Abstract
The subgenus Gigantovulpecula Karisch, 2013 of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 endemic for Madagascar is overviewed. Cyana saalmuelleri pauliani (de Toulgoët, 1954) is upgraded to the species level: C. pauliani (de Toulgoët, 1954), stat. nov. A new species is described from Central Madagascar: C. detoulgoeti Volynkin, sp. n. The second species associated with Gigantovulpecula, C. grandis Mabille, 1879 is synonymized with Cyana arama (Moore, 1859) known from India, Nepal and W China, and it is stated that its type locality, Madagascar is wrong and probably based on the mislabeled type specimen.
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