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Issue: Vol. 4263 No. 2: 9 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.1
Page range: 201–227
Abstract views: 144
PDF downloaded: 8

Review of the genus Prays Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Praydidae) from China, with descriptions of twelve new species

College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
taxonomy microlepidoptera images Lepidoptera China

Abstract

The genus Prays Hübner, 1825 from China is reviewed. Nineteen species are treated, including twelve species described as new: P. orthacantha sp. nov., P. spiniprocessa sp. nov., P. erromera sp. nov., P. rectangula sp. nov., P. tauricornis sp. nov., P. longisaccula sp. nov., P. bisechinata sp. nov., P. semilunata sp. nov., P. semicircularis sp. nov., P. dorsiprotrusa sp. nov., P. helanshana sp. nov., and P. acinacea sp. nov. The female of P. inconspicua Yu et Li, 2004 is described for the first time. Images of adults and genitalia are provided, along with a key to separate all the Chinese species.

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