Manulea (Manulea) tienmushanica ( Daniel, 1954 ) Volynkin & Saldaitis & Huang, 2022

Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas & Huang, Si-Yao, 2022, Taxonomic review of Manulea (M.) tienmushanica (Daniel), comb. nov., and its allies with descriptions of two new species from mainland China (Lepidoptera Erebidae: Arctiinae), Zootaxa 5182 (4), pp. 389-398 : 391-393

Manulea (Manulea) tienmushanica ( Daniel, 1954) , comb. n.

( Figs 1–3 , 9–11 )

Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel, 1954 , Bonner zoologische Beiträge, 5 (1–2): 120, text fig. 78 (male genitalia), pl. 3, fig. 70 (adult). (Type locality: [E China: Zhejiang, West Tianmu Mt.] “ Chekiang : West-Tien-Mu-Shan, 1600 m ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Fig. 1 ): male, “West Tien-mu-shan | Prov. Chekiang | 15.4.1932. H. Höne” / pink label “Typus” / red label “ Holotypus | Lithosia | tienmushanica | Daniel.” ( ZFMK) . Paratypes: 1 male, West Tien-mu-shan, Prov. Chekiang, 15.IV.1932. H. Höne [leg.] / Allotypus / Allotypus Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel , unique number: ZFMKLep153380, gen. prep. by Huang ( ZFMK); 2 males , the same data as holotype ( ZFMK); 1 male , same locality and collector as previous but 7.IV.1932 ( ZFMK); 1 male , same locality and collector as previous but 29.IV.1932 ( ZFMK); 1 male , Hoengshan, Prov. Hunan, 19.IV.1933, H . Höne / Paratypus Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel 1947 / Sammlung Daniel ( ZFMK) ; 1 male, West Tien-mu-shan (1600m), Pz. Chekiang, 4.IV.1932, H. Höne / Paratypus Lithosia tienmushanica Daniel 1947 / Sammlung Daniel, gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019-968 (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM).

Additional material examined. MAINLAND CHINA: 1 male, same locality and collector as holotype but 18.IV.1932 ( ZFMK); 1 male, same locality and collector as holotype but 21.IV.1932 ( ZFMK); 1 male, China, Wuy Shan , Jiangxi – Fujian border, 50 km SE of Yingtan, 27°56'N, 117°25'E, 1600m, III.2002, Sinyaev & local coll. leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2019-969 (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM); 1 male, W Sichuan, 10 km S of Tianquan , 880m, N30°00.456' E102°45.277', 23.IV.2015, Floriani & Saldaitis, gen. prep. No.: AV6779 (prepared by Volynkin) ( AFM) . TAIWAN: 1 male, Taiwan, Prov. Ilan [Yilan County], Ming-Chyr F. R. A., 1250m, 24°38'98''N, 121°28'52''E, 6.IV.1997, L. Peregovits & A. Kun leg., gen. prep. No.: ZSM Arct. 2021-197 (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) .

Notes. (1) The specimen supposed by Daniel to be a female and designated by him as ‘allotype’ is a male in fact. (2) The single Taiwanese specimen examined displays some differences in both the superficial appearance and the male genitalia structures from the continental specimens of M. tienmushanica and the Taiwanese population may represent a distinct taxon. However, currently it is impossible to make a taxonomic decision and describe it due to the lack of a representative material.

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 11.5–13.0 mm in males, smaller than all the other congeners (see measures below). In the male genitalia, the length of the dorsal diverticulum of the phallus vesica and the size of its apical cluster of spinules are variable ( Figs 9–11 ). Manulea tienmushanica is most superficially reminiscent of M. diaforetica sp. n., the detailed comparison is provided below in the diagnosis of the latter species. In the male genitalia, the narrow vesica with two tubular diverticula bearing apical clusters of spinules is diagnostic for the species.

The female is unknown.

Distribution. East (Zhejiang, Hunan, and the Jiangxi / Fujian border) ( Daniel 1954) and Southwest (Sichuan) mainland China and the island of Taiwan.

Figures

FIGURES 1–8. Manulea spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 1 in ZFMK; 2–4, 7 and 8 in MWM/ZSM; 5 in WIGJ; 6 in AFM.

FIGURES 9–11. Manulea tienmushanica: male genitalia. The specimens dissected are deposited in MWM/ZSM.