| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Authors: | S. Naumann, Smetacek P. |
| Journal: | Bionotes |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 49 |
| Pagination: | 49-90 |
| Keywords: | ACTIAS, BURMA, CATALOGUE, CHINA, CRICULA, FOODPLANT, INDIA, LOEPA, MALE GENITALIA, SALASSA, SATURNIIDAE, SINOBIRMA, SOLUS |
| Abstract: | "Nine new species of the family Saturniidae are described as new from northeastern India, Arunachal Pradesh: Actias smetaceki n. sp., Loepa melichari n. sp., Loepa himalayana n. sp., Cricula mishmica n. sp., Sinobirma occidentalis n. sp., Salassa dibanga n. sp., Salassa occinica n. sp., Solus pseudodrepanoides n. sp., and Solus tawanga n. sp.. In addition to these, we also name and describe two closely related species from adjacent countries: Actias loeffleri n. sp., from Kachin State, Myanmar, and Salassa linzhica n. sp. from PR China, Tibet. Due to a mixed type series of Loepa anthera Jordan, 1911, a male lectotype is designated for that taxon from the collections of NHM London. Solus loba Lang, 2017, described as a subspecies of S. parvifenestatus Bryk, 1944, is raised to full species rank." |
| URL: | https://entosocindia.org/bionotes |