Phaselia erika subsp. jonubi Werner, Wanke, Rajaei 2023, ssp. nov.
Creators: name: Werner, Maria Johanna
name: Hausmann, Axel
name: Kostjuk, Igor
name: Wanke, Dominic
name: Rajaei, Hossein
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Phaselia
Phaselia erika
Phaselia erika jonubi werner, wanke, rajaei

description: Phaselia erika jonubi Werner, Wanke, Rajaei ssp. nov.   
(Figs 37–40, 91–97, 131–133, 144).  
 Type material examined.   
Holotype, ♁, “S Iran, Hormozgan Prov., Beshgagerd Mts., Davari vil., N26°27', E57°38', 5–11.iv.2000, Leg. V. Siniaev, A. Plutenko “, g. prep. (♁) 0094/2021 M. Werner (in SNSB / ZSM).  
 Paratypes (16 ♁♁, 19 ♀♀): 2 ♀♀, “ Iran, Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Genu, 2128 m, N27°25'02", E56°10'16.0", 1.v.2016, leg. Sh. Feizpour ”; 2 ♀♀, “ Iran, Fars, 40 km O [E] Neiriz, 5.v.1975, leg. W. Thomas ”; 1 ♁, “ Iran, Fars, 15 km W Fasa, 6.v.1975, leg. W. Thomas ”; 1 ♀, “ Iran, Kerman, Baft, Khabr, 2360 m, N28°51'0", E56°22'22", 7– 8.x.2021, Asghar Shirvani leg.”, g. prep. (♀) 0164/2021 M. Werner (in SMNS). 1 ♀, “S-Iran, Bandar-Abbas, km 74 d. Strasse nach [street to] Sirdjan, 450 m, 7.iii.1973, G. Ebert leg”, g. prep. (♀) 0016/2021 M. Werner; 1 ♁, “S-Iran, Bandar-Abbas, km 107 d. Strasse nach [street to] Sirdjan, 850 m, 7.iii.1973, G. Ebert leg”, g. prep. (♁) 0017/2021 M. Werner; 2 ♁♁, “ Iran, Baloutchistan, Bender Tchahbahar, [leg] Felman, 1938, coll. Brandt ”, g. prep. (♁) 0044/2021 M. Werner; 1 ♀, “ Iran, Balutschestan, Khasch, 11 km NE Karvandar, 1300 m, Ebert & Falkner leg. 13.v.1972 ”, g. prep. (♀) 0045/2021 M. Werner; 1 ♁, “ Iran, Esfahan Prov., 8 km NE Anarak, N32°22'43", E53°43'13", 1560 m, 31.v.2005, leg. M. Fibiger & R. Zahiri ”, g. prep (♁) 0050/2021 M. Werner; 1 ♁, “ Iran, prov. Fars, S-Zagros 40 km SW of Sivand, 9–10.vi.2005, leg. P. Gyulai & A. Garai, E-Lep 221”, g. prep (♁) 0055/2021 M. Werner; 1 ♁, “S.O. [SE] Iran, Djiroft, Anbar Abad, 1–18.v.1956, W. Richter leg.”, g. prep. (♁) 0070/2021 M. Werner; 1 ♀, “S-Iran, Bandar-Abbas, 35 km N Minab, 60 m, 4.iii.1973, G. Ebert leg.”; 2 ♀♀, “S-Iran, Bandar-Abbas, Kuh [-]e Genou, S-exp., 550 m, 1.u.[&] 5.iii.1973, G. Ebert leg.”; 2 ♁♁, “ Iran, Laristan, Strasse [street] Bender-Abbas-Saîdabad, Sardze Umgebung [area], ca. [approx.] 200 m, Mitte [middle] November [xi]1937, Coll. Brandt ”; 1 ♁, “ Iran, Fars, Strasse [street] Chiraz-Kazeroun, Fort [castle] sine-Sefid, ca. [approx.] 2200 m, 14.v.1937, coll. Brandt ”; 1 ♁, “[Iran, Fars], Sarmaschad [Farashband], 16.v.1969, Kal.-Modj. ” (in SMNK). 1 ♁, “N-Oman, Musandam, Aqabat Oso, 1100 m, 13.iv.1996, [leg] A. Legrain, P. Fastré ”, g. prep. (♁) 0093/2021 M. Werner; 1 ♀, “S.O. [SE] Iran (Djiroft), Anbar Abad, 1–18.v.1956, W. Richter leg.”, g. prep. (♀) G8559/1959 L. Sheljuzhko det. ZSM; 1 ♁/ ♀?, “S. Iran, Hormozgan, Beshagerd Mts., Angohran vil., N26°34', E37°54' [N26º27', E57º54'], 25.iii–5.vi.2000, leg. Victor Siniaev ” (in SNSB / ZSM). 1 ♀, “N Oman, 2500 m, Jabal Akhdar, Jabal Shams, N23°15', E57°15', 16.vii.1987, [leg] M.D. Gailagher ”, g. prep. (♀) 0160/2021 M. Werner; 1 ♀, “SW Iran, Fars, Muk Pass, 9.vi.[19]50, 6500 ft [1981.2 m], [leg] E. P. Wiltshire ”; 1 ♀, “[Iran] S Persia, Fars, Shapur, 3000 ft. [914.4 m], 29.x.[19]49, [leg] E. P. Wiltshire”; 1 ♁, “ Iran, Baloutchistan, Bender Tchahbahar, [leg] Felman, 1938, coll. Brandt ” (in NHMUK). 2 ♀♀, “ Iran, Fars, 115 km W Schiraz, 9.v.1975, leg. W. Thomas ”; 1 ♀, “[Iran] Persia meridionalis, Isin, 15 km Bandar Abbas, 28.iv.1977, lgt. Soják, coll. Krušek ”; 1 ♁, 1 ♀, “[Iran] Persia meridionalis, Bandar Lengeh, 25.iv.1977, lgt. Soják, coll. Krušek ”; 1 ♁, “[Iran] Persia centralis, Kerman, 20 km bei Dovlatabád-e-Esfadaqeh [Dolatâbâd-e-Esfandagheh], 21.v.1977, lgt. Soják, coll. Krušek ” (in PCMS). 1 ♀, “ Oman, northern Region Jabal Akhdar, 2000 m, near Saiq, N23°17', E57°34', 12–13.vii.1995, leg. B. Skule (Dania)”, g. prep (♀) 0112/2021 M. Werner (in PCPS).   
 Taxonomic remark. Our results revealed that the specimens from South to Southeast Iran can be assigned as a new subspecies of Phaselia erika which is described here as P. erika jonubi ssp. nov. There are slight differences in morphology, but the identification should always be carried out taking into account the geographical data.   
 Description. Wingspan. Males: 30–37 mm (average 31.7 mm, n = 5), females: 30–40 mm (average 35.6 mm, n = 8).   
 Forewing. Ground colour warm white with smooth light to dark grey and pale brownish dusty pattern; basal area and postmedial area darker than medial area; antemedial line thin, irregularly zigzagged with acute tips, middle tooth longer than other teeth; medial line present as a diffuse darker brown shadow close to postmedial line; postmedial line thin, dark brown, well-curved inwards on costal area; subterminal line light to dark brown and interrupted in the middle, serrate with weakly pronounced triangular spikes, distally accompanied by a white shadow; terminal line