Revision of the Barsine cardinalis–anomala 'species-complex' (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Abstract

The Barsine cardinalis-anomala 'species-complex' is revised. Five new species (B. pseudocardinalis Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. from Indochina, B. fansipana Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. from North Vietnam, B. nangkwak Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. from North Thailand, B. incompletostriga Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. from North-East India and B. rawanga Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. from North Burma) and one new subspecies (B. cardinalis gemina Volynkin & Černý, ssp. nov. from North Thailand) are described. A new combination (Barsine anomala (Elwes, 1890), comb. nov. ), new synonymy (Barsine cardinalis cardinalis (Hampson, 1900) = Miltochrista erubescens Rothschild, 1936, syn. nov.), and six new species-groups are established. Adults, male and female genitalia of all species are illustrated.

Barsine podbolotskayae sp. n. from Flores Island, Lesser Sunda Archipelago, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

“…Features of the costal margin of valva have so far not been found in any other known members of the genus (cf. Černý and Pinratana 2009; Holloway 2001; Bucsek 2012; Volynkin and Černý 2017a, b, c, 2018), so that solely on these grounds B. podbolotskayae sp. n. might represent another genus.…”

Four new species of the genus Barsine Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Oriental Region

“…The genus is widespread in Oriental and Palaearctic Regions and includes about a hundred of valid species and subspecies many of which were described during last two decades (Fang, 2000;Holloway, 2001;Černý & Pinratana, 2009;Bucsek, 2012;Dubatolov & Bucsek, 2013;Černý, 2016;Kirti & Singh, 2016;Volynkin & Černý, 2016a;2016b;2016c;2017a;2017b;2017c;2017d). The present paper contains descriptions of four new species of the genus Barsine from Oriental Region (Nepal, northeastern India and northern Myanmar).…”

Ovipennis (Coccinigripennis) lisu, a new species from China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

“…The subgenus Coccinigripennis Volynkin & Huang, 2019 of the genus Ovipennis Hampson, 1900 was erected by Volynkin et al (2019) for three species-groups reviewed by Volynkin & Černý (2017). One of the groups was proposed to be monobasic and containing the only species Ovipennis (Coccinigripennis) fansipana (Volynkin & Černý, 2017). In the course of the study of the Lithosiini collections of the South China Agricultural University (Guangzhou, China) an Ovipennis (Coccinigripennis) specimen very similar externally to O. fansipana was found.…”

“…Ovipennis (Coccinigripennis) fansipana (Volynkin & Černý, 2017) Remarks. In the original description of the female, Volynkin & Černý (2017) mentioned that the corpus bursae of the female genitalia bears a "small rounded signum situated medially" and that "signum" is well visible in the figure.…”

“…Ovipennis (Coccinigripennis) fansipana (Volynkin & Černý, 2017) Remarks. In the original description of the female, Volynkin & Černý (2017) mentioned that the corpus bursae of the female genitalia bears a "small rounded signum situated medially" and that "signum" is well visible in the figure. However after a more careful examination of the female genitalia photo of the paratype illustrated in Volynkin & Černý (2017) and the dissection of the female from China, we found that the so-called "signum" is actually a remaining fragment of spermatophore or something similar to that.…”