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Issue: Vol. 4966 No. 5: 6 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.5.2
Page range: 519–534
Abstract views: 169
PDF downloaded: 12

On the taxonomy of the Prabhasa / Zadadra generic complex with descriptions of two new genera and two new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)

Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, SB RAS, Frunze str. 11, RF-630091, Novosibirsk, Russia
Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India
Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, BH Colony, Patna 800026, Bihar, India
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Lepidoptera Asia Bhutan China India Nepal Thailand new synonymy lectotype

Abstract

In the present paper, two new genera of the Prabhasa Moore, 1878 / Zadadra Moore, 1878 generic complex are described: Dentadra gen. nov. (Type species: Prabhasa flavicosta Moore, 1878) and Prabadra gen. nov. (Type species: Prabadra occidentalis sp. nov.). Additionally, two new species are described: Prabadra occidentalis sp. nov. (NE India and N Thailand) and Zadadra confusa sp. nov. (Nepal, NE India, Bhutan and W China). The new synonymy is established: Zadadra distorta Moore, 1872 = Zadadra neodistorta Joshi, Kirti & N. Singh, 2015, syn. nov. Two new combinations are established: Dentadra flavicosta (Moore, 1878), comb. nov. and Prabadra monastyrskii (Dubatolov, 2012), comb. nov. The lectotype is designated for Lithosia distorta Moore, 1872. Adults, male and female genitalia are illustrated. A checklist of the Prabhasa / Zadadra generic complex is provided.

 

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