Tarika sapa, Volynkin & Černý, 2025

Volynkin, Anton V. & Černý, Karel, 2025, On the taxonomy of the genera Katha Moore, Tarika Moore, Cernyia Bucsek and Churingosia Volynkin & Černý, stat. n. with the description of a new genus and thirteen new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini: Lithosiina), Ecologica Montenegrina 87, pp. 1-45 : 8

Tarika sapa sp. n.

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( Figs 23, 24 , 92 , 93 , 130 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 23 , 92 ): male, “N-Vietnam 1600m | Mt. Fan-si-pan(Nord) | Cha-pa [Sapa], Primärurwald [primary jungle] | 22.17''N 103.44''E [22°17'N 103°44'E] | 20.–30.IV.1995 | leg. V. Sinjaev [recte: Sinyaev] & | Einheim. Sammler [local collector] | Museum Witt” / “Slide | ZSM Arct. | 2021- 594♂ | A. Volynkin ” ( MWM / ZSM).

Paratypes. VIETNAM: 1 male, 1 female, same data as in holotype, gen. slide Nos. : ZSM Arct. 2021- 549♂, 2021- 565♀ (prepared by Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) ; 1 female, Fan-si-pan Mts, W side, near Cha-pa [Sapa], 1600–1800m, 22°20'N 103°40'E, V.1995, local collectors leg., ex coll. Schintlmeister, gen. slide No. : ZSM Arct. 2021- 556♂ (prepared by A. Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 16.0 mm in males and 16.0–16.5 mm in females. The male of T. sapa sp. n. has a more convex anal margin of the forewing than in T. nigrifrons , T. nankunshanica , T. mangraii sp. n. and T. incerta sp. n., and is externally reminiscent of T. kachina sp. n. and T. spitzeri sp. n., from which it can be distinguished by the genitalia structures characterised by the markedly longer and distally directed distal diverticulum (it is upcurved in T. kachina sp. n. and recurved T. spitzeri sp. n.). Additionally, T. sapa sp. n. lacks the distal-medial diverticulum, which is present in T. spitzeri sp. n., and has a broader proximal-medial diverticulum than in T. kachina sp. n., which originates from the main chamber whereas it has a common base with the distal diverticulum in T. kachina sp. n. The female genitalia of T. sapa sp. n. differ from T. spitzeri sp. n. in the markedly longer gelatinous rugose posterior section of the corpus bursae with an additional semiglobular membranous postero-lateral protrusion on the right side.

Distribution. The new species is currently known from Northern Vietnam.

Etymology. The specific epithet is homonymic of the town of Sapa, near which the new species was found. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.

Figures

Figures 15–24. Adults of Tarika spp. Depositories of the specimens: 15, 17–19 and 21–24 in MWM/ZSM (15 and 17: ex CKC); 16 and 20 in CKC.

Figures 89–92. Male genitalia of Tarika spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 89 and 90 in CKC; 91 in CAV; 92 in MWM/ZSM.

Figures 93–96. Male genitalia of Tarika spp. The specimens dissected are deposited in MWM/ZSM.

Figures 126–132. Female genitalia of Tarika spp. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 126, 127 and 132 in CKC; 128–131 in MWM/ZSM.