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WOLFGANG SPEIDEL & WOLFRAM MEY Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin CATALOGUE OF THE ORIENTAL ACENTROPINAE (LEPIDOPTERA, CRAMBIDAE) Speidel, W. & W. Mey, 1999. Catalogue of the Oriental Acentropinae (Lepidoptera, Cram- bidae). – Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 142: 125-142, figs.1-3. [ISSN 0040-7496]. Published 22 September 1999. The catalogue contains all taxa of Acentropinae (= Nymphulinae) described from the Oriental Region with the references for every taxon. There are many new generic combinations for which the catalogue should be consulted. New synonyms: Neoschoenobia decoloralis Hampson, 1919 is a new junior synonym of Neoschoenobia testacealis Hampson, 1900; Cataclysta dohrni Hering, 1903 and Ephormotris oc- topis Meyrick, 1933 are new junior synonyms of Ephormotris dilucidalis Guérin-Méneville, [1832] 1829-1858 (Botys) comb. n. Oligostigma tripunctalis Snellen, 1876 is a junior primary homonym of Oligostigma tripunctalis Walker, [1866] 1865. This and the replacement name Aulacodes klimai Bryk, 1937 are new junior synonyms of Eoophyla parapomasalis Hampson, 1897 (Aulacodes) comb. n.; Oligostigma auropunctalis var. javanica Strand, 1914 is a new junior synonym of Eoophyla excisalis Snellen, 1901 (Oligostigma) comb. n.; Oligostigma hapilistale Strand, 1919 is a new junior synonym of Strepsinoma croesusalis Walker, 1859 (Cataclysta); Stenicula Snellen, 1901 and Micromania Swinhoe, 1894 (junior homonym of Micromania Christoph, 1893) are provisionally treated as new junior synonyms of Paracymoriza Warren, 1890; Paraponyx [sic] rugosalis Möschler, 1890 is a new junior synonym of Parapoynx fluctuos- alis Zeller, 1852 (Nymphula). Corespondence: W. Speidel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum für Naturkunde, In- validenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin. Germany. E-mail: [email protected] Key-words. – Pyraloidea; Crambidae; Acetropinae; Nymphulinae; catalogue; Oriental region The Acentropinae belong to the pyraloid family or catalogues. Checklists provide a synopsis of the Crambidae. This is a large family with numerous species occurring in a certain region and give the cur- species. Several monophyletic groups have been estab- rent state of knowledge including the results of mod- lished within the Crambidae (Minet 1981) which are ern taxonomic work. Secondly, a checklist is a neces- traditionally treated as subfamilies. The Acentropinae sary step in consolidating previous knowledge in seem to be most closely related to the Schoenobiinae order to allow research on the taxonomic group in (Yoshiyasu 1985, Passoa 1988). So far 183 described question. It is a prerequisite to all future revisions. species of Acentropinae are known from the Oriental Lists of Lepidoptera including the Acentropinae have Region. More species are recorded from the Neotrop- been available only for more limited geographical ar- ical Region which is apparently the richest biogeo- eas of the Oriental Region, e.g. Taiwan (Heppner & graphical region with 247 named species (Munroe in Inoue 1992), Thailand (Yoshiyasu 1987) and Nepal Heppner 1995). Most species of Acentropinae have (Robinson et al. 1995). aquatic larvae. Only a very few species are known to This is the first modern checklist of all Acentropi- have terrestrial larval instars (e.g. Nymphicula). The nae known to occur in the Oriental Biogeographical monophyly of the subfamily has been established by Region as a whole. larval and pupal characters: The setae S1 to S3 of the The geographical range adopted for the Oriental larval head are in a line (Passoa 1988) and the stigma- Region is shown in the map (fig. 1). In the Southeast, ta of abdominal segments 2 to 4 of the pupa are raised the boundaries are between Sulawesi and the Moluc- and chimney-like (Speidel 1981, Passoa 1988). cas, and between Sumbawa and Flores. In the West, The high biodiversity, especially in the tropics, the region extends along the southern slopes of the consequently necessitates the production of checklists Himalayas and Karakorum as far as Nuristan in Af- 125 Downloaded from Brill.com09/27/2021 08:40:50PM via free access T E, 142, 1999 Fig. 1. Range of the Orien- tal biogeographical region as adopted in the present catalogue. ghanistan. China is almost completely included, ex- priority of Acentropinae was stated (Speidel 1981). cept for the northernmost provinces from Xinjiang to Several authors do not accept the name Acentropinae, Heilongjiang. The inclusion of the major part of Chi- because Nymphulinae has been in general use for the na means that some palearctic species are listed here. aquatic moths. However, we cannot suppress the se- However, the distribution of all acentropine species nior name Acentropinae, as the synonymy is a subjec- in China is very poorly known. It is quite possible tive one based on a phylogenetic hypothesis. The