Open AccessRevision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. II. Two monotypic genera – Ghatarbela gen. nov. and Micrarbela gen. nov. – from the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot
Author(s) -
Roman V. Yakovlev,
Vadim V. Zolotuhin
Publication year - 2021
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.2021.42.6
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , sri lanka , type locality , geography , biodiversity hotspot , type (biology) , biodiversity , biology , type species , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , ecology , botany , environmental planning , tanzania
Two new genera: Ghatarbela gen. nov. (type species: Ghatarbela bifidunca sp. nov.) and Micrarbela gen. nov. (type species: Arbela minima Hampson, 1910) are established in the second part of the revision of the Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. A new species Ghatarbela bifidunca sp. nov. (type locality: S. India, Kerala, 7 km N Munnar, Eravikulam Nat. Park) is described, and a new combination Micrarbela minima (Hampson, 1910), comb. nov. is established.