Rhotana biermani ( Schmidt, 1926 ) Zelazny & Webb, 2011

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 86-87

Rhotana biermani ( Schmidt, 1926) , new combination

Decora biermani Schmidt, 1926: 240

Redescription. Forewings and abdomen missing in only specimen available. Colour stramineous, facial carinae in front of eyes, mesonotum and fore tibiae light brown. Hindwings colourless. Facial carinae contiguous at their bases; subantennal processes well -, lateral carinae of pronotum little developed. Schmidt provides the following description of the forewing (translated from German): "Forewings glassy with a smoky-grey band crossing the wing at the end of its basal third. Forewing marks in number and position like in Decora pavo Bierman. Apical margin and veins between the marks red. Anterior apical crossveins and band before the anterior apical margin smoky-grey."

Etymology. The species is named for C.J.H. Bierman, the author of the genus Decora , and ' biermani ' is a latinized noun used in the genitive case.

Type material. Holotype (sex unknown, abdomen missing), INDONESIA: Buru Island; labels: 1) Buru 1921/ Station 17/ leg. L.J. Toxopeus/ 1300 M 2) Typus 3) Decora / Biermani Schmidt / Edm. Schmidt / determ. 1926 ( MZWP).

Distribution. Buru Island (Maluku, Indonesia).

Diagnosis. Schmidt has stressed the similarity to Rhotana pavo (Bierman) , found in Sumatra and Borneo. It is not possible to provide an adequate characterisation of this species since the holotype has missing forewings and no abdomen. It seems to differ from Rhotana pavo (Bierman) by its lighter colour (e.g. foretibiae and labium), by the facial carinae being contiguous at their bases, and by the poorly developed lateral carinae of the pronotum.