台灣黃刺蛾（Monema rubriceps）之分類地位重新檢討

文獻來源：Wu, S., W. C. Chang, M. Wang & M. Owada. 2014. Notes on Monema rubriceps (Matsumura, 1931) stat. rev., a bona species endemic to Taiwan (Limacodidae). Tinea 22(5): 307-312.

摘要

台灣產黃刺蛾屬物種 Monema rubriceps (Matsumura, 1931) 長久以來被視為獨立於中國大陸產 M. flavescens Walker, 1855之物種。Pan et al. (2013)僅據雄蟲生殖器之陽莖長度差異將rubriceps處理為flavescens之台灣亞種 M. flavescens rubriceps。本文章重新檢視中國產與台灣各地族群標本，確認除了台灣產雄蟲生殖器基腹弧、陽莖較中國產族群者長之外，台灣產雌蟲之交尾囊管骨化區亦有中國產者之兩倍長，據此將台灣族群視為獨立之特有種Monema rubriceps，並提供雌蟲形態之首次描述。此外，過去Wang et al. (2011)記載中國南嶺山區產之M. rubriceps則為M. flavescens之誤鑑定。

Abstract

The species Monema rubriceps (Matsumura, 1931) is separated from its eastern and northeastern Asian sibling, M. flavescens Walker, 1855 and regarded as a distinct, endemic species in Taiwan (stat. rev.) based on its more elongate aedeagus and vinculum in male and longer ductus bursae in female.