2012年12月17日 星期一

毛夜蛾新屬Viridistria的建立以及台灣亦產之viridipicta由Belciana轉移至此新屬

文獻來源:Behounek G, Kononenko VS (2012) A revision of the “Belciana” viridipicta (Hampson, 1902) species group with description of a new genus and two new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae). Revision of Pantheinae, Contribution VII. Zootaxa 3590: 37-50.

The new genus Viridistria gen. n. (type-species Ancara viridipicta Hampson, 1902) is separated and described from the heterogeneous complex “Belciana.” Two new species, Viridistria secreta sp. n. and Viridistria hollowayi sp. n. are described from North Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo. Three new combinations are introduced: Viridistria thoracica
(Moore, 1882) comb. n., Viridistria viridipicta (Hampson, 1902), comb. n. and Viridistria striatovirens (Moore, 1883), comb. n.). The adults, male and female genitalia are illustrated. A checklist of the genus Viridistria is presented.

新碧夜蛾屬(Anabelcia)屬的建立與台灣產一新種A. taiwana

文獻來源:Behounek G, Kononenko VS (2012) A revision of the “Belciana” kala Prout, 1924 species group with description of a new genus and two new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Pantheinae) from East Asia. Revision of Pantheinae, contribution VI. Zootaxa 3590: 1-15.

The new genus Anabelcia gen. n. (Type species Belciana kala Prout, 1924) is separated from the heterogeneous complex called“Belciana” (sensu auctorum) and described here. Four new combinations are introduced by transferring four species to the genus Anabelcia: A. kala (Prout, 1924) (Belciana) comb. n., A. nepalensis (Haruta, 1993) (Belciana) comb. n., stat. rev., A. siitanae (Remm, 1983) (Belciana) comb. n. and A. staudingeri (Leech, 1900) (Polydesma) comb. n. The status of the subspecies Anabelcia kala nepalensis (Haruta, 1993) is is changed, the taxon is upgraded to full species (stat. n.). Two new species, A. thai sp. n. and A. taiwana sp. n. are described. The imagines, male and female genitalia of all species of Anabelcia are illustrated. The checklist of the genus Anabelcia is presented.

2012年12月16日 星期日

球果尺蛾屬與近緣屬之屬級整理

文獻來源:Mironov VG, Galsworthy AC (2112) A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Zootaxa 3587: 46-64.

球果尺蛾屬(Eupithecia Curtis, 1825)可能是鱗翅目中最大的屬,現生種約有1500種,主要分布於北半球溫帶地區或高海拔地區。由於這個屬極度龐大,過去一直有分類學者思考拆解這個大屬的可能性,然而在過去甚少有學者對這個屬的共衍徵,以及整個球果尺蛾族究竟有多少個屬進行基於全球物種的知識而提出的建議,因此越來越多新種的加入反而讓這個屬與這個族的分類體系更加紛亂。Mironov與Galsworthy在長期研究與探索球果尺蛾的多樣性之後,在這篇文章中提出屬級分類的一些看法。在這篇文章中,與台灣產物種相關的分類變革如下:

Eupithecia melanolopha為舊組合,新組合為Mesoptila melanolopha
Eupithecia rigida為舊組合,新組合為Girida rigida