Notes on the genus Thibetana (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae) with description of a new species from China

By

He, Xinxin
Jiang, Chao
Li, Weichun

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1218

Pages

343--349

Subjects

new species , Procridinae , taxonomy , Xizang , Zygaenidae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1218.136369

 

Abstract

The genus Thibetana Efetov & Tarmann, 1995 includes six species occurring in southwest China and Indian Sikkim. In the present paper, Thibetana weii Li & He, sp. nov., the seventh species of the genus encountered at the foot of Galongla Snow Mountain, southeast Xizang of China is described. Habitus of the adult and genitalia of the new species are illustrated, and a checklist and a key of all Thibetana species are provided.