Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 35 (1/2): 53–59 (2014) 53 Ten new species of Lemyra Walker, 1856, Spilosoma Curtis, 1825 and Juxtarctia Kirti & Kaleka, 2002 from South East Asia (Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Arctiinae) Karel Černý Dr. Karel Černý, Tiergartenstrasse 27, A­6020 Innsbruck, Austria; [email protected] Abstract: Ten new species of Arctiinae from South­East fw. forewing. Asia are described and figured: Lemyra floresina sp. n. from GP [no.] genitalia preparation slide/vial [no.]. Flores, similar to L. bornemontana Holloway, 1988 (ho lo­ type male in CMWM); Lemyra lutheri sp. n. from Su la wesi, HT holotype. similar to L. ypsilon Rothschild 1910 (holotype male in hw. hindwing. CMWM); Lemyra basirosea sp. n. from Myanmar (ho lo type lfw. length of forewing. male in CMWM), similar to L. alleni Thomas, 1990; Lemyra deumeri sp. n. from Sumatra (holotype male in CMWM), PT paratype. similar to L. extensa Walker, 1856; Lemyra atrata sp. n. and SMFL Senckenberg­Museum, Lepidoptera collection, Frankfurt Lemyra miniatrata sp. n. (both male ho lo types in CMWM), am Main, Germany. both from Thailand and related to Le my ra jiangxiensis Fang, 1990; and Lemyra dendrovia sp. n. (holo type male uns. underside. in CMWM) and Lemyra ramosula sp. n. (holo type male in ups. upperside. SMFL), both from Sumatra and related to each other; as well as Spilosoma submargininigra sp. n. from Thailand (holotype male in CMWM), and Juxtarctia lizae sp. n. from Lemyra floresina sp. n. Laos (holotype male in SMFL), both being unmist akable. (Figs. 1a, 1b, 11.) Holotype ♂: Indonesien, Flores W., Prov. Nusa Tenggara Lemyra Spilosoma Zehn neue Arten von Walker, 1856, Ti mur, Ranggawatu, Telekom­Stat., 900 m, 33 km E Labu­ Curtis, 1825 und Juxtarctia Kirti & Kaleka, 2002 aus nan ba jo, 12. iv. 1996, Prim.­Wald, leg. Dr. R. Brechlin, Südostasien (Noctuoidea, Erebidae, Arctiinae) CMWM. — No paratypes. Zusammenfassung: Zehn neue Arten der Unterfamilie Arc­ Etymology: Named for its origin on the island of Flores, tiinae werden aus Südostasien beschrieben und abg ebil de t, In do nesia. und zwar: Le myra floresina sp. n. aus Flores, ähnlich zu L. bor ne mon ta na Holloway, 1988 und Lemyra lutheri sp. n. aus Su la we si, ähnlich zu L. ypsilon Rothschild, 1910 (bei­ Diagnosis de männli c he Holotypen [HT] in CMWM); Lemyra ba si- rosea sp. n. aus Myanmar (männlicher HT in CMWM), The ground colour of the head with tegulae and of the ähn lich der L. al leni Thomas, 1990; Lemyra deumeri sp. n. tho rax with patagia is pale ochre; the bipectinate ant en­ von Sumatra (männlic her HT in CMWM), ähnlich der L. nae are pale brown, the legs and the abdomen are red­ ex ten sa Wal ker, 1856; Lemyra atrata sp. n. und Lemyra dish brown. The lfw. is 13 mm. The ground co lour of the mi ni atrata sp. n. (beide männlichen HTs in CMWM), beide aus Thailand und verwandt mit Lemyra jiangxiensis Fang, fw. is beige with three transversal bands composed of 1990 aus Chi na; Lemyra dendrovia sp. n. (männlicher HT grey spots. The subbasal one consists of two spots near in CMWM) und Lemyra ramosula sp. n. (männlicher HT in of the inner margin, the anteme di an one consisting of SMFL), beide aus Sumatra und miteinander verwandt; so wie Spilosoma submargininigra sp. n. aus Thailand (männli c her six spots is bent outwards, the postmedian one be gin ning HT in CMWM) und Juxtarctia lizae sp. n. aus Laos (männ­ on two thirds of the costal margin runs rectangular from licher HT in SMFL), beide unverwechselbar. the costa to the dis co cel lu lar and further parallel with the outer margin to the in ner margin. The uns. is paler, Introduction the markings are less clear. The hw. bear no markings, Routine checking of the Arctiinae specimens deposited the ground colour is the same like on the fw. The frin ges in the collection of Museum Thomas Witt, Munich, of have the same colour like the wings. the Heterocera Sumatrana Society and of my own pri­ ♂ genitalia (GP T260): Phallus is straight without speci­ vate collection, as well as of currently received material fic structures, on the phallus vesica there is a large field from Thailand revealed a number of tiger­moth species of enclosed spines. The valves are short and wide with a which require being described. In the present paper some species of the genera Lemyra Walker, 1856, Spilo- short projection medially. so ma Curtis, 1825 and Juxtarctia Kirti & Kaleka, 2002 Similar species: Lemyra floresina sp. n. looks like L. bor- are described, all of them found in a few specimens only. nemontana Holloway, 1988, which is larger and has the Abbreviations antennae black. The area with spines on the phal lus