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Issue: Vol. 4006 No. 2: 24 Aug. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-08-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4006.2.4
Page range: 311–329
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

Taxonomic review of the genus Indomyrlaea Roesler & Küppers 1979 of China, with descriptions of five new species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)

Institution of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China
Institution of Plant Protection, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou 450002, China College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Lepidoptera Pyralidae Phycitinae Indomyrlaea Sandrabatis Ceroprepes new species new combination new synonymy

Abstract

The taxonomy of the Chinese species of the genus Indomyrlaea Roesler & Küppers, 1979 is revised. Five new species, namely I. bannensis Ren & Li sp. nov., I. fastigipalpa Ren & Li sp. nov., I. nigra Ren & Li sp. nov., I. proceripalpa Ren & Li sp. nov., and I. sinuapalpa Ren & Li sp. nov., are described. The following taxonomic changes are proposed: Sandrabatis Ragonot, 1893 and its type species Sandrabatis crassiella Ragonot, 1893 are synonymized with Ceroprepes Zeller, 1867 and Ceroprepes ophthalmicella (Christoph, 1881), respectively; Indomyrlaea phaeella (Hampson, 1903) comb. nov. is transferred from Sandrabatis. The original combination Nephopterix eugraphella Ragonot, 1888 is resurrected from its previous affiliation with Indomyrlaea. A checklist and a key to all the known species of the world are included.