Open AccessNOTES ON THE GENUS DIARSIA WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF SEVEN NEW SPECIES FROM CHINA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)
Author(s) -
Péter Gyulai,
Aidas Saldaitis
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ecologica montenegrina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.534
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2337-0173
pISSN - 2336-9744
DOI - 10.37828/em.2019.22.10
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , noctuidae , biology , zoology , genus , china , male genitalia , botany , geography , archaeology
The description and diagnosis of seven new Diarsia Hübner, [1821] 1816 species (D. rubrifusa sp. nov., D. alexanderi sp. nov., D. reserva sp. nov., D. sciurus sp. nov., D. zillii sp. nov., D. griseocilia sp. nov. and D. variolosus sp. nov.) are provided. In addition, the distribution of the genus Diarsia, the research history of the Asiatic species and the main external and genitalia features of the seven new species and of their closest relatives are discussed, and illustrated with 44 imagines in colour, together with 27 males and 9 females genitalia.