The genus Dioscore Warren, 1907: two new species and analysis of characters spread (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae)

Aare Lindt; Lennart Lennuk; Jaan Viidalepp

doi:10.12976/jib/2017.5.16

Issue: Vol. 5 No. 16 (2017)

Type: Article

Published: 2017-10-04

DOI: 10.12976/jib/2017.5.16

Page range: 1-15

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The genus Dioscore Warren, 1907: two new species and analysis of characters spread (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae)

Aare Lindt⁺⁻
Lennart Lennuk⁺⁻
Jaan Viidalepp⁺⁻

Estonian Museum of Natural History

Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agronomy and Environmental Sciences

Geometridae Geometrinae taxonomy anellar complex new species Papua Indonesia.

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Abstract

The genus Dioscore Warren, 1907 is reviewed. Diagnostic characters are listed for the genus and species included, the male genitalia are described for the first time for seven species and the female genitalia for three species. Two new species are described from Papua Indonesia: Dioscore kirke Lindt, Lennuk & Viidalepp, sp. nov. and Dioscore vilu Lindt, Lennuk & Viidalepp, sp. nov. The genus with its ten species is endemic to New Guinea and nearby islands; its taxonomic affinities are discussed.