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Issue: Vol. 5443 No. 1: 19 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.1.8
Page range: 135-140
Abstract views: 75
PDF downloaded: 4

Two new species of the genus Taikona Arita & Gorbunov, 2001 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Yunnan, China

Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models; Kunming Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming; Yunnan 650223; China
University of Melbourne; Melbourne; 3000 Victoria; Australia
Zoological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Meijo University; Tempaku-ku; Nagoya; 468-8502 Japan
Nujiang Management Bureau of Yunnan Gaoligongshan State Nature Reserve; Lushui; 673199 Yunnan; China
Nujiang Management Bureau of Yunnan Gaoligongshan State Nature Reserve; Lushui; 673199 Yunnan; China
Imagawa-cho 3-407; Kariya-shi; Aichi-ken; 448-0005; Japan
Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information; Kunming Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming; Yunnan 650223; China
Lepidoptera Sesiidae Paranthrenini Oriental region barcoding clearwing moths taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species, Taikona gaoligongshana Yu, Arita & Kallies, sp. nov. and Taikona extraordinaria Yu, Kallies & Arita sp. nov. are described from Yunnan Province, China. Illustrations of the holotypes and the male genitalia are provided, along with a key to all currently known species of the genus. DNA barcoding sequences are also provided.

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