Description of a new subgenus for Himalaea batanga and its new sister species from Xizang Autonomous Region, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Amphipyrinae, Psaphidini)

By

Chen, Enyong
Prozorov, Alexey
Saldaitis, Aidas, 1967-
Yakovlev, Roman V.
Müller, Günter
Zhou, Yonghong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-11

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1244

Pages

293--303

Subjects

Northeast Himalayan subalpine conifer forests ecor , Southeast Tibet shrublands and meadows ecoregion , systematics , taxonomy , Yarlung Zanbo arid steppe ecoregion

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1244.154162

 

Abstract

A new subgenus, Macrohimalaeasubgen. nov., in the genus Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, is established and described for Himalaea (Macrohimalaea) batanga Saldaitis, Benedek & Volynkin, 2022 and for a new species, Himalaea (Macrohimalaea) silvanasp. nov. This new species is the type of the new subgenus. The new subgenus is distinct from the nominotypical one in having antennal pectination and its forewing shape and male genitalia. All four known adult specimens of the genus and their genitalia are illustrated and compared. Their collection localities are mapped.