Thursday, January 18, 2024

[Entomology • 2023] Subniganda bambusoides • A New Species of the Genus Subniganda Kiriakoff, 1962 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) from India and Nepal

 

 Subniganda bambusoides Mazumder & Schintlmeister, 

in Mazumder, Schintlmeister, Irungbam & Chandra, 2023. 
 
Abstract
The present paper describes a new species of Notodontidae Subniganda bambusoides Mazumder & Schintlmeister sp. nov. from the Himalayan and northeastern landscapes of India and Nepal. It also provides a comparative diagnosis with its congeners S. tristan (Schintlmeister, 1997) and S. isolde (Schintlmeister, 1997) along with detailed morphological and genitalic illustrations.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, biodiversity, Heterocera, Himalayas, Northeast India, Oriental region, taxonomy



 Subniganda bambusoides Mazumder & Schintlmeister sp. nov.

 Habitats of the collection localities of Subniganda bambusoides sp. nov. in India:
 A-B: Type Locality in Tiger Hill of Darjeeling district, West Bengal; C-D: Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh; E-F: Shirui Hills, Manipur.


 Arna Mazumder, Alexander Schintlmeister, Jatishwor Singh Irungbam and Kailash Chandra. 2023. A New Species of the Genus Subniganda Kiriakoff, 1962 (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) from India and Nepal. Zootaxa. 5343(4); 353-363. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.4.3