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Issue: Vol. 5541 No. 3: 27 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.3.10
Page range: 392-400
Abstract views: 76
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of a new species of the genus Aeromachus Nicéville (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) from Southwestern China

Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Museum Koenig; Adenauer Allee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany.; Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642; Guangdong; China
State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution; Kunming Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming; Yunnan 650223; China.
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510642; Guangdong; China
Lepidoptera Aeromachini Asia skipper taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of the genus Aeromachus, A. angustifascia sp. nov. is described from western Guizhou Province, southwestern China. The new species is superficially similar to A. catocyanea (Mabille, 1876) but can be distinguished from the latter by the details in wing pattern and male genitalia as well as COI genetic difference. The adults and genitalia of the aforementioned taxa are illustrated.

 

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