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Issue: Vol. 4700 No. 3: 20 Nov. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.3.4
Page range: 356–364
Abstract views: 81
PDF downloaded: 1

Descriptions of Pedesta wangi sp. nov. and the female of P. xiaoqingae (Huang & Zhan, 2004) from China (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

School of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No.5 Dongfeng Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, P. R. China
School of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No.5 Dongfeng Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, P. R. China
Shanghai Zoological Park, 2381, Hongqiao Road, Shanghai, 200335, P.R. China
Administration Bureau of Guangxi Cenwanglaoshan National Nature Reserve, No.154 Chengdong Road, Baise, Guangxi, 533000, P. R. China
Administrative Bureau of Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, Wuzhishan, Hainan, 572299, P. R. China
Zhengzhou Foreign Language School, No.6 Fengyang Street, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, P. R. China
Lepidoptera cryptic species COI genitalia sexual dimorphism Thoressa distribution

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pedesta Hemming, 1934, viz. P. wangi sp. nov., is described as new to science from northwestern Guangxi, southern China. Based upon 455 bp partial COI sequences, a neighbor-joining (NJ) tree including the new species and twelve congeneric species is reconstructed. It shows that P. wangi sp. nov. is a cryptic species of P. xiaoqingae (Huang & Zhan, 2004), and the mean Kimura-2-Parameter distance between them reaches 2.8%. Wing patterns and genitalic structures of the males of the two species are illustrated and compared. In addition, three female samples are associated with P. xiaoqingae male in the NJ tree, and its wing pattern and genitalia are illustrated and described herein for the first time.

 

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