Hemopsis heteroidea Yu & Du, 2025, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yu, Cheng-Jun
name: Du, Xi-Cui
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Hemopsis
Hemopsis heteroidea

description: Hemopsis heteroidea sp. nov.
Figs 3 D, 4 G, H, L
Type material.
Holotype: China • ♂; pinned, with genitalia on a separate slide; Chongqing Municipality, Tudiyan, Simian Mountain; alt. 1200 m; 9 August 2011; Gui-Qing Gui & Li-Fang Song leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23162. Paratypes: pinned, some with genitalia on separate slides, respectively. CHINA – Chongqing Municipality • 10 ♂♂; other data same as the holotype, genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23155, YCJ 23161 • 3 ♂♂; same locality; 15 July 2012; Gui-Qing He et al. leg. • 12 ♂♂; Tudiyan, Simian Mountain; alt. 1156 m; 27 August 2019; Hong Zhao & Xi-Cui Du leg. genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23159 • 3 ♂♂; Simian Mountain; alt. 1000 m; 22 July 2010; Li-Fang Song & Xi-Cui Du leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23156, YCJ 23160 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Simian Mountain; alt. 902 m; 26 July 2018; Xiao-Qiang Lu & You Zeng leg. • 3 ♂♂; Dahonghai, Simian Mountain; alt. 1250 m; 14 August 2011; Gui-Qing He & Li-Fang Song leg. • 1 ♂, 3 ♀♀; Dawopu, Simian Mountain; alt. 902 m; 10 September 2016; Xue-Li Wei & Qiu-Long Yang leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23158 ♂ • 1 ♀; Dawopu, Simian Mountain; alt. 1003 m; 21 July 2017; Yi Long & Qiu-Long Yang leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23105 • 1 ♂; Dawopu, Simian Mountain; alt. 1183 m; 29 June 2019; Yao Shen & Xi-Cui Du leg. • 3 ♀♀; Jinfo Mountain; alt. 891 m; 14 July 2017; Yi Long & Mao-Jun Yuan leg. – Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region • 2 ♂♂; Yuxi Protection Station, Luocheng County; alt. 353 m; 12 August 2022; Ci Tang & Shi-Qi Huang leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23234 • 2 ♀♀; Pingying Village, Luocheng County; alt. 470 m; 10 August 2022; Ci Tang & Shi-Qi Huang leg. • 1 ♀; Yangmeiao, Huanjiang County; alt. 1160 m; 5 August 2022; Ci Tang & Shi-Qi Huang leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23223 • 1 ♀; Gaozhai Village, Maoer Mountain, Guilin City; alt. 1100 m; 24 July 2015; Kai-Li Liu & Jing-Xia Zhao leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23224 – Guangdong Prov. • 1 ♂; Nanling Nature Reserve; alt. 1010 m; 27 July 2020; You Zeng leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23230 • 1 ♂; Babaoshan Protection Station, Nanling Nature Reserve; alt. 1070 m; 23 August 2010; Xi-Cui Du leg. genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23232 • 1 ♂; Dadong Mountain, Lianzhou City; alt. 650 m; 25 June 2014; Dan-Dan Zhang leg. – Hunan Prov. • 1 ♂; Babaoshan Protection Station, Nanling Nature Reserve; alt. 1021 m; 9 September 2020; Hong Zhao leg.; genitalia slide no.: YCJ 23235.
Diagnosis.
Externally this species is very similar to H. coalita sp. nov. and difficult to distinguish from each other except by genital characteristics. In H. heteroidea, the distal end of valva is nearly semicircular and the apical end is rounded; the phallus has two separate, banded cornuti; one is long and wide and the other is thin and short. The posterior half of corpus bursae is narrowed and about half the width of the anterior half. In H. coalita, the distal end of the valva is nearly triangular and the apical end is pointed; the phallus has three anteriorly connected cornuti, one short lamina, and two long bands; and the posterior half of the corpus bursae is cystiform and slightly narrower than the width of anterior half.
Description.
Adult (Fig. 3 D). Refer to the adult description of H. coalita because it is externally identical.
Male genitalia (Fig. 4 G, H). Valva very gradually narrowed distally, distal end nearly semicircular and apical end rounded; fibula slender. Phallus with two separate, banded cornuti, one long, wide, and distally pointed, the other thin and short.
Female genitalia (Fig. 4 L). Apophyses anteriores about two times length of apophyses posteriores. Ductus bursae approximately one-quarter length of corpus bursae. Corpus bursae with anterior half nearly oval, posterior half sclerotized and narrowed, about half width of the anterior half; arciform signum transverse.
Etymology.
The specific name is derived from the Latin heteroideus, meaning different shapes, in reference to two different banded cornuti.
Distribution.
China (Chongqing, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong).
description: Published as part of Yu, Cheng-Jun & Du, Xi-Cui, 2025, Revision of the genus Hemopsis Kirti & Rose, 1987 (Lepidoptera, Crambidae), with descriptions of three new species from China, pp. 17-31 in ZooKeys 1238 on pages 17-31, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1238.150678