Tarika daba, 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 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.87.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E42C152-705D-4084-A80C-89A946B68738
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03887542-957A-1832-FF5F-FCFBE593F72D
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tarika daba
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Tarika daba View in CoL sp. n.

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Paratype. CHINA: male, same data as in holotype, gen. slide No.: ZSM Arct. 2021-623 (prepared by A. Volynkin) ( MWM / ZSM) .

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 18.0–19.5 mm in males. The male of T. daba sp. n. is externally very similar to the sympatric T. suffusa and identification requires the examination of the genitalia structures, which are fundamentally different in the two species in their vesica structures: in the new species, the subbasal diverticulum is membranous and bears a robust cornutus apically (whereas it is covered with scobination in the congener), and the longer and straight distal diverticulum with a shorter and membranous distal-medial diverticulum situated more proximally whereas in T. suffusa the distal diverticulum is medially curved with a distal section directed dorsad and the distal-medial diverticulum is granulose. The male genitalia of T. daba sp. n. are most similar to the externally dissimilar T. pinratanai sp. n. and the detailed comparison is provided above in the diagnosis of the latter species.

The female is unknown.

Distribution. The new species is currently known only from its type locality in north Central China (Shaanxi Province).

Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Daba Mountains , where the new species is found. The name is a noun in the nominative singular in apposition.