that these palearctic species will turn out to be widely revalidation of Nymphulinae would be possible, if distributed in adjacent parts of the Oriental Region. new evidence is forwarded to show that Acentria rep- resents the most basal clade within the subfamily as currently defined. However, Acentria seems to be a N A highly specialized offshoot of younger clades of the In the past, the subfamily was generally known as subfamily (Speidel 1998). In our opinion, the present Nymphulinae or Hydrocampinae and the Acentro- state of knowledge does not justify a change in the pinae were treated as a separate subfamily with only priority of these family group names which were both one species, Acentria ephemerella [Denis & Schif- in use before their synonymisation. In an application fermüller], 1775. Recently, the subfamilies Acentro- to the ICZN, published while the present paper was in pinae and Nymphulinae were synonymised and the press, the commission was asked to give precedence to 126 Downloaded from Brill.com09/27/2021 08:40:50PM via free access S M: Oriental Acentropinae the family-group name Nymphulinae in the case that C Nymphulinae and Acentropinae are regarded as syn- onyms (Solis 1999). We do not agree with this pro- Acentropinae Stephens, [1836] 1835 posal and regard the application as unnecessary. A Aquaticae Hübner, 1796, Samml. europ. Schmett., Pyr.: 18 more detailed comment to this case is in preparation. Note: This name is not based on an existing genus-group- name Acentropidae Stephens, [1836] 1835, Illustr. Br. Ent. M (Mandibulata) 6: 148 Nymphulites Duponchel, [1845] 1844, Cat. méth. Lépid. All acentropine taxa of the species-group are listed Eur.: 201 in the present catalogue. The abbreviations for the Hydrocampidae Guenée, 1854, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spec. references are those used in the ‘World List of Scien- gén. Lépid.) 8: 254 Acentridae Speyer, 1869, Stettin. ent. Ztg 30: 406 tific Periodicals (Edn 4)’ and in ‘The Generic Names *Acentropodidae Dunning, 1872, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. of Moths of the World’ (e. g. Fletcher & Nye 1984). 1872: 152 [invalid emendation] In addition, the full title of every quotation can be ? Lathrotelidae Clarke, 1971, Smithson. Contr. Zool. 56: 58 found in our references. The type species is cited for all taxa of the genus-group. The original combination Neoschoenobia Hampson, 1900 and type locality is provided for every taxon of the Neoschoenobia Hampson, 1900, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. species-group. It is always indicated when the type lo- 1900: 374. Type species: Neoschoenobia testacealis Hamp- cality has been restricted by the selection of a lecto- son, 1900 by monotypy Note: The Australian genus Eranistis Meyrick, 1910 type. The citation of the localities of the paralectotypes seems to be close. may be regarded as redundant. The type localities are cited in the spelling given in the original description. Neoschoenobia testacealis Hampson, 1900 (Neoschoenobia) This catalogue is predominantly a compilation from Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1900: 374 published data in the literature which has been stud- Type locality: [RUSSIA] Amurland, Radeffka ied in detail. In addition, important new information decoloralis Hampson, 1919 (Neoschoenobia ) syn. n. Type locality: [CHINA] Pekin, Western Hills has been gathered by the study of type specimens dur- ing visits to different European museums or by loan of material (The Natural History Museum, London, Nymphicula Snellen, [1880] U. K., Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Natu- Nymphicula Snellen, [1880] [in Veth, 1880-1892], Mid- ralis (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Histo- den-Sumatra 4 (8): 78. Type species: Nymphicula stipalis rie), Leiden, Netherlands, Muzeul de Istorie Naturala Snellen, [1880] 1892 by monotypy ‘Grigore Antipa’, Bukarest, Romania, Laboratory of Nymphicula patnalis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) (Cata- Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto Prefec- clysta) tural University, Japan). The catalogue is also based Reise öst. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt. 2): pl. 136, fig. 7 on the identified material of several expeditions, espe- Type locality: [INDIA] Calcutta [lectotype]; [INDONESIA] cially on the material in the Museum für Naturkunde Amboina Note: The specimen figured in the original description in Berlin, Germany (including many types). The was treated as the ‘holotype’ by Speidel, 1984, Neue ent. nomenclature used in the present catalogue follows Nachr. 12: 30. This is here accepted as a lectotype-selection. the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nymphicula bombayensis (Swinhoe & Cotes, 1889) [in Nomenclature in the third edition (February 1985). Cotes & Swinhoe, 1889] (Cataclysta) The original genus is always given and the authors Cat.
