Problepsis paredra Prout 1917
Creators: name: Xue, Dayong
name: Cui, Le
name: Jiang, Nan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Problepsis
Problepsis paredra

description: Problepsis paredra Prout, 1917
Figs 7, 35, 56, 77, 96
Problepsis paredra Prout, 1917, Novit. zool., 24: 312. Syntypes ♂, China: Sichuan (NHM).
Diagnosis. See P. vulgaris.
Material examined. CHINA: Shaanxi (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Xunyang, Bailiu, Jinxinyuan Shanzhuang, 386 m, 1– 3.VIII.2014, coll. Liu Shuxian. Gansu (IZCAS): 3 ♂, Wenxian, Fanba, 800 m, 26.VI.1998, coll. Zhang Xuezhong et al.; 1 ♂, Wenxian, Shanwangmiao, 1500 m, 28.VII.1999, coll. Yao Jian; 3 ♂, Wenxian, VI.–IX.2002, coll. Wang Hongjian; 1 ♂, Wenxian, Qiujiaba, 2200–2300 m, 16–19.VII.2003, coll. Wang Hongjian; 2 ♂, Wenxian, Bikou, 620 m, 15–16.VIII.2014, coll. Xue Dayong; 6 ♂, Wenxian, Bikou protect station, 645 m, 6–7., 11.VIII.2016, coll. Cheng Rui et al., IZCAS slide no. Geom-04583; 4 ♂ 1♀, Wenxian, Bikou, Bifenggou, 720 m, 8–10.VIII.2016, coll. Cheng Rui et al., IZCAS slide no. Geom-04584; 1 ♂, Dangchang, Guan’egou, 2045 m, 1.VIII.2016, coll. Cheng Rui et al. Zhejiang (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Qingyuan, Baishanzu, Wulingkeng, 570 m, 12–13.VIII.2003, coll. Han Hongxiang; 2 ♂, Taishun, Wuyanling, Shuangkengkou, 680 m, 29.VII.2005, coll. Lang Songyun; 2 ♂, Jiangshan, Xingdun, 608 m, 10–12.VIII.2016, coll. Li Xinxin. Hubei (IZCAS): 1♀, Shennongjia, Songluo, 920 m, 28.VIII.1981, coll. Han Yinheng; 2 ♂, Shennongjia, Jiuchong, 700–870 m, 17–19.VII.1998, coll. Ye Chanjuan et al.; 1 ♂, Shennongjia, Dongxi, 600 m, 3.VIII.1998, coll. Yu Xiaodong; 1 ♂, Zigui, Jiulingtou, 170 m, 11.VI.1993, coll. Huang Runzhi; 4 ♂, Xingshan, Longmenhe, 670–1350 m, 22.VI.1993, 14.VII.1993, coll. Yao Jian et al.; 1 ♂ 1♀, Xingshan, Xiaohekou, 700 m, 11.V.1994, coll. Li Wenzhu, IZCAS slide no. Geom-03412, 03413; 1 ♂, Wufeng, Houhe, 1100 m, 11.VII.1999, coll. Li Houhun (presented by Insect Collection of Nankai University). Jiangxi (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Dayu, 18.VI. 1977; 1 ♂, Lu Shan, 5.VII.1975, coll. Liu Youqiao; 1 ♂, Jiulian Shan, 12.VI.1975, coll. Zhang Bailin; 1 ♂, Jinggang Shan, Huangyangjie, 1090 m, 4.VIII.2013, coll. Pan Xiaodan. Hunan (IZCAS): 7 ♂, Heng Shan, 18.VIII.–3.IX.1979, coll. Zhang Baolin; 2 ♂, Sangzhi, Bamaoxi, Shuitianba, 370 m, 30.VII.2009, 3.VIII.2009, coll. Wei Zhongmin; 4 ♂, Sangzhi, Bamaoxi, Shuitiannan, 370 m, 1, 6.VIII.2009, coll. Wei Zhongmin; 1 ♂, Yizhang, Mang Shan forest park, 512–770 m, 13–15.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang; 1 ♂, Zhangjiajie, Wulingyuan, Wenfeng, 350 m, 16–17.IX.2015, coll. Zhao Kaidong. Fujian (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Chong’an, Huangbaixi, 9.X.1980, coll. Jiang Fan; 1 ♂, Wuyi Shan, 4.VII.1982, coll. Jiang Fan; 1 ♂, Wuyi Shan, Sangang, 16.VIII.1983, coll. Wang Jiashe; 1 ♂, Wuyi Shan, Dazhulan, 1150 m, 28.VII.2006, coll. Xie Juan; 1 ♂, Jiangle, Longqi Shan, 21.V.1991, coll. Shi Yongshan. Guangdong (IZCAS): 2 ♂, Ruyuan, Nanling protect station, 1020 m, 16–20.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang; 1 ♂, Shixing, Chebaling, 365–401 m, 22–26.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang; 1 ♂, Renhua, Danxia Shan, 130 m, 29.V.2013, coll. Cheng Rui. Guangxi (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Longsheng, 300 m, 10.VI.1980, coll. Zhong Tiesen; 1 ♂, Mao’er Shan, Gaozhai, 448 m, 13–15.VIII.2012, coll. Chen Fuqiang. Sichuan (IZCAS): 11 ♂ 1♀, Emei Shan, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 9.IV.–18.VII.1957, 17.IX.1957, coll. Zhu Fuxing et al., IZCAS slide no. Geom-04563; 2 ♂ 1♀, Fengdu, Shiping, 610 m, 2.VI.1994, 5.X.1994, coll. Song Shimei. Chongqing (IZCAS): 1 ♂, Chengkou, Daba Shan, Qinglongxia, 950 m, 28.VII.2013, coll. Cheng Rui.
Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing).
description: Published as part of Xue, Dayong, Cui, Le & Jiang, Nan, 2018, A review of Problepsis Lederer, 1853 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China, with description of two new species, pp. 101-127 in Zootaxa 4392 (1) on pages 110-111, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4392.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1195157