Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998

Chen, Enyong, Prozorov, Alexey M., Saldaitis, Aidas, Yakovlev, Roman V., Müller, Günter C. & Zhou, Yonghong, 2025, Description of a new subgenus for Himalaea batanga and its new sister species from Xizang Autonomous Region, China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Amphipyrinae, Psaphidini), ZooKeys 1244, pp. 293-303 : 293-303

Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998

Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay in Hreblay et al. 1998: 135. Type species: Himalaea unica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998, by original designation.

Diagnosis.

Adult males have bipectinate antennae and brownish-grey coloration. The main diagnostic feature in the clasping apparatus is an enlarged outgrown ampulla (digitus sensu Saldaitis et al. 2022), whereas the ampulla of other Psaphidini , if present, is smaller and does not rise above the surface of the valva. The vesica has anterior and posterior elasmas at the base of the vesica ejaculatorius, which are flat, sclerotized plates or raised, volumetric, sclerotized plates with serrated surfaces. Elasma occur in some other genera of Psaphidini : Valeria Stephens, 1829 , Meganephria Hübner, 1820 , Benedekia Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010 , and Allophyes Tams, 1942 ; however, the combination of robust ampulla and both anterior and posterior elasmas are unique within the tribe.

Taxonomic synopsis

Subgenus Himalaea Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998

Himalaea (Himalaea) unica Hreblay & L. Ronkay, 1998

Subgenus Macrohimalaea subgen. nov.

Himalaea (Macrohimalaea) batanga Saldaitis, Benedek & Volynkin, 2022, stat. nov.

Himalaea (Macrohimalaea) silvana sp. nov.