Notodonta derbendica Daniel 1965
Creators: name: Saldaitis, Aidas
name: Ivinskis, Povilas
name: Rimsaite, Jolanta
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Notodonta
Notodonta derbendica

description: Notodonta derbendica Daniel, 1965 stat. n.
(Figs. 4-6, 11, 14)
Notodonta ziczac gigantea Schintlmeister, 1981
Material examined: 1 male, UdSSR, Krasnodar geb., Maykop Dorf Nike, Lf. 2. vii. 1978, Poltawski leg., additional label Paratypus Eligmodonta ziczac gigantea Schintlmeister, Thomas Witt, Munchen (prep. OP 1511 m) (coll. MWM/ ZSM); 1 male, USSR, N. E. Caucassus Lezegi, 1300 m., 0 8. vii. 1991. leg. S. Herczig, V. Marko & Z. Meszaros (prep. OP 1513 m) (coll. MWM/ ZSM), 1 male, Turkey, prov. Agri, 15 km. East of Horosan, Hayrangol Koyu, 1500 m., 42˚18E, 40˚05N, 12–15. vi. 1991. leg. Szaboky Cs, (prep. OP 1506 m) (coll. MWM/ ZSM); 1 male, Armenien, Kotajsk, Garni, 1600 m., 15. v. 1999. leg. Kazarjan (prep. OP 1508 m) (coll. MWM/ ZSM); 1 male, Kleinasien, prov. Tokat- Sivas, 1700 m., Camlibel-Pass, 19. vi. 1999, leg. de Freina (coll. MWM/ ZSM); 1 male, USSR, Chi ASSR, Caucasus, 1180 m, Torgim 04–06. viii. 1988. leg. Herczig, Szeoka, Meszaros (coll. MWM/ ZSM); 3 males, Russia, Karachay–Cherkessia resp.,Teberda distr., Nazylykol gorge, h- 2500m., 22. vii. 2011. leg. A. A. Marusov (prep. OP 1512 m) (coll. PMM); 1 female, Turkey, Prov. Agri, 5 km. East of Sarican, 1800 m., 12–16. vi. 1991., 42˚39E, 39˚49N, leg. M. Hreblay (prep. OK1507 f) (coll. MWM/ ZSM); 1 female, Armenien, Kotajsk, Garni, 1600 m., 15. v. 1999. leg. Kazarjan (prep. OP 1509f) (coll. MWM/ ZSM); 1 female, USSR, Chi ASSR, Caucasus, 1000 m., Kerigo, 09–10. viii. 1988. leg. Herczig, Szeoka, Meszaros (coll. MWM/ ZSM); 1 female, USSR, ChI ASSR, Caucasus, 1180 m., Torgim, 04–06. viii. 1988, leg. Herczig, Szeoka, Meszaros (Prep. OP 11514 f) (coll. MWM/ ZSM).
Daniel (1965) described Notodonta ziczac derbendica as a new subspecies and Schintlmeister (2008) specified its distribution (Caucasus, East Turkey, North Iran). However after studying large series from various localities preserved in MWM / ZSM and PMM we hereby elevate this taxon to species status, N. derbendica stat. nov.
N. derbendica wings are wider and longer (forewing length male 21-24, wingspan 42-48 (n-9); female forewing length 24-27 mm, wingspan 50-54 mm (n-4)), with a different discal patch than N. ziczac (forewing length male 16-19, wingspan 37-45 (n-16); female forewing length 19-23 mm, wingspan 40-48 mm (n-3)). N. derbendica 's male genitalia (Fig. 11) differences include socii gradually narrowing to the tip, valvae not markedly widening in the middle, vinculum not extended in the saccus area, and a foot-shaped process. Its larger female genitalia (Fig. 14) have wide papillae analis densely covered with cheta; apophysis anterioris five time shorter than apophysis posterioris; narrow antrum with bulge on one side, eighth tergit two times wider than in N. valeria; ventral plate has deeper incision than in N. ziczac; bursa copulatrix elongated; signum forming big plate (Fig. 13).
description: Published as part of Saldaitis, Aidas, Ivinskis, Povilas & Rimsaite, Jolanta, 2013, Notodonta valeria, a new species (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) from China, with taxonomic remarks on Notodonta ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758), pp. 589-594 in Zootaxa 3681 (5) on page 593, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.5.8, http://zenodo.org/record/219636