A review of the genus Miresa Walker in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
1 Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Beijing 100101, P.R. China
2 Department of Zoology, Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Ulyanovsk 432700, Russia
Abstract
Eight species of the genus Miresa Walker are recognized in China including two new species, M. fangae Wu & Solovyev and M. polargenta Wu & Solovyev, described herein. M. burmensis Hering species is reported for the first time in China. The M. argentifera kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 taxon is raised to full specific status. The lectotypes are designated for the following 5 taxa: M. bracteata Butler, 1880 (♂, Natural History Museum, London); M. fulgida Wileman, 1910 (♂, Natural History Museum, London); M. bracteata var. orientis Strand, 1915 (♂, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden); M. argentifera kwangtungensis Hering, 1931 (♂, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) and M. urga Hering, 1933 (♂, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin). The photographs of moths and their genitalia are given, a key to the Chinese species of the genus is provided, and the distributional maps are also given.
Keywords: Miresa fangae sp. n., Miresa polargenta sp. n., Miresa burmensi, Miresa argentifera kwangtungensis stat. n., Miresa bracteata, Miresa bracteata var. orientis, Miresa fulgida, Miresa urga
Abbreviations: CSAV, personal collection of Alexey V. Solovyev; IZCAS Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; MWM, Museum Witt, Munich, Germany; NHM, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom; MNHN, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle Paris; RMNH, Nationaal Natuurhistorische Museum (“Naturalis”), Leiden, Netherlands (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie); ZMBH, Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Correspondence:
a*wucs@ioz.ac.cn,
bsolovyev_alexey@mail.ru, *Corresponding author
Received: 25 January 2010 | Accepted: 2 June 2010 | Published: 24 March 2011
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 11, Number 34
Wu C-S, Solovyev AV. 2011. A review of the genus Miresa Walker in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae). Journal of Insect Science 11:34 available online: insectscience.org/11.34
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