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Issue: Vol. 5165 No. 4: 18 Jul. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-07-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.7
Page range: 557-574
Abstract views: 273
PDF downloaded: 26

Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Agalope Walker from mainland China, with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae)

Arthropoda Department, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, Bonn 53113, Germany 2Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China
Institute of Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agricultural & Animal Husbandry University (Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education), Linzhi 860000, Xizang Autonomous Region, China
Tibet Plateau Institute of Biology, Lhasa 850001, Xizang Autonomous Region, China.
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China
Institute of Plateau Ecology, Tibet Agricultural & Animal Husbandry University (Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology in Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Education), Linzhi 860000, Xizang Autonomous Region, China
Arthropoda Department, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, Bonn 53113, Germany
Lepidoptera Agalopini taxonomy new species burnet moth Himalaya Hengduan Mountains

Abstract

New information of the genus Agalope Walker, 1854 from mainland China is presented. Three new species of the Agalope pica species-group are described: A. haoi S.-Y. Huang sp. n. from Weixi County, Yunnan, A. chayuensis S.-Y. Huang & Pan sp. n. from Chayu County, Southeastern Xizang and A. owadai S.-Y. Huang sp. n. from Bomi and Jiali Counties, Southeastern and Eastern Xizang. The little-known Agalope aurelia Oberthür, 1923 and A. lucia Oberthür, 1923 were rediscovered, with the male of the latter reported for the first time. Based on the newly discovered male, Agalope lucia is found to be a close relative of A. dejeani, hence it is excluded from the A. pica species-group and transferred to the A. bieti species-group. A new species of the Agalope hyalina species-group is also described: A. jianqingi S.-Y. Huang sp. n. from Pianma, Western Yunnan. Adults and genitalia of the aforementioned and related taxa are illustrated. An updated checklist of the genus is also provided.

 

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