Barsine podbolotskayae sp. n. from Flores Island, Lesser Sunda Archipelago, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Abstract

Herein Barsine podbolotskayae sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) is described from Flores Island, Lesser Sunda Archipelago, Indonesia. This local endemic species externally resembles Barsine exclusa Butler, 1877 from Sundaland and the Andaman Islands but differs by marking patterns and male genitalia structure.

A Review of Barsine (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini) From the East Nusa Tenggara Islands, Indonesia, With Description of a New Genus

“…A morphological re-analysis of the two members of the genus Barsine from the East Nusa Tenggara Islands reveals that B. podbolotskayae is distant from the other members of Barsine. An external similarity between Barsine podbolotskayae and B. exclusa pointed out in our original description (Spitsyn and Bolotov 2018) seems to be a result of convergence, because these taxa are distant from each other by the male genitalia structure. In the absence of an available generic name for this species, we placed Barsine podbolotskayae into its own monotypic genus, Albarrania gen. nov.…”

“…Based on the review of a body of available literature (Rothschild 1913;Holloway 1982Holloway , 2001Spitsyn and Bolotov, 2018) and original data, we found that the fauna of the East Nusa Tenggara Islands contains only two Barsine species: B. dohertyi from Sumbawa and Flores and B. podbolotskayae from Flores (Figs. 1-4).…”

“…The Barsine fauna on the East Nusa Tenggara Islands was almost unknown, with the only B. dohertyi (Rothschild, 1913) described from the Sumbawa Island (Rothschild 1913;Holloway 1982Holloway , 2001. However, Barsine podbolotskayae has recently been discovered on the Flores Island (Spitsyn and Bolotov, 2018). In general, the Erebidae fauna of the East Nusa Tenggara Islands has rather moderate levels of endemism, with a few remarkable endemic elements (Spitsyn et al 2016;Bolotov et al 2017Bolotov et al , 2018Spitsyn and Bolotov, 2018) and numerous widespread species (Bolotov et al 2018;Spitsyn et al 2018b).…”

Barsine Vinhphucensis Sp. Nov. From Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)

“…Although recent taxonomic works have increased our knowledge on the species richness of Barsine from the poorly studied faunas of Southeast and East Asia (e.g. Černý and Pinratana 2009;Bucsek 2012;Černý and Volynkin 2016;Bayarsaikhan et al 2017;Volynkin andČerný 2017a, b, c, 2018;Volynkin 2018;Spitsyn and Bolotov 2018), the revision of this large and species-rich genus is very far from being complete. In summary, this genus comprises approximately a hundred of valid species-and subspecies-level taxa, many of which were discovered during the last two decades (Volynkin 2018).…”

“…Barsine Walker, 1854 (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) is a diverse and widespread Oriental genus of the lichen moths (Holloway, 2001). The Malay Peninsula, mainland Indochina and the Greater Sunda Islands appear to be the primary evolutionary hotspots harboring the most species-rich Barsine faunas (Holloway, 2001;Černý and Pinratana, 2009;Bucsek, 2012;Volynkin andČerný, 2017a, b, c, 2018), whereas only a few species are distributed on the Moluccas and Lesser Sundas (Holloway, 2001;Spitsyn and Bolotov, 2018). The fauna of this genus in Vietnam is still poorly known.…”