Meganola pseudobasalactifera László, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2015, sp. n.
Creators: name: László, Gyula M.
name: Ronkay, Gábor
name: Ronkay, László
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nolidae
Meganola
Meganola pseudobasalactifera

description: Meganola pseudobasalactifera sp. n.
(Plate 1, Figs 3, 4; gen. figs 1, 2)
Holotype. Male, [Indonesia] Sumatra, Prapat, HW 3 [= “Holzweg 3”], 12.VIII.1983, leg. Dr. Diehl, slide No.: LGN 2158 (coll. HNHM).
Paratypes. Indonesia, Sumatra: 1 male, from the same locality as the holotype, 31.I.1984; 1 male, from the same site, 4.X.1983; 2 males, from the same site, 28.X.1983; 1 male, from the same site, 28.IV.1985; 1 male, Sitahoan, 24.XI.1981, leg. Dr. Diehl (coll. HNHM); 1 male, Dolok Merangir, 180 m, 2–13.VII.1970, leg. Dr. E. Diehl, slide No.: LGN 2062; 1 male, Doulou, 1250 m, 18.IX.1969, leg. Dr. E. Diehl, slide No.: LGN 2061 (coll. SMNK).
Diagnosis. The new species resembles externally mostly Nanola basalactifera and N. subbasalactifera (Plate 1, Figs 5–8) having very similar forewing pattern. Their typical marking is the light basal part bordered by broad, sharply defined and evenly arcuate reddish-brown stripe in the medial area of forewing included the blackish, also evenly arcuate medial line. Despite this superficial similarity, M. pseudobasalactifera shows no closer relationship with the two Nanola species, the large genital differences (gen. figs 1–7) support placing these three species into two distinct genera.
Meganola pseudobasalactifera displays closer relationship, according to the configuration of the male genitalia, with M. seima. The new species can be distinguished from M. seima (Plate 1, Figs 1, 2) by its conspicuously larger whitish basal area extending from the costa to the ventral margin and more distally positioned dark medial area (in M. seima the pale basal part is only an ovoid patch in the middle of the wing and the dark area is present only between the antemedial and medial lines). The median fascia of M. pseudobasalactifera is evenly arcuate, sharply defined, and blackish, while that of M. seima is diffuse, poorly visible.
In the male genitalia, the new species (gen. figs 1, 2) has, in comparison with M. seima (gen. fig. 3), slightly longer uncus, somewhat narrower valva with shorter and narrower basal dilation, and considerably longer vinculum. The aedeagi of the two species have the same basic configuration, but that is somewhat longer in the new species than in M. seima.
Female unknown.
Meganola suisharyonensis (Strand, 1917)
Roeselia fumosa ab. suisharyonensis Strand, 1917, Archiv für Naturgeschichte 82A (1): 130. Type-locality: Taiwan, Suisharyo. Two syntypes, in coll. DEI Müncheberg.
Meganola parki Sung-Hwan Oh, 1991
Meganola parki Sung-Hwan Oh, 1991, Systematics of the family Nolidae (Lepidoptera) in Korea: 69, figs 25, 27, 88, 118. Type-locality: Korea (South), Prov. Gyeonggi, Gwangneung. Holotype: male, in coll. Kangwon National University, Chuncheon.
Meganola flexuosa (Poujade, 1886)
Nola flexuosa Poujade, 1886, Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1886: 27, pl. 18, fig. 26. Typelocality: [China] [Sechuan] Tibet, Moupin. Holotype: female, in MNHN Paris.
Meganola nanlinga Hu, László, Ronkay & Wang, 2013
Meganola nanlinga Hu, László, Ronkay & Wang, 2013, Zootaxa 3608 (7): 596, figs 5–8. Type-locality: China, Guangdong, Nanling. Holotype: male, in coll. SCAU.
Meganola bryophilalis bryophilalis (Staudinger, 1887)
Nola bryophilalis Staudinger, 1877, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptéres 3: 181, pl. 10, fig. 5. Type-locality: [Russia] [Far East] Askold [Island], Raddefka. Syntypes: four males, in coll. ZMHU. Synonymy
Roeselia basifascia Inoue, 1958, Kontyu 26: 235, figs 2, 7. Type-locality: Japan, Hokkaido, Kushiro, Shibecha. Holotype: male, in coll. BMNH.
Meganola bryophilalis hondoensis (Inoue, 1970)
Roeselia basifascia ssp. hondoensis Inoue, 1970, Bulletin of the Japan Entomological Academy 6: 6, pl. 1, figs 9– 12. Type-locality: Japan, Tokushima Pref., Tokushima City, Kuramoto. Holotype: male, in coll. BMNH.
Meganola scripta scripta (Moore, 1888)
Roeselia scripta Moore, 1888, Proceedings of the Zoological Society London 1888: 393. Type-locality: [Pakistan] Kangra. Holotype: male, in coll. BMNH.
Meganola scripta csoevarii László, Ronkay & Witt, 2007
Meganola scripta csoevarii László, Ronkay & Witt, 2007, Entomofauna 28 (2): 19, figs 3–4. Type-locality: China, Prov. Shaanxi, Daba Shan, 15 km S of Shou Man village, 1800 m. Holotype: male, in coll. MWM.
Meganola implicata László, Ronkay & Witt, 2007
Meganola implicata László, Ronkay & Witt, 2007, Entomofauna 28 (2): 19, figs 5–6. Type-locality: North Thailand, Prov. Mae Hong Son, 1250 m, between Pa Pae and Khun Sa, 98°39¢E, 19°08¢N. Holotype: male, in coll. MWM.
Meganola fumosa (Butler, 1879)
Nola fumosa Butler, 1879, Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 14: 9, pl. 43, fig. 2. Type-locality: Japan, Yokohama. Holotype: male, in coll. BMNH.
Meganola nitidoides Holloway, 2003
Meganola nitidoides Holloway, 2003, The Moths of Borneo 18: 27, pl. 1, figs 31, 32. Type-locality: Borneo, Sarawak, Gunong Mulu NP, Mulu, 1000 m. Holotype: male, in BMNH.
Meganola simulata László, Ronkay & Witt, 2007
Meganola simulata László, Ronkay & Witt, 2007, Entomofauna 28 (14): 163, figs 12–13, 18, and 22. Type-locality: Indonesia, W Sumatra, 7 km E Panti, 1000 m, 0°12’N, 100°01’E. Holotype: male, in coll. MWM.
Meganola scriptoides Holloway, 2003
Meganola scriptoides Holloway, 2003, The Moths of Borneo 18: 27, pl.1, figs 21, 41. Type-locality: Borneo, Sarawak, Gunong Mulu NP, Mulu, 1000 m. Holotype: male, in BMNH.
description: Published as part of László, Gyula M., Ronkay, Gábor & Ronkay, László, 2015, Contribution to the knowledge on the Palaearctic and Oriental taxa of the Meganola s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Nolidae, Nolinae) generic complex with descriptions of 4 new genera and 11 new species, pp. 251-296 in Zootaxa 4052 (2) on pages 268-270, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/240598