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Issue: Vol. 5141 No. 5: 30 May 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.5.2
Page range: 442-458
Abstract views: 321
PDF downloaded: 36

On the taxonomy of the Conistra generic complex with descriptions of three new genera and a new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Noctuinae)

H-2045 Törökbálint, Árpád u. 53, Hungary.
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia.
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str., 2, LT-08412, Vilnius-21, Lithuania.
Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross utca, 13, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary.
Lepidoptera Xylenini Xylenina Baimistra Edentelorta Etlorta Marcinistra Suginistra Pacificorta Vargalorta unavailable name new combination new synonym

Abstract

Three new genera of the Conistra Hübner generic complex are described: Marcinistra gen. n. (Type species: “Conistra” metallica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998), Baimistra gen. n. (Type species: Conistra (s. l.) baima Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2011) and Vargalorta gen. n. (Type species: Agrocholorta taiwanawae L. Ronkay, G. Ronkay, Gyulai & Varga, 2017). A new species, Marcinistra leichina sp. n. is described from north-western Yunnan Province of China. The genus Suginistra L. Ronkay, G. Ronkay, Gyulai & Varga, 2017 is considered to be closely related to Conistra. Seven new combinations are established: Marcinistra metallica (Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998), comb. n., Baimistra baima (Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2011), comb. n., Baimistra pusilla (Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2011), comb. n., Vargalorta taiwanawae (L. Ronkay, G. Ronkay, Gyulai & Varga, 2017), comb. n., Vargalorta nawae (Matsumura, 1926), comb. n., Vargalorta amamiensis (Shikata, 2015), comb. n. and Vargalorta kimurai (Shikata, 2015), comb. n. A check-list of valid taxa of the Conistra generic complex is provided. The genus Edentelorta L. Ronkay, G. Ronkay, Gyulai & Varga, 2017 (Type species: Gortyna edentata Leech, 1889) is synonymised with Etlorta Kononenko, 2016 erected for the same type species: Etlorta Kononenko = Edentelorta L. Ronkay, G. Ronkay, Gyulai & Varga, syn. n.; the combination of the type species of the genera is revised: Etlorta edentata (Leech, 1889), comb. rev. Adults, male and female genitalia of Marcinistra gen. n., Baimistra gen. n., Vargalorta gen. n., Suginistra and four subgenera of Conistra are illustrated.

 

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