Agalope haoi, Huang & Zhu & Chen & Xu & Wang & Fan & Pan & Espeland, 2022

Huang, Si-Yao, Zhu, Li-Juan, Chen, En-Yong, Xu, Yong-Qiang, Wang, Min, Fan, Xiao-Ling, Pan, Zhao-Hui & Espeland, Marianne, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Agalope Walker from mainland China with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae), Zootaxa 5165 (4), pp. 557-574 : 562

Agalope haoi S.-Y. Huang sp. n.

( Figs 1, 2 , 31 , 57 )

Type material. Holotype: male, 16. VIII. 2018, Pantiange , Weixi County, Yunnan Province, P. R. China, leg. Hao Huang, slide ZSY220 ( CHSY, will be subsequently deposited in ZFMK) . Paratype: 1 female, same locality and collector as the holotype, but 3.VIII.2018, slide ZSY221 ( CHSY) .

Diagnosis. Length of forewing 21. 3 mm in male (holotype) and 17. 8 mm in female (paratype). Agalope haoi sp. n. is reminiscent of A. wangi ( Figs 3, 4 , 32, 33 , 58 ) from Taiwan island and A. bieti ( Fig. 28 ) from Ta-tsien-lu (currently surroundings of Kangding City, Western Sichuan, China), but it can be easily distinguished from the former by the combination of the following characters: 1) antemedial and medial bands of the forewing are well-developed, straight, broader near costa and gradually narrowing towards dorsum, while both bands are narrower and obsolete in A. wangi ; 2) discal area of the hindwing is whitish, while it is brownish in A. wangi ; 3) uncus is shorter and narrower, posterior tegumenal projection slightly narrower, and juxta bilobed at the distal end, while in A. wangi the distal end of juxta is flat; 4) in female genitalia the 8 th tergite is much narrower and band-like (indicated by arrow in Fig. 57 ) and the ductus bursae is shorter, while in A. wangi the 8 th tergite is broader (indicated by arrow in Fig. 58 ) and triangular-shaped, and the ductus bursae is longer. From A. bieti , A. haoi sp. n. can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: 1) antemedial and medial bands of forewing are thinner especially in the posterior part; 2) hindwing upperside is more whitish, while it is darker and diffused with much more blackish-brown scales in A. bieti ; 3) distal end of juxta is bilobed and V-shaped, while that of juxta is truncate and with concave distal margin in A. bieti (according to Yen et al. 2005).

Distribution. Known from Weixi County in Northwestern Yunnan province, P. R. China.

Etymology. The specific epithet haoi is dedicated to the collector of the type series, Mr. Hao Huang.

Remarks. Although the forewing pattern of the new species is quite similar to that of A. bieti , and thus the possibility of conspecificity exists, we still classify them as two species. Apart from the morphological differences stated above, the geographical distribution pattern of A. bieti and A. haoi sp. n. is very much similar to that of A. lucia and A. dejeani Oberthür, 1893 ( Fig. 68 ), with one found in Western Sichuan and another found in Western or Northwestern Yunnan, both restricted in relatively high altitude. Interestingly, the external differences of A. haoi sp. n. and A. bieti also well correspond with those between A. lucia ( Figs 21–25 ) and A. dejeani ( Figs 26, 27 ), with one paler and the other one darker. Since the latter two have turned out to be two distinct species, this should be the same for A. haoi sp. n. and A. bieti due to the isolation in different high mountainous regions.

Figures

FIGURES 68. Distribution map of Agalope spp. in SE Asia.

FIGURES 1–10. Adults of Agalope spp. 1, Agalope haoi sp. n., male, HT, Weixi, Yunnan, ZSY220 (CHSY); 2, ditto, female, PT, Weixi, Yunnan, ZSY221 (CHSY); 3, A. wangi, male, HT, Mt. Nanhutashan, Taiwan (NSMT), by courtesy of Dr. Shipher Wu; 4, ditto, female, PT, Mt. Nanhutashan, Taiwan (NSMT), by courtesy of Dr. Shipher Wu; 5, A. chayuensis sp. n., male, HT, Chayu, Xizang, STS-34878 (TAAHU); 6, ditto, male, PT, Chayu, Xizang, STS-34879 (TAAHU); 7, ditto, male, PT, Chayu, Xizang, STS-34880 (TAAHU); 8, A. pica, male, HT, Arizan, Taiwan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. Shipher Wu; 9, ditto, male, Taroko, Taiwan (TFRI), by courtesy of Dr. Shipher Wu; 10, ditto, male, Guanwu, Taiwan (TFRI), by courtesy of Dr. Shipher Wu.

FIGURES 31–33. Male genitalia of Agalope spp. 31, Agalope haoi sp. n., HT, slide ZSY220; 32, A. wangi, by courtesy of Dr. Shipher Wu; 33, A. wangi, HT, slide NSMT2166m#, after Owada (1992). Scale bar for fig. 31.

FIGURES 57–61. Female genitalia of Agalope spp. 57, Agalope haoi sp. n., PT, slide ZSY221; 58, A. wangi, PT, slide NS- MT2167f#, after Owada (1992) with corpus bursae outlined by black; 59, A. owadai sp. n., PT, slide TMAG2; 60, A. aurelia, slide DLJAG1; 61, A. lucia, slide GSAG3. Arrows in figs 57 and 58 indicating the 8th tergite.

FIGURES 21–30. Adults of Agalope spp. 21, Agalope lucia, female, syntype, Tsekou, Yunnan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. Mamoru Owada; 22, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan (CHSY); 23, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan, GSAG3 (CHSY); 24, ditto, male, Badi, Weixi, Yunnan, AG04 (CHSY); 25, ditto, male, Samage, Weixi, Yunnan, AG03 (SCAU); 26, A. dejeani, male, Jinchuan, Sichuan, JCAG2(CHSY); 27, ditto, JCAG1(CHSY); 28, A. bieti, male, HT, Kangding, Sichuan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. K.A. Efetov; 29, A. jianqingi sp. n., male, HT, Pianma, Yunnan (CHSY); 30, A. primularis, male, Nepal, after Owada & Horie (2000). Scale bar for figs 21–27, 29.