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Issue: Vol. 5357 No. 4: 20 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.6
Page range: 587-594
Abstract views: 181
PDF downloaded: 17

First record of the family Neopseustidae from Yunnan, China with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Neopseustidae)

Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Museum Koenig; Adenauer Allee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany
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
Guangdong Academy of Forestry; Guangzhou 510520; Guangdong; China
Lepidoptera Hengduan Moutains Himalaya male genitalia taxonomy Xizang

Abstract

The family Neopseustidae is reported from Yunnan Province, Southwest China, for the first time, with a new species, N. gaoligongensis Huang & Chen, sp. n., described from Mt. Gaoligong, West Yunnan, based on molecular and morphological evidence. The new species was found to belong to the N. bicornuta species-group and is closely related to N. fanjingshana Yang, 1988, but can be distinguished from it by the differences in morphology and a 3.2% COI distance. Adults and genitalia of the new species and N. fanjingshana are illustrated, and the molecular phylogeny based on COI barcoding of the genus Neopseustis is also updated.

 

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