Sumangala sufflava ( Muir, 1913 )

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 188

Sumangala sufflava ( Muir, 1913)

Levu sufflava Muir, 1913: 84

Rhotana hopponis Matsumura, 1914: 294 , synonymised by Zelazny, 1981: 230

Mecynorhynchus stramineus Muir, 1914: 52 , synonymised by Zelazny, 1981: 230

Sumangala sufflava (Muir) , Zelazny, 1981: 230, Fig. 12, with a redescription

( Figs. 2, 116, 117)

Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (sufflavus, -a, -um = yellowish).

Type material. L. sufflava , lectotype ♀, (designated by Zelazny 1981: 230), INDONESIA, W. Borneo, Mowong, F. Muir ( BPBM, # 5211); R. hopponis , holotype ♂, TAIWAN, Hoppo , 7.VIII.1906, Matsumura ( EIHU) ; M. stramineus , lectotype ♂ (designated by Zelazny 1981: 231), TAIWAN, Arisan , 20.X.1912, Nitobe ( BPBM, # 5218) .

Additional material examined. WEST MALAYSIA: Cameron Highlands : 4800ft (1600m), 13. III.1924 4 ♂ , H.M. Pendlebury; Pahang, Lubok Tamang , 3500ft (1100m), 23. VI.1923, 1 ♀ , H.M. Pendlebury; Pahang, Fraser's Hill , 4000ft (1300m), 29. VI.1933, 1 ♂ , H.M. Pendlebury; Genting Highlands , 24. III.1984, 1 ♂ , J. Martin (all BMNH); Mt. Briehang , 2–7.I.1959, 1 ♂ , L.W. Quate; Khumpur , 6.IX.1934, 1 ♂ , off coffee (all BPBM) . MYAN- MAR: UPPER BURMA: Nam Tamai Valley , lat. N27°42', long. E97°54, 3000 ft (1000m), 15,26. VIII.1938, 5 ♂ 1 ♀ , R. Kaulback, caught at night ( BMNH).

Distribution. Taiwan, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar.

Diagnosis and discussion. Sumangala sufflava (Muir) is very similar to Su. josephinae Zelazny and both species have an overlapping distribution. It can be separated from that species by the two rounded, apical lobes of the male aedeagus. Both species are difficult to distinguish externally. The presence of a small infuscated mark around the base of the 1st subcostal sector in Su. josephinae was earlier considered to be the most consistent external difference ( Zelazny, 1981). However, among the additional examined specimens listed above, six males from Malaysia (most of them collected at high altitudes) have infuscations around the 1st subcostal sector. Compared to most specimens from Borneo they have also larger forewings and in general darker forewing markings. Yang & Wu (1993) treated Sumangala hopponis (= Rhotana hopponis Matsumura ) as a separate species, but apparently have not examined its type. From their description, the specimens of Su. hopponis have a paler colour compared to Sumangala sufflava .