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[Entomology • 2021] Genus Tagoria gen. nov. • Tagoria watsoni & T. dierli: Revision of the Family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. IV
Abstract In the fourth part of the revision on the Asian Metarbelidae we describe the new genus Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov. (type species, by original designation: Arbela watsoni Hampson, 1900). The male and female of Tagoria watsoni (Hampson, 1900) comb. nov. are redescribed, the new species Tagoria dierli Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, sp. nov. (type locality: Nepal, Rapti Tal, Monahari Khola, Belwa) is described. Key words: biodiversity, Cossoidea, entomology, Asia, Paleotropics, Metarbelidae, taxonomy, new species.
Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov. Type species: Arbela watsoni Hampson, 1900 (designated here). Diagnosis. The new genus clearly differs from all the Asian representatives of the family in the following characters: - the short, wide fore wing with a small light portion in discal area (cubitally), - the tiny phallus, - the very wide ostium and strongly sclerotized funnel-shaped antrum; - the extended scabination zones on the bursa. Composition. The genus includes two species: T. watsoni (Hampson, 1900) and T. dierli Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, sp. nov. Distribution. Nepal and India. Etymology. The new genus is named after the Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore (1861−1941), who was a Bengali polymath – poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. Roman V. Yakovlev and Vadim V. Zolotuhin. 2021. Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. IV. Genus Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov. Ecologica Montenegrina. 43: 38-43. DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.43.5 |
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