Thursday, August 31, 2023

[Entomology • 2021] Chadisra curvipenis • A New Species in the Genus Chadisra Walker (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Periergosinae) from the Great Nicobar Island, India


2–5, Chadisra curvipenis N. Singh, Ahmad & Raha, 
6–7, male C. bipartita 

in Singh, Ahmad & Raha, 2021. 
 
Abstract
A new species, Chadisra curvipenis N. Singh, Ahmad & Raha, sp. nov. is described from the Great Nicobar Island, India, and its detailed description along with habitus images, male genitalia illustrations and diagnoses with similar congeners are provided. A complete checklist of the genus with distributional records and a distribution map are given.

Key words: Chadisra curvipenis sp. nov., checklist, distribution map, male genitalia, Nicobar Island, polymorphism, Sundaland


Habitus of Chadisra spp.
2–5, Chadisra curvipenis sp. nov. (diagnostic characters indicated with black lines): 2–3,male, dorsal and ventral sides (HT), 4–5, male, dorsal and ventral sides (PT);
6–7, C. bipartita male, dorsal and ventral sides (Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India, leg. A. Raha, K. Mallick & U. Bandyopadhyay);
8–9, C. bipars male, dorsal and ventralsides (Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India, leg. S. Gayen & B. A. Laskar). 

Chadisra curvipenis N. Singh, Ahmad & Raha, sp. nov.


Navneet Singh, Jalil Ahmad and Angshuman Raha. 2021. A New Species in the Genus Chadisra Walker (Notodontidae: Periergosinae) from the Great Nicobar Island, India.  Zootaxa. 5068(2); 277-286. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.2.7