Abstract
A new subspecies of the genus Anchoscelis Guenée, 1839, Anchoscelis fuscomixta noravanka ssp. n. is described from south-west Armenia. The new subspecies belongs to the nominate subgenus of Anchoscelis and is similar, besides Anchoscelis fuscomixta (Gyulai & L. Ronkay, 2006), to Anchoscelis pauli (Staudinger, 1892), Anchoscelis kindermanni (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1839) and Anchoscelis consueta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852). Adults and male and female genitalia of the new subspecies and the similar taxa are illustrated. The habitat of the new subspecies is characterised and illustrated.
References
Beck, H. (1991) Taxonomische Änderungen bei den Noctuinae, Cuculliinae und Plusiinae. Atalanta, 22 (2/4), 175–232. [in German]
Beck, H. (1996) Systematische Liste der Noctuidae Europas (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 36, 1–122. [in German]
Beck, H. (1999a) Die Larven der europaeischen Noctuidae. Revision der Systematik der Noctuidae. Vol. I. Text. Herbipoliana, 5 (1), 1–859. [in German]
Beck, H. (1999b) Die Larven der europaeischen Noctuidae. Revision der Systematik der Noctuidae. Vol. II. Zeichnungen. Herbipoliana, 5 (2), 1–447. [in German]
Berio, E. (1980) Modificazioni al sistema delle Hadeninae e Cuculliinae Italiane attaulmente segutto (Lepidoptera - Noctuidae). Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria, 83, 1–19. [in Italian]
Davies, C.E., Moss, D. & Hill M.O. (2004) EUNIS Habitat classification revised 2004. European Environment Agency, European Topic Centre on Nature Protection and Biodiversity, 310 pp.
Fayvush, G.M. & Aleksanyan, A.S. (2016) Habitats of Armenia. National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Institute of Botany, Yerevan, 360 pp. [in Russian and English]
Fibiger, M, Yela, J.L., Zilli, A., Varga, Z., Ronkay, G. & Ronkay, L. (2011) Check list of the quadrifid Noctuoidea of Europe. In: Witt, T.J. & Ronkay, L. (Eds.), Noctuidae Europaeae. Vol. 13. Entomological Press, Sorø, pp. 23–44.
Fibiger, M. (1997) Noctuidae Europaeae. Vol. 3. Noctuinae III. Entomological Press, Sorø, 452 pp.
Fischer von Röslerstamm, J.E. (1837) Abbildungen zur Berichtigung und Ergaenzung der Schmetterlingskunde, besonders der Microlepitopterologie als Supplement zu Treitschke’s und Hübner’s europaeischen Schmetterlinge, mit erläuterndem Text Abbildungen Schmetterlingen, 61–102, pls. 31–40. [in German]
Guenée, M. (1839) Essai sur la classification des noctuélides (suite). Annales de la Société entomologique de France, 8, 475–522. [in French]
Gyulai, P. & Ronkay, L. (2006) New Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) species from Iran and Tibet. Esperiana, 12, 211–241.
Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. ([1851]–1856) Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa. Sechster und letzter Band. Nachtrag zum ersten Band. G.J. Manz, Regensburg, 178 pp. [in German]
Hübner, J. ([1821]) Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Part 15. Bey dem Verfasser zu Finden, Augsburg, pp. 225–240. [in German]
Keegan, K.L., Rota, J., Zahiri, R., Zilli, A., Wahlberg, N., Schmidt, B.C., Lafontaine, J.D., Goldstein, P.Z. & Wagner, D.L. (2021) Toward a stable global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) taxonomy. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 5 (3), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab005
Kononenko, V.S. (2010) Noctuidae Sibiricae. Vol. 2. Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae: Rivulinae – Agaristinae (Lepidoptera). Entomological Press, Sorø, 475 pp.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys, 40, 1–239. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.40.414
Ronkay, L., Ronkay, G., Gyulai, P. & Varga, Z. (2017) A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea. Vol. 9. Xyleninae I. The Agrochola generic complex. Heterocera Press, Budapest, 342 pp.
Ronkay, L., Yela, J.L. & Hreblay, M. (2001) Hadeninae II. Noctuidae Europaeae. Vol. 5. Entomological Press, Sorø, 352 pp.
Staudinger, O. ([1892] 1891) Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des paäarktischen Faunengebiets. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 4 (2), 224–339, pls 3–4. [in German]