©Zoologische Staatssammlung München;download: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/; www.biologiezentrum.at Fig. 1. P. flcxilitiea Warren. Potential nevv species. 3. A Potential new species in the genus ParastUe- References na Warren. - Specimens from Seram and Papua Nevv Guinea vvere Holloway, J. D. 1996. The Moths of Borneo. Part 9. 49:147-326 mentioned by Holloway (1997: 184) as "a related, Malayan Nat. J. somewhat more strongly marked, undescribed spe- - - 1997. The Moths of Borneo. Part 10. - Malavan Nat. 51: 1-242, 608 figs, 12 pls. cies", and the taxonomic Status of this material has J. Xue, D. Y. & M. Scoble 2002. A Review of the genera not been decided in the paper of Xue & Scoble J. associated vvith the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: (2002). Further female genitalia evidence has been Geometridae, Larentiinae). - Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. found (Figs 1-2) now for Separation: The potential Lond. 71(1): 77-133, 295 ftgs. new species shows an additional spinöse crest in the posterior part of the corpus bursae, while this struc- The work was carried out with the help of Dr. A. Haus- ture is absent in P. flexilinea Warren, 1902. The Sig- mann of ZSM, Mr. M. Sommerer of Munich, Mr. G. num is much wider than in P. flexilinea. So, the Orhant of France, the Trustees and Staff of the BMNH, material might belong to a potential new species in and many colleagues. It is also supported by the CAS Parastlreiia. Innovation Program. The Identity of the Australian Archiearinae Peter B. McQuillan McQuillan, P. B. (2003): The Identity of the Australian Archiearinae. Spixiana 26/3: 203-204 Dr. Peter B. McQuillan, School of Geographv and Environmental Studies, Uni- versitv of Tasmania, Hobart; e-mail: [email protected] The small subfamily Archiearinae is putatively ba- rapid flight may be homoplasious. sal in the Geometridae and amphipolar in distribu- New molecular evidence (28S D2) from a cross- tion. The Australian members comprise 5 described section of ennomine genera and including Archiearis and 2 undescribed diurnal species in two genera Hübner, identifies Acalyphc^ and Dircc as a clade {Acalyphes Turner and Dircc Prout) restricted to the embedded in the Australian generalised Ennomi- mountains of Tasmania. They have been allocated nae, and the sister group to a Cluster of southern to the Archiearinae (sensu Fletcher 1953) on mor- Australian genera, including Mncsampcla Guest and phological criteria, but features such as their gener- Paralaca Guest,which have a füll complement of al hairiness, melanized cuticle, bright colours and prolegs in the larvae. Acalyphes larvae have extra 203 ©Zoologische Staatssammlung München;download: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/; www.biologiezentrum.at I prolegs on A3 to A5, as do their sister clade. Howev- conifers is a derived rather than ancestral trait. Aus- er, extra prolegs are missing in the larvae of Dirce. tralian Myrtaceae are rieh in essential oils such as Both Acah/phes and two species of Dirce feed on alpha-pinene and cineole, so later adoption of coni- primitive endemic conifers, whereas D. solaris and fers as foodplants may not be extraordinary. Their D. lunaris are associated with Epacridaceae and relationship to phenotypically similar southern An- Myrtaceae respectively. Archiearis is placed well dean archiearine taxa, such as Archiearides Fletcher outside most of the Australian ennomine genera and Lachnocephala Fletcher, remains to be critically analysed in a wider study. analysed. Extra prolegs in geometrid larvae appears On this evidence we conclude that the Austral- to be a highly labile character, at least in some ian "Archiearinae" are derived from an endemic Australian higher taxa. Australian ennomine group, and that feeding on Some results of taxonomic research on larentiine moths from the Australasian region Olga Schmidt Schmidt, O. (2003): Some results of taxonomic research on larentiine moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Australasian region. - Spixiana 26/3: 204 Olga Schmidt, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 München; e-mail: [email protected] The Larentiinae are very diverse in the Australasian The Australasian genus Anachloris now includes region. In Australia, the subfamily comprises about three species. Their larvae feed on several species of 280 described species in 46 genera. Larentiine moths Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae). Colour dimorphism was are found in a variety of habitats from dry sclero- observed in later larval instars. Study of external phyll areas to rainforests. In Australia they are par- characters and genitalia, as well as male genitalia ticularly diverse in the south-eastern tablelands and musculature, revealed that the genus Anacliloris does mountains, including Tasmania. not belong to the tribe Hydriomenini in which it is The main part of my research interest focuses on currently placed. Six AustraHan species were as- understanding phylogenetic relationships within signed to the genus Clmetolopha, while for eight Pa- larentiine geometrid moths at a higher taxonomic puan high altitude species a new genus, Parachaeto- level. Current classifications of the subfamily are lopha, was erected. A phylogenetic analysis yielded mostly based on taxa from the Holarctic region but strong Support for the Separation of Parachaetolopha a wider geographical approach is required. Taxo- from Chaetolopha and the monophyly of Parachaeto- nomic revisions of groups from other zoogeograph- lopha is supported by ten synapomorphies. The Aus- ical regions will provide the basis for creating a tralasian genus Scotocyma is diverse in tropical and natural Classification. In this respect taxonomic stud- subtropical regions. Larvae of the type species, S. al- ies of genera from the Australasian region are im- binotata, feed on Coprosma repens (Rubiaceae). The portant. In Australia, I reviewed the genera Anachlo- tribal position of the genus is investigated. Several ris Meyrick, Clmetolopha Warren, Parachaetolopha morphological characters Support its placement in Schmidt, and Scotocyma Turner, as detailed below. the tribe Xanthorhoini. 204.