Entomologische Zeitschrift · Stuttgart · 116(5)2006 Kunugia victoriae, a new species from Myanmar (: )

Siegfried Ihle

shaped, with distinct socii. Vinculum Abstract. A new lasiocampid species Zusammenfassung. Eine bisher un- plate-shaped, with small saccus. Valvae from Myanmar is described and pre- bekannte Lasiocampidae aus Myan- bilobed, the upper lobe is conical elon- sented: Kunugia victoriae sp. nov. Dif- mar wird beschrieben und abgebildet: gate, the lower one looking like a large ferential diagnostic features, in partic- Kunugia victoriae sp. nov. Differential- membranous pillow densely covered ular the male genitalia are described diagnostische, besonders die männli- with long setae. Distal processes of vin- and figured. che Genitalstruktur betreffende Merk- culum short and strong, with a massive male werden beschrieben und illust- base and solitary short spines on outer riert. surface of curved caudal arms. Aedeagus C-curved, with apical narrowing and Key words. Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, , new species, from Myanmar, with a smooth apical spur. No cornuti Oriental Region. present but a zone of indistinct scobina- tion is visible on dorsal surface of the vesica.

Introduction Derivatio nominis. The kind name refers Diagnosis. The species is closely related to the discovery site Mount Victoria, to Kunugia fulgens (Moore, 1879), but The lasiocampid fauna of Thailand and Myanmar. can be separated by shorter wings with- Zolotuhin Vietnam is rather well studied ( out silky shining and distinctly more Witt , Zolotuhin & Pinratana & 2000 Description. Male. Medium-sized species, dark coloration. Male genitalia are char- 2005), whereas there is no modern treat- forewing length of holotype 22 mm, acteristic by the distal processes of the ment of the fauna of Myanmar (Burma). I paratypes 20–24 mm. Body-colour red- vinculum, which are much shorter and received six male lasiocampid specimens brown, the last third of the abdomen more compact, and by the stronger Thomas from an excursion of my friend dark-brown, with longer hairs. Antenna curved aedeagus, without bulbous widen- Ihle to Myanmar, in July 2005, which he bipectinate, on both sides 52 comb-like ing in the basal third and without thorns had collected at light. They proved to teeth, 11 mm long, ending in a point and on apical spur. belong to a new species which is herein light-brown, the (middle vein) stem described. The female is till now un- darker brown. Forewings with relatively Distribution. The new species is restrict- known. round apex, termen with short dark ed in its distribution (as far as known) to fringes. Ground-colour red-brown in Myanmar. The following abbreviations of deposito- conformity with body-hair, basally dark- ries have been used. brown. One great and two small black CSIF collection Siegfried Ihle points of greyish-yellow background and Ecology. The habitat (Figs 3, 4) of Kunu- (Filderstadt, Germany) a lighter indistinct discoidal spot on the gia victoriae sp. nov. is situated at ele- CAHU collection Armin Hauenstein inside margin of the postmedial area. vations between 2000 m and 2500 m, the (Untermünkheim, Germany) Hindwings unicolourous middle-brown Mt. Victoria reaches an altitude of MWM Entomologisches Museum with symmetrical round surface, straight 3053 m, and there are widespread ever- Thomas Witt (Munich, on anal margin. Margins with short dark green forests in the upper ranges of Germany) fringes. Underside unicolourous middle- Mt. Victoria with deciduous vegetation brown, the veins are ligthter, discoidal mixed with pines. The temperatures dur- region indistinct with dark-brown band. ing flight time were around +18° Celsius Kunugia victoriae sp. nov. (Fig. 1) at day and +12° Celsius at night. Holotype. ` Myanmar, Mt. Victoria Na- Female, preimaginal stages and biology. tionalpark, ca. 35 km southwest of Min- Unknown. The females are probably very Acknowledgements. My special thanks Thomas Ihle dat, Chin State, 2480 m, 21°24.140N / different from the males, larger, with go to , for the supply of the 93°49.166 E, leg. 12.,VII.2005, leg. Tho- more distinct markings, as usual in the material. For the valuable references as mas Ihle, coll. CSIF (will be later trans- Kunugia. well as the dissection and investigation ferred to coll. MWM). of the genitalia I cordially thank Dr. Vadim V. Zolotuhin Male genitalia. Compact, heavyly sclero- (University Ulja- Paratypes. 3 ` coll. CSIF, 2 ` coll. CAHU. tized (Fig. 2). Tegumen broad, band- novsk, Russia).

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Figs 1–4. Morphology and habitat of Kunugia victoriae sp. nov. 1. Habitus, male. 2. Male genitalia with aedeagus (right). 3–4. Habitat in Myanmar, Mt. Victoria National Park.

References Zolotuhin, V. V. & Witt, Th. J. 2000. The Lasio- campidae of Vietnam. Entomofauna, Supp- lement 11: 25–104., Zolotuhin, V. V. & Pinratana, A. 2005. of Thailand., Vol. 4. Lasiocampidae. Bangkok, IV + 205 pp. Siegfried Ihle, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer- Straße 6, D-70794 Filderstadt; E-Mail: [email protected]

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