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    OBSERVATIONS ON THE BIOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF 1HE IMMATURE STAGES OF AULACODES PERIBOCALIS WLK. (HYDROCAMPINAE.-LEPIDOPTERA.) By HEM SINGH FRUTHI, Zoological Survey oj India. (Plate XI). INTRODUCTION. The aquatic larvae and pupae of certain Lepidoptera, an essentially terrestrial order, have naturally attracted the attention of several in­ vestigators. The aqua~ic species can be roughly divided into two cate .. gories, namely, those that inhabit still water, and those that live in :rapid water alone. The species belonp;ing to the first category have been pretty thoroughly investigated (Miall (1), Muller (2), Welch (3), Nigmann (4), etc.), and it is with regard to those in the second category that but few works exist and the present communication deals. Poulton (5) in 1909 gave an account of the observations of Kershaw and Muir on the Chinese species A ulacc des simplicialis Snell. Lloyd (6) described the habits of the American species of the genus Elophila. Recently, Hora (7) in his article on " Animal life in Torrential strea.ms " made a brief reference to an Indian species, which is most pro bably Aulaccdes peribocalis. A perusal of these works shows that there are many interesting points which still require elucidation. For instance, whereas most of these authors have given very elaborate descriptions of the intricate and strong pupal case, no one has touched on the closely connected and important question as to how the moth comes out of this tenaceous cocoon. Then again, hardly any worker has described the morphology of the larvae and pupae with a view to seeing if their structure has undergone any modification as a result of the peculiar habitat of the organism.
  • 'Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's Expedition of Discovery I – the Flora

    'Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's Expedition of Discovery I – the Flora

    Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, Volume 153, 2019 5 TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY’S EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY I – THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF WIND SONG, LITTLE SWANPORT, TASMANIA by Matthew Baker, Simon Grove, Miguel de Salas, Catherine Byrne, Lyn Cave, Kevin Bonham, Kirrily Moore and Gintaras Kantvilas (with 15 plates, two tables and an appendix) Baker, M.L., Grove, S., de Salas, M.F., Byrne, C., Cave, L., Bonham, K., Moore, K. & Kantvilas, G. 2019 (14:xii): Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s Expedition of Discovery I – The flora and fauna of Wind Song, Little Swanport, Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 153: 5–30. https://doi.org/10.26749/rstpp.153.5 ISSN 0080–4703. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, GPO Box 1164, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia (MLB*, SG, MFS, CB, LC, KB, KM, GK). *Author for correspondence. Email: [email protected] A flora and fauna survey was conducted at the east coast Tasmanian property Wind Song in 2017 as part of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery’s ongoing research, collection-building and nature-discovery program. The survey recorded 885 taxa, primarily from the targeted groups of vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, butterflies, moths, beetles, snails and slugs. Several of the taxa recorded, chiefly lichens and invertebrates, are new to science or new records for Tasmania. The survey provides a benchmark for further work and serves as an indicator of the biodiversity of a former farming property on Tasmania’s east coast. Key Words: species discovery, biodiversity, Tasmania, lichens, multidisciplinary survey.