Magnificus shaosiming Z.-B. Xu & Y. Duan, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.4.5 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2A7C7398-6B76-4362-9F29-DD9861B5E93E |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/825C87C8-C924-1766-38C0-24746A1704DC |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Magnificus shaosiming Z.-B. Xu & Y. Duan |
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sp. nov. |
Magnificus shaosiming Z.-B. Xu & Y. Duan , sp. nov.
[Shaosiming Red bat moth 少司命ũøś]
( Figs 3a–c View FIGURES 1–3 , 9d–e View FIGURE , 10d–e View FIGURE 10 , 11d View FIGURE 11 , 15b View FIGURE 15 , 16b View FIGURE 16 )
Type material. Holotype ♀ ( Figs 3a–c View FIGURES 1–3 ): / China, S. Shaanxi, Ankang, Ningshan, Zaofanggou , 1450 m, 22.VI.2023, Yang Duan leg.; CAU.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other described Magnificus species by presence of pale yellowish-white sub-ovoid patch in the anterior discal cell, and trapezoid yellowish-white patch on posterior discal cell of the forewing. Wing pattern is most similar to M. ignatevi sp. nov. with a pale yellow central discal cell and two yellowish transverse bands on posterior discal cell.
Description. Female ( Figs 3a–c View FIGURES 1–3 ). Wingspan: ~ 56 mm; forewing length: 29 mm, width: 13 mm; hindwing length: 25 mm, width: 12 mm.
Head ( Figs 9d–e View FIGURE ). Covered with reddish-brown scales. Eyes bulbous, slightly less than 2/3 head width in dorsal view. Antenna with 18 flagellomeres covered with numerous sensilla trichodea. Scape and pedicel subcylindrical, about 1/3 wider than flagellomeres, scape slightly wider distally than pedicel. Flagellomeres sub-rectangular, slightly wider than long, segments pale reddish brown other than black terminal segment.
Thorax ( Figs 3a–c View FIGURES 1–3 ). Body and legs covered with pale reddish-brown scales. Forewing with shallow convex costal margin, outer margin almost straight, merging as a broad tornus to shallow convex edge of posterior margin. Venation ( Fig. 11d View FIGURE 11 ) with central discal cell subequal to length of posterior discal cell. Dorsal forewing worn, ground color pale to dark reddish-brown. Anterior discal cell with sub-ovoid pale yellowish-white patch, and posterior discal cell with trapezoid yellowish-white patch. Other markings indistinct due to extensive loss of scales. Hindwing dorsal and ventral surface variably shaded with pale greyish-brown with pale reddish-brown shading along outer and posterior margins.
Pregenital abdomen ( Figs 10d–e View FIGURE 10 ). Reddish-brown. Anterior sclerites only partially recovered, tergum II broadly rectangular; lateral ridge strongly sclerotized, anteriorly bifurcated along lateral and latero-posterior edges of the apodemal plate, anterior margin with strongly sclerotized ridge. Tergosternal bar elongate, narrow, ventrally wider ( Fig. 10d View FIGURE 10 ). Posterior tergites weakly sclerotized, sternum VII and VIII unsclerotized or weakly so ( Fig. 10e View FIGURE 10 ).
Genitalia ( Figs 15b View FIGURE 15 , 16b View FIGURE 16 ). Dorsal plate without projecting anal papillae. Lamella antevaginalis laterally narrow, strongly sclerotized, medial lobe not visible in dissection due to strong staining; subanal plates strongly sclerotized, narrowing medially. Bursa copulatrix with ductus bursae 2/3 total length, merging with piriform corpus bursae ( Fig. 15b View FIGURE 15 ).
Male. Unknown.
Habitat and phenology. Specimens were collected in late spring, with cool conditions prevailing during the preceding nights. On the night of collection, temperatures increased and conditions became very humid. The collection site was located at 100 above sea level (a.s.l.), in the parking lot of the Laoshan Doushu Temple trailhead. The surrounding topography is of low relief and represents a transitional environment from the coastal plains to low hills. The adjacent forests are dense and dominated by species of deciduous broad-leaved trees, such as Salicaceae , Maclura tricuspidata ( Moraceae ), Fortunearia sinensis ( Hamamelidaceae ), and Pteroceltis tatarinowii ( Cannabaceae ) ( Figs 19e–f View FIGURE 19 ).
Etymology. Named for Shaosiming (少司命, The Young Goddess of Birth). This is the deity of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (770–221 BC) in China. She is in charge of nature and the reproduction of living things. A noun in the nominative singular standing in apposition to the generic name.
Distribution. Known from the type locality only Zaofanggou, southern Shaanxi ( Figs 17 View FIGURE 17 , 19e–f View FIGURE 19 ).
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China Agricultural University |
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