA).

Other material examined: 1 ♂, Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Lushan spa, 26–29.VII.1981, R. Sato leg. / Inoue Coll. B.M. 1992-71, slide NHMUK010313438 Volynkin (Coll. NHMUK) ; 1 ♂, Taiwan, Prov. Ping-Tung , 10 km SE of Mutan, 470 m, 03–04.VII.1996, leg.: G. Csorba et L. Németh, slide MWM 34579 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♂, Taiwan, Prov. Nantou, 3 km SW of Tsuifeng, 121´10´´E, 24´06´´N, 2100 m, 18.VIII.1996, leg. T. Csővári & L. Mikus (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♀, Lushan-spa , Nantow Hsien, Taiwan, 29.VII.1985, Y. Kishida leg., slide AV2540 ♀ Volynkin (Coll. SZMN) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 12 mm in males and 12–13 mm in females. Barsine takamukui is a closest relative of B. kuatunensis . These two species have no external differences. The male genitalia of B. takamukui differ from those of B. kuatunensis by the valva being narrower distally, the basally narrower medial costal process, the slightly smaller ventral diverticulum, and the absence of a medial row of small cornuti in vesica. The female genitalia of B. takamukui differ from those of B. kuatunensis by their slightly smaller corpus bursae without signum (in B. takamukui , the signum is present), and larger appendix bursae.

Distribution. Endemic of Taiwan.

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 188–191. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 188, B. takamukui, Taiwan, slide NHMUK010313438 Volynkin (©NHMUK); 189, ditto, Taiwan, slide MWM 34579 Volynkin; 190, B, persephone, holotype, N Thailand, slide MWM 31379 Volynkin; 191, ditto, paratype, N Vietnam, slide MWM 31380 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.