| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2025 |
| Authors: | A. Saldaitis, Lien, V. V., Junnila, A., Ihle, S., Sulak, H., Yakovlev, R. V., Volkova, J. S., Müller, G. C., Revay, E. E., Prozorova, T. A., Prozorov, A. M. |
| Journal: | Zootaxa |
| Volume: | 5633 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 470 |
| Pagination: | 470-484 |
| Date Published: | 13/05/2025 |
| Keywords: | BARCODING, BHARETTA, CATALOGUE, CHINA, COI, FEMALE GENITALIA, LASIOCAMPIDAE, MALE GENITALIA, MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD, TAIWAN, VIETNAM |
| Abstract: | "Bharetta owadai Kishida, 1986, was considered a widespread Indomalayan species occurring in Taiwan (type-locality), mainland China and Vietnam. Study of the genitalia of adults and barcoding showed that the taxon is a group of sister species. Allopatric Taiwanese and mainland populations have a slight difference in male genitalia and a distinct genetic distance of 3.26–4.56 %, which allowed description of the mainland population as a new species, Bharetta sarah sp. nov. known from Guanxi [sic] (type-locality) and Jianxi [sic] Provinces in China, and northern Vietnam. The second new species, Bharetta hanne sp. nov., has distinct male genitalia and is found on Fansipan Mountain (type-locality) and a nearby mountain ridge. Adults, their genitalia, distribution map, and phylogenetic tree are illustrated." |
| DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.5633.3.3 |