L. bornemontana CKC coll. Karel Černý, Innsbruck, Austria. vesica is in much smaller, the val ve is CHD coll. Heiko Deumer, Bad Vilbel, Germany. in L. bornemontana narrower and prominent, the medial CMWM coll. Museum Thomas Witt, München (Munich), Ger­ projection is placed in the middle whereas it is placed ma ny. terminally in L. floresina sp. n. © 2014 by Entomologischer Verein Apollo e. V., Frankfurt am Main 54 1a 1b 2a 2b 3a 3b 2c 4a 4b 4c 5a 5b 5c 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b 8b 10a 10b 10c © 2014 by Entomologischer Verein Apollo e. V., Frankfurt am Main 55 11 13 12 14 15 17 16 18 20a 19 20b 20c Figs. 1–8: Imagines, Lemyra spp. (usually a = ups., b = uns.). Figs. 1a, 1b: Lemyra floresina sp. n., HT ♂, Flores. — Figs. 2a, 2b: L. lutheri sp. n., HT ♂, Sulawesi. Fig. 2c: PT ♂, Sulawesi. — Figs. 3a, 3b: L. basirosea sp. n., HT ♂, Myanmar. — Figs. 4a, 4b: L. deumeri sp. n., HT ♂, Sumatra. Fig. 4c: PT ♂, Sumatra. — Figs. 5a, 5b: L. dendrovia sp. n., HT ♂, Sumatra. Fig. 5c: PT ♂, Sumatra. — Figs. 6a, 6b: L. ramosula sp. n., HT ♂, Sumatra. — Figs. 7a, 7b: L. atrata sp. n., HT ♂, S. Thailand. — Figs. 8a, 8b: L. miniatrata sp. n., HT ♂, N. Thailand. — Figs. 9–10: Specimens of Spilosoma and Juxtarctia. Figs. 9a, 9b: Spilosoma submargininigra sp. n., HT ♂, Thailand. — Fig. 10a: Juxtarctia lizae sp. n., HT ♂, Laos, ups. Figs. 10b, 10c: J. lizae sp. n., PT ♀, ups./uns., Laos. — Scale bars = 1 cm (i.e., approximately twice natural size; uns. sometimes slightly smaller). Figs. 11–18: ♂ genitalia of new Lemyra spp., genitalia and phallus. Figs. 11: Lemyra floresina sp. n. — Figs. 12: L. lutheri sp. n. — Figs. 13: L. basirosea sp. n. — Figs. 14: L. deumeri sp. n. — Figs. 15: L. dendrovia sp. n. — Figs. 16: L. ramosula sp. n. — Figs. 17: L. atrata sp. n. — Figs. 18: L. miniatrata sp. n. — Figs. 19: Spilosoma submargininigra sp. n. — Figs. 20a, b: Juxtarctia lizae sp. n., a = ♂ genitalia and phallus, b = ♂ pregenital segment; Fig. 20c: J. lizae sp. n. ♀ genitalia. — Genitalia pictures not to the same scale. Lemyra lutheri sp. n. 3 ♂♂, Indonesien, Sulawesi, Puncak, Palopo, vi. 1998, leg. (Figs. 2a, 2b, 2c, 12.) lo cal collector, CMWM. Holotype ♂: Indonesien, Sulawesi (S), Puncak Palopo, x. Etymology: The species is dedicated to Mr. Luther Pa lim­ 1994, leg. local collector, ex coll. Dr. R. Brechlin, CMWM. bong, the owner of the guest­house in Puncak near Palopo Paratypes (in total 6 ♂♂): 3 ♂♂, like holotype, but CKC. on whose terrace the examined specimens were collected. © 2014 by Entomologischer Verein Apollo e. V., Frankfurt am Main 56 Diagnosis by the wide marginal bands on the forewings and the hind wings. In the ♂ genitalia the valve is more pointed The ground colour of the head with thorax and patagia in L. alleni and the group of spines on the phallus vesica is cream­coloured, palpi and antennae are dark brown, is significantly larger in L. basirubra sp. n. tegulae and abdomen are pale yellow, the legs are beige, the first pair with pale yellow hairs. Lemyra deumeri sp. n. The lfw. is 16 mm. The wings are cream­colour ed with (Figs. 4a, 4b, 4c, 14.) markings similar to that of Lemyra ypsilon Roth schild, Holotype ♂: Indonesia, West­Sumatra, Harau Valley, 10 km NW Payakumbuh, Sekundärwald/Kulturlandschaft, 400 m, 1910, but the transversal series of dark spots are straight 27. ii. 1995, LF, leg. H. Deumer & Schaarschmidt, CMWM. or slightly incurved whereas they are ex curved in the cell Paratype: 1 ♂, like holotype, but CHD. in L. ypsilon. Etymology: The species is dedicated to Heiko Deumer, Bad ♂ genitalia (GP T280): The ♂ genitalia are very si milar Vilbel, Germany, who collected the described specimens. to those of L. ypsilon, but the valvae are sig ni fi cant ly Diagnosis smal ler; the spines on the phallus vesica are less nu me­ rous and the group of spines is longitudinal where as it is The head and thorax are yellow, the bipectinate ant en nae rather triangular in L. ypsilon. dark brown, palpi brown, patagia slightly suffused with grey, legs yellow, terminally black; abdomen dirty yellow. Similar species: Lemyra ypsilon, in which the antennae The lfw. is 13 mm, the ground colour is yello w, the cost al and legs are darker, the abdomen is dorsally red, on the edge is black, the outer edge and outer part of the in ner hindwings there are dark markings in tornus and the margin are dark brown, suffused with yello w scales, the mar kings on the forewings are different. The dif fer ences antemedian brown band is bent outw ards and con sists in the ♂ genitalia are described above. of six brown, yellowish suffused spots; the post me di an band arises on two thirds of the costa, runs to the mid­ Lemyra basirosea sp.