Ochlodes pseudochraceus Zhu, Fan & Wang, 2023

Zhu, Lijuan, Hou, Yongxiang, Chiba, Hideyuki, Osada, Yohei, Huang, Zhenfu, Sinev, Sergey Yu., Wang, Min & Fan, Xiaoling, 2023, Molecular and morphological evidence reveals hidden new taxa in Ochlodes ochraceus (Bremer, 1861) (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) from China, ZooKeys 1169, pp. 203-220 : 203

Ochlodes pseudochraceus Zhu, Fan & Wang sp. nov.

Figs 3I-K , 4A, B , 5A

Ochlodes ochracea : Chu et al. 2017: 421.

Type material.

Holotype: ♂. 1.VIII.2016, Simingshan, Ningbo City, Zhejiang province, P. R, China, leg. Houshuai Wang & Shuqin Ji. SCAU_He2614. Paratypes: 1♂. 1♀. SCAU_He2637 (female) and SCAU_He2676 (male) with the same data as holotype.

Diagnosis.

Spots in spaces R3-R5 on forewing upper side radial and far from discocellular vein. Male genitalia: lateral process of phallus with distal half gradually enlarged, with a row of small spines. Female genitalia: upper margin of lamella postvaginalis straight.

Description.

Forewing length 15 mm in males and 14 mm in females (Fig. 3I-K ). Antenna longer than half length of forewing. Labial palpi, second segment porrect and covered with long brown hairs, third segment short.

Male (Fig. 3I, J ). Forewing upper side: ground color dark brown with orange-yellow spots. Spots in spaces R3-R5 short and radial, far from discocellular vein; spots in space M1 to CuA2 form a broad brand, of which spot in space M1 very small; cell orange-yellow; stigma black-grey, thin and long. Hindwing upper side: ground color same as forewing, central part including cell and spaces Rs-CuA2 orange-yellow. Wing under side: ground color yellow-brown, with spots yellow, and blurred.

Female (Fig. 3K ). Different from male in reduced spots in spaces R3 and M1, only a pair of small cell spots present on forewing; cell spot and spots in spaces Rs-CuA2 short and small on hindwing.

Male genitalia (Fig. 4A, B ). Tegumen slightly shorter than uncus; uncus bifurcated at distal tip with closely aligned arms; gnathos well developed and bifid; valva long and broad, dorsodistal process triangular, ventrodistal process broad and blunt, rounded with small spines at apex, posterior angle ossified but not prominent; lateral process of phallus long, gradually enlarged in distal half, with a row of small spines along dorsal margin; juxta horseshoe shaped.

Female genitalia (Fig. 5A ). Papilla analis irregularly triangular in dorsal view; lamella antevaginalis trilobed shaped, lamella postvaginalis U-shaped, with upper margin straight and densely covered with fine hairs and spines; ductus bursae thick and short; bursa copulatrix oblong and membranous.

Etymology.

The scientific name is a masculine adjective and derived from the Greek word pseudes (meaning false) and the species name Ochlodes ochraceus , referring to their similarity.

Distribution.

China (Zhejiang, Anhui).

Figures

Figure 3. Adults of four Ochlodes species A-C O. ochracea A lectotype, male, Primorsky Kray, Russia B male, Primorsky Kray, Russia, SCAU He 2728 C male, Amur, Russia D-G O. rikuchina stat. rev. D female, Miyanoshita, Japan (NHMUK) E neotype, male, Iwate, Japan (designated herein), SCAU He 2726 F male, Japan, SCAU He 2736 G female, Japan, SCAU He 2727 H Augiades ochracea var. ampittiformis. holotype, female, Tokyo, Japan I-K O. pseudochraceus sp. nov. I holotype, male, Zhejiang, SCAU He 2614 J paratype, male, Zhejiang, SCAU He 2676 K paratypes, female, Zhejiang, SCAU He 2637 L-N O. cryptochraceus sp. nov. L holotype, male, Hubei, SCAU He 2605 M paratype, male, Shaanxi, SCAU He 2678 N paratypes, female, Shaanxi, SCAU He 2632.

Figure 4. Male genitalia of four Ochlodes species A, B O. pseudochraceus sp. nov. A holotype, male, SCAU He 2614 B paratypes, male, SCAU He 2676 C, D O. cryptochraceus sp. nov. C holotype, male, SCAU He 2605 D paratypes, male, SCAU He 2678 E, F O. rikuchina stat. rev. E male, SCAU He 2726 F male, SCAU He 2736 G, H O. ochraceus G male, SCAU He 2728 H male, Amur, Russia.

Figure 5. Female genitalia of four Ochlodes species A O. pseudochraceus sp. nov., SCAU He 2637 B O. cryptochraceus sp. nov., SCAU He 2678 C O. rikuchina stat. rev., SCAU He 2727.