Taxonomic revision of the genus Nychiodes Lederer, 1853 (Geometridae: Ennominae: Boarmiini) with description of three new species-an integrative approach
Author
Wanke, Dominic
Author
Hausmann, Axel
Author
Krogmann, Lars
Author
Petrányi, Gergely
Author
Rajaei, Hossein
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-07-14
4812
1
1
61
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4812.1.1
1175-5326
3944102
74FE6D6A-B41D-4FC9-BC26-B07DDEB9A0F6
The
waltheri
species-group
The species of this group can be diagnosed by the following characters (after
Müller
et al.
2019
): In male genitalia, the costa of the valva is sclerotized up to the subapical part, humped medially (in most species); apex of ampulla superior and ampulla inferior spinose; sacculus process strongly pronounced, slender and pointed (
Müller
et al.
2019
); tip of aedeagus with digitiform extension (straight or curved). In female genitalia, ductus bursae shorter than half length of corpus bursae; lamella postvaginalis conically broadened, strongly sclerotized.
The following species are included in this group:
N. waltheri
Wagner, 1919
,
N. palaestinensis
Wagner, 1919
,
N. muelleri
Hausmann, 1991
and
N. aphrodite
Hausmann & Wimmer, 1994
.
Remarks.
Two species,
N. dalmatina
and
N. waltheri
were included in the recent revision of European species (
Müller
et al.
2019
). However, as
N. waltheri
is the iconic species of this group and mainly distributed outside Europe, we included this species also to the present study.