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Qi, M.-J.; László, G. M.; Ronkay, G.; Bae, Y.-S.; Han, H.-L. Description of a new genus Purenola Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, gen. n. and a new species of the tribe Nolini from Cambodia (: , Nolinae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología, vol. 41, núm. 163, septiembre, 2013, pp. 371-376 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología Madrid, España

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Description of a new genus Purenola Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, gen. n. and a new species of the tribe Nolini from Cambodia (Lepidoptera: Nolidae, Nolinae)

M.-J. Qi, G. M. László, G. Ronkay, Y.-S. Bae & H.-L. Han

Abstract

A new genus of the tribe Nolini Purenola Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, gen. n. and its type-species P. fibigeri Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, sp. n. from Cambodia are described. The adult, the genitalia and the collecting site of the new species are illustrated. KEY WORDS: Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae, Nolini, Purenola, new genus, Purenola fibigeri, new species, Cambodia.

Descripción de un nuevo género Purenola Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, gen. n. y una nueva especie de la tribu Nolini de Camboya (Lepidoptera: Nolidae, Nolinae)

Resumen

Se describe un nuevo género de la tribu Nolini Purenola Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, gen. n. y su especie tipo P. fibigeri Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, sp. n. de Camboya. De la nueva especie se ilustra el adulto, la genitalia y el lugar de colección. PALABRAS CLAVES: Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae, Nolini, Purenola, nuevo género, Purenola fibigeri, nueva especie, Camboya.

Introduction

As a result of a very recent (2011) collecting trip to Cambodia, a peculiar Noline species has been found in the collected material. This species, according to its external appearance, shows closer relationship with the taxa of the recently described genera Leucobaeta László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 and Leuconola László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010. After dissecting the genitalia of the Cambodian specimens, the comparative study revealed the proper taxonomic position of this species that represents an undescribed species. Moreover, the structure of the male genitalia has shown surprisingly large differences when compared to those of Leuconola and Leucobaeta. Thus, a new genus of Nolini, Purenola Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, gen. n., has been erected for the new species. The recent studies on SE Asian Nolini are based on the works of HOLLOWAY (2003) and the series of papers published by LÁSZLÓ et al. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007a, 2007b, 2010). The species content of this very diverse tribe has been considerably enriched by these investigations. HOLLOWAY (2003) described 39 new species from Borneo; LÁSZLÓ et al. (2004) described 4 new species in 2004; 3 new species in 2005; a new genus and 5 new species in 2006. The revisions of the scripta

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(Moore, 1888) and M. nitida (Hampson, 1894) species complexes and the genus Dialithoptera Hampson, 1900 resulted in the description of 5 new species and one new subspecies in 2007. Last but not least, in 2010, LÁSZLÓ et al. described 11 new genera and 46 new species from Thailand. In the present paper a new genus and new species of Nolini are described.

Systematic part

Genus Purenola Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, gen. n. Type-species: Purenola fibigeri Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, sp. n.

Diagnosis: Medium sized, whitish coloured Nolini . Wingspan 16-19 mm. Frons rounded, weakly swollen; collar and tegulae covered with shining white hairscales. Forewing pale silvery white with a relatively broad, blackish-grey oblique band running from the middle of costal margin to the

tornus, and with a dark blackish, triangular patch between R5 and M3 in the terminal area being obtuse at apex, similarly to Dialithoptera Hampson, 1900, while the apex is corneous in Leuconola (Fig. 3) and Leucobaeta (Fig. 4); crest blackish gray. Hindwing pale white, with grayish suffusion in outer half;

M2 vein running closer to M3 than to M1 at basal part; narrower than in Dialithoptera, Leucobaeta and Leuconola. The generic characters are best expressed in the configuration of male genitalia. In the male genitalia of Purenola, uncus is robust, strongly sclerotized, wavy, while Leuconola (Fig. 13) and Leucobaeta (Fig. 14) have shorter, finer and not straight uncus; tegumen is well developed, relatively broad and long, while it is somewhat narrower and finer in the related genera; juxta is very small, dash- like, while it is normally developed in Leuconola and Leucobaeta. Valva is relatively narrow with parallel margins, slightly curved, apically rounded, while the valva of Leuconola is strongly tapering, with wavy margins; in addition, that of Leucobaeta has parallel, straight margins with broadly truncate apex. Costa of valva of Purenola is sclerotized with an elongated lobe in the apical part of valva, lacking the strongly sclerotized, triangular basal lobe, which is characteristic for Leuconola. Sacculus simple, quadrangular, without processes, (Leuconola has a long, sclerotized saccular process), ventral margin of valva sclerotized, with conspicuous lobe in the apical part, emerging close to costal lobe. Aedeagus simple, tubular, cornuti absent, while Leucobaeta has strong cornuti on the vesica. In the female genitalia, papillae anales broad, thick; apophyses posteriores longer and thinner than anteriores; ostium simple, ductus bursae narrow, longer than corpus bursae; corpus bursae ovoid, with a pair of elongated, ribbon-like signa. The main distinctive features of the female genitalia of the new genus, compared to Leucobaeta, are the absence of the elongated processes on the eighth sternite and the reduced appendix bursae, which is well-developed in Leucobaeta. The female genitalia of Purenola differ from those of Leuconola by their much shorter eighth tergite (Leuconola has extremely long eighth segment), the absence of “M” shaped sclerotization at ostium bursae, the much longer and thinner ductus bursae and the different structure of signa bursae: Purenola has a pair of parallel, elongated ribbon-like signa, while Leuconola has a larger crescent-like and a smaller finger-like, rather remote signum.

