Paratalanta Meyrick

Zhang, Dandan, Cai, Yanpeng & Li, Houhun, 2014, Taxonomic review of the genus Paratalanta Meyrick, 1890 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae) from China, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3753 (2), pp. 118-132 : 121

Key to the Paratalanta Meyrick in Mainland China based on female genitalia

1 Antrum with short spines or setae....................................................................... 3

- Antrum without spine or setae.......................................................................... 2

2 Ductus bursae 1.5 times length of corpus bursae, posterior 1/4 slightly dilated ( Fig. 22 )................ P. furcata sp. nov.

- Ductus bursae 2 times length of corpus bursae, posterior 1/4 not dilated ( Fig. 25 ).......................... P. stachialis

3 Antrum without latero-medial process.................................................................... 4

- Antrum with a pair of latero-medial processes............................................................. 5

4 Antrum with a pair of small, oval, membranous sacs and a large round sac protruding from joint of antrum and ductus bursae ( Fig. 26 )................................................................................... P. ussurialis

- Antrum with a pair of curved backward, horn-shaped membranous sacs protruding from joint of antrum and ductus bursae ( Fig. 24 )................................................................................... P. pandalis

5 Antrum with setae on posterior margin ( Fig. 23 )............................................ P. cultralis amurensis

- Antrum with setae on postero-lateral margin............................................................... 6

6 Antrum with a pair of small, oval, membranous sacs protruding from joint of antrum and ductus bursae ( Inoue 1982: Plate 309: 10)................................................................................ P. taiwanensis sasakii

- Antrum without binate sacs protruding from joint of antrum and ductus bursae ( Fig. 21 )............. P. annulata sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 26. Female genitalia of Paratalanta spp. 21. P. annaluta sp. nov. paratype, genitalia slide no. IOZ (E) 506397; 22. P. f u rc at a sp. nov. paratype, genitalia slide no. CYP 12045; 23. P. cultralis amurensis, genitalia slide no. CYP 12031; 24. P. pandalis, genitalia slide no. CYP 11035; 25. P. stachialis, genitalia slide no. CYP 11050; 26. P. ussurialis, genitalia slide no. CYP 12032.