Acta Zoologica 45. (1999)

1999 / 1. szám - HREBLAY MÁRTON - PEREGOVITS LÁSZLÓ - RONKAY LÁSZLÓ: New genera and species of Noctuidae from Vietnam, Thailand and Nepal (Lepidoptera)

2 HREBLAY. M„ PEREGOVITS, L. & L. RONKAY the unexplored nature of this fauna, surprisingly large number of new taxa had to be described in several former articles (e.g. HREBLAY & RONKAY 1997, 1998). These studies revealed the fact that a considerable part of the common Himalay­an faunal elements in this huge region belongs to this faunal type. In spite of the long-lasting cooperation with our Vietnamese counterpart, the study of the winter Noctuidae fauna, especially of the forest regions of the higher altitudes, was hereto much neglected in Vietnam. As the major result of the last two expeditions (PEREGOVITS et al. 1999) a representative material of the winter fauna was collected, containing an astonishingly large number of taxa being new for science. During the final, proof-reading phase of the present paper several new data were added from the expedition led to northern Thailand by M. HREBLAY. Though the specimens of the newly described taxa collected by this expedition were incorporated into the type series, further extensive descriptions and illustra­tions were not prepared even if the other sex was not previously known. The de­scriptions of these novelties will be given in the forthcoming papers dealing with the Noctuidae fauna of the Indo-Chinese region. Abbreviations: BMNH - The Natural History Museum, London; HM - HREBLAY MÁRTON; HNHM - Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest; MAK - Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn; NSMT - National Science Museum, Tokyo; RL - Ronkay László. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE NEW TAXA Hermonassa sobeyi sp. n. (Figs 1-2, 107) Holotype: male, “VIETNAM, Prov. Lao Cai, 1900-2000 m, Fan-si-pan Mts, 14 km NW Sa Pa, 103°46,06’E, 22°20,9’N, 29.XI.1997, leg. L. Peregovits & L. Ronkay”, slide No. RL6260 (coll. HNHM, Budapest). Paratypes. Vietnam. 4 males, 3 females, with the same data as the holotype; 12 males, 2 fe­males, from the same locality but dated 4-6.XII. 1997 (coll. HNHM, Budapest, BMNH, London and G. Ronkay); 3 males, 4 females, Prov. Lao Cai, Sa Pa, Deo О Quay Ho, 1750 m, 14— 17.V.1995, leg. M. Owada (coll. NSMT, Tokyo). Thailand. Prov. Chiang Mai: 63 specimens, Mt. Doi Inthanon, NP, 2300 m, 11. & 19-20.XI. 1998, leg. T. Csővári & L. Mikus; 68 specimens, from the same locality, 2. & 9.XII. 1998, leg. M. Hreblay, Y. Sherpa & I. Soós; 7 specimens, Mt. Doi Phahompok, 18 km NW of Fang, 2100 m, 7.XII.1998; 11 specimens, Mt. Doi Phahompok, 16 km NW of Fang, 2000 m, 8.XII.1998, leg. M. Hreblay, Y. Sherpa & 1. Soós (coll. Csővári, Hreblay, Érd). Slide Nos HM 10489, HM11249, HM11261, NSMT2438, NSMT2440, NSMT2441, RL6077, RL6251, RL6252 (males), HM 10490, NSMT2442, RL6199 (females). Diagnosis: the new species belongs to the H. consignata WALKER, 1 865 species-group, closely related to H. consignata, H. siamensis OWADA, 1985, H. Acta zool. himf>. 45, 1999

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