Purenola fibigeri Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, sp. n. (Figs. 1-2, 9-12, 15)

Holotype: 1, Cambodia, Seima (N 12º 10’ 48.2”, E 106º 58’ 47.1”), altitude 291 m, 3-VII-2011 (Bae Y. S., Le X.V., Park B. S., Kim, M. S., Kim, K. W.) (deposited in CNUI: College of Natural Sciences, University of Incheon). Paratypes: 1 1, Cambodia, Seima (N 12º 14’ 11.5”, E 107º 02’ 35.2”), altitude 430 m, 01-VII-2011 (Coll. Yangseop Bae, et al.); 3 11, 5 00, Cambodia, Seima (N 12º 11’ 44.9”, E 107º 00’ 16.1”), altitude 310 m, 02-VII-2011 (Coll. Yangseop Bae, et al.); 3 00, with the same data as the Holotype (Coll. Yangseop Bae et al.). Diagnosis: This species is very similar to Leuconola herczigi László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 (Fig. 3, 13), but can be distinguished by its somewhat more shining white forewing ground colour and

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narrower, somewhat paler, oblique, ribbon-like band on the forewing which is much darker, broader and slightly tapering in Leuconola herczigi; in addition, the new species has darker, more extended, more or less triangular terminal patch of the forewing, which is much paler and rather diffuse in L. herczigi. The new species has somewhat paler hindwing, with more intensive grayish suffusion in the outer half than in L. herczigi. In the male genitalia, the new species has longer, strongly sclerotized, wavy uncus, while that of L. herczigi is shorter, less sclerotized and smoothly tapering. Tegumen of the new species is somewhat broader compared to that of L. herczigi. The juxta of Purenola fibigeri is a short band, rather dash-like, that of L. herczigi is a much larger flat rhombus. The valva of the new species is slightly curved with parallel margins, apically broadly rounded, while that of L. herczigi is strongly tapering with wavy margins, and apically narrowly rounded. The sacculus of the new species is simple, elongated quadrangular, without conspicuous processes, while that of L. herczigi is armed with a conspicuously long, narrow, sword shaped saccular process; The costal sclerotisation of the valva of P. fibigeri is more extensive, but less sclerotized than in L. herczigi, without conspicuous triangular process at the basal part, which is rather characteristic in L. herczigi. The valva of the new species has rather strongly sclerotized ventral margin, which is much less conspicuous in L. herczigi. The vinculum of P. fibigeri is V-shaped, that of herczigi is much narrower, finger-like. The aedeagus of the new species is somewhat thicker, tubular with parallel margins, while that of L. herczigi is slightly thinner, longer, tapering. Description (Figs. 1-2): Wingspan 16-19 mm. Head smooth, covered with shiny white scales; collar and tegulae snowy white; central part of thorax dirty whitish; abdomen yellowish white. Forewing ground colour snowy white, blackish on the front of costal margin, with a relatively broad, blackish-grey oblique band with somewhat paler medial part suffused with silvery white, running from the middle of costal margin to the tornus. Terminal area with blackish, more or less triangular patch

between R5 and M3 suffused with silvery white. Traces of postmedial and subterminal lines present as grey spots only on the costal margin. Hindwing light white at inner part, suffused with grey in outer

half; venation pale brownish grey; discal spot grey between M3 and Cu2. Male genitalia (Figs. 9-12): Uncus medium long, strongly sclerotized, with wavy margins, basally swollen with long and slender spine, tapering with blunt apex. Tegumen well developed, relatively broad and long; juxta short and slender, dash-like. Valva relatively narrow with parallel margins, slightly curved, apically rounded. Costal margin of valva strongly sclerotized with an elongated lobe in apical part; sacculus simple, elongate-quadrangular, without processes; ventral margin of valva strongly sclerotized, with conspicuous lobe in apical part, emerging close to costal lobe. Vinculum well- developed, V-shaped. Aedeagus simple, tubular, with parallel margins, vesica without cornuti. Female genitalia (Fig. 15): Papillae anales broad, thick; apophyses posteriores longer and thinner than anteriores; apophyses anteriores apically broadly rounded. Ostium simple, funnel-like, ductus bursae slender, longer than corpus bursae; ductus seminalis slender, inserted at middle part of ductus bursae. Corpus bursae ovoid, with a pair of elongated, ribbon-like signa with finely scobinate surface. Distribution: The specimens of the type series were collected in Cambodia (Seima). No further records are known. Bionomics (Figs. 5-8): The biotope inhabited by P. fibigeri is dominated by many herbaceous plants and bushes. All specimens were captured at light in the early part of July. The early stages are unknown. Etymology: The new species is dedicated to the late Mr Michael Fibiger, world-famous Danish lepidopterist.

Acknowledgements

The authors are indebted to Mr. Chea Nareth, and Mr. Chea Virak for their valuable help in Cambodia. In addition, we express our sincere thanks to the colleagues of the Diversity Laboratory of Incheon University for the opportunity to study their lepidopteran material collected in

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Cambodia. We are also grateful to Mr Thomas J. Witt (Museum Witt, Munich), for the opportunity to study his important Nolinae material. This research was supported by National Institute of Biological Resources, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31272355).

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(Recibido para publicación / Received for publication 26-IX-2012) (Revisado y aceptado / Revised and accepted 22-X-2012) (Publicado / Published 30-IX-2013)

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Figs. 1-8.– Adults. 1. Holotype of Purenola fibigeri Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, sp. n.; 2. Paratype of Purenola fibigeri Qi, László, Ronkay, Bae & Han, sp. n.; 3. Leuconola herczigi László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010; 4. Leucobaeta hemiphaea (Hampson, 1905). 5-8.– Collection sites and their environment.

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