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Corresponding author: Xi-Cui Du ( duxicui@hotmail.com ) Academic editor: Colin Plant
© 2016 Dan Xu, Xi-Cui Du.
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Xu D, Du X-C (2016) A new species of Patania from the Hainan Island, China (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). ZooKeys 614: 129-135. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.614.8810
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Patania clava sp. n. is described from the Diaoluo Mountain of Hainan Island, China. The new species is distinguished from its most similar congener, P. iopasalis (Walker, 1859), by the following features: wingspan 33.0–35.0 mm (vs. 21.0–30.0 mm), ventral cilia of the male antenna as long as the diameter of flagellomere (vs. 1/4), the thick finger-like gnathos (vs. the short broad sheet-like), a long thick needle-like cornutus stretching out from (vs. embedded in) a cluster of spicular cornuti near apex. Images of adult and genitalia of the new species are provided.
Diaoluo Mountain, Pyraloidea , Spilomelinae , taxonomy
The genus Patania was established by
Globally, there are approximately 50 described species of Patania (
Specimens were collected by 250-W high-pressure mercury lamps. They were hand-collected alive and killed by ethyl acetate. The type specimens of Patania species deposited in the Natural History Museum of London (NHM) have been examined by corresponding author. All the type specimens of the new species are deposited in the College of Plant Protection, Southwest University, Chongqing, China (SWUCPP).
The terminology mainly follows
Genitalia preparation followed the procedure of
male, China, Hainan, Mt. Diaoluo, 109.87°E, 18.72°N, 900 m, 23.V.2014, leg. Li-Jun Xu & Dan Xu, pinned, slide number XD15056. Original label: “Hainan, Diaoluo Mountain, vocational village, 900 m, 23.V.2014, Li-jun Xu & Dan Xu”.
1 female, same data as holotype, slide number XD15050.
This species can be distinguished by the wingspan of 33.0–35.0 mm (Fig.
Adult (Figs
Male genitalia. (Figs
Female genitalia. (Fig.
The specific name is derived from the Latin clavus (nail), in reference to the nail head-like apex of sclerotized structure of the phallus.
This species is only known from the Diaoluo Mountain of Hainan Island, China.
Unknown except that the moths fly late May and are attracted to light. The habitat in which this species has been collected is located at an altitude of 900 m. The vegetation of the habitat is a blend of shrubs, conifer trees and broad leaved trees.
The most similar congener to P. clava sp. n. is Patania iopasalis (Walker, 1859). However, the wingspan of P. iopasalis is smaller with 21.0–30.0 mm (Fig.
The new species is only known from Diaoluo Mountain of Hainan Island at present. Patania iopasalis is widely distributed in south Asia, southeast Asia, east Asia, including Hainan Island, China, the Caroline Islands, New Guinea, Australia and Guatemala (
We are grateful to Prof. Houhun Li (Nankai University) for lending specimens and to BMNH (the Natural History Museum, London, UK) for providing access to the corresponding author in examining specimens. Cordial thanks are given to Prof. Shuxia Wang (Nankai University) and Dr Dandan Wei (Southwest University) for reviewing the manuscript and providing suggestions and to Richard Mally (University Museum of Bergen, Norway) for carefully revising the manuscript. This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31101663).