Scotocampa crassipuncta ( Püngeler, 1905 )

Scotocampa crassipuncta ( Püngeler, 1905) View in CoL

( Figs 7 View Figures 1–7 , 11 View Figure 11 )

? Pseudohadena crassipuncta Püngeler, 1905 , Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 17 (2): 266 (Type locality: [ China, Xinjiang] “ Aksu ”).

Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) ( Figs 7 View Figures 1–7 , 11 View Figure 11 ): female, [ China, Xinjiang] “Ost- Turkestan | (Aksu) | Rückbeil 1903” (top side) “crassipuncta Püng. ♀ | Type , abgeb. Iris 1906 | 4.05 v. R. Tancré” (reverse) / pink label “Type | crassipuncta Püng. | ♀ ” / “3836 ♀ | gen.prep.No. | det. L.Ronkay ” / “ Scotocampa | crassipuncta | Püngeler | Holotype | det. L.Ronkay /91” ( MfN).

Note. The species is currently known only from the female holotype. The drawing of the female genitalia of the holotype was illustrated by Ronkay & Varga (1993) and ( Gyulai & Ronkay 2002). The photo of the genital preparation is published herein for the first time ( Fig. 11 View Figure 11 ).

Distribution. The species is currently known only from its type locality in the northern limits of the Tarim Basin in western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China ( Püngeler 1905) ( Fig. 12 View Figure 12 ).

Acknowledgements

The senior and the second authors are sincerely grateful to Nikolay Postnikov (Almaty, Kazakhstan) for his kind help in organising the expedition to the Ili River Valley and his enthusiastic companionship. The senior author thanks Wolfram Mey ( MfN, Berlin, Germany) for his kind assistance during the work at MfN collection .

The study of Sergey Titov was funded by Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Program No. BR21882199, “Inventory of wild animals of arid territories of the Balkhash-Alakol basin with an assessment of threats to their conservation and sustainable use.”). Anton Volynkin, Valentin Rudoi, Aliya Gabdullina and Gleb Bolbotov, while performing this work, received no specific grant from any funding agencies.

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