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| Tagoria watsoni (Hampson, 1900) in Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, 2021. |
Abstract
In the fourth part of the revision on the Asian Metarbelidae we describe the new genus Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov. (type species, by original designation: Arbela watsoni Hampson, 1900). The male and female of Tagoria watsoni (Hampson, 1900) comb. nov. are redescribed, the new species Tagoria dierli Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, sp. nov. (type locality: Nepal, Rapti Tal, Monahari Khola, Belwa) is described.
Key words: biodiversity, Cossoidea, entomology, Asia, Paleotropics, Metarbelidae, taxonomy, new species.
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| Tagoria watsoni, adult female, Madras (NHMUK). |
Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov.
Type species: Arbela watsoni Hampson, 1900 (designated here).
Diagnosis. The new genus clearly differs from all the Asian representatives of the family in the following characters:
- the short, wide fore wing with a small light portion in discal area (cubitally),
- the tiny phallus,
- the very wide ostium and strongly sclerotized funnel-shaped antrum;
- the extended scabination zones on the bursa.
Composition. The genus includes two species: T. watsoni (Hampson, 1900) and T. dierli Yakovlev &
Zolotuhin, sp. nov.
Distribution. Nepal and India.
Etymology. The new genus is named after the Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore (1861−1941), who was a Bengali polymath – poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter.
Roman V. Yakovlev and Vadim V. Zolotuhin. 2021. Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. IV. Genus Tagoria Yakovlev & Zolotuhin, gen. nov. Ecologica Montenegrina. 43: 38-43. DOI: 10.37828/em.2021.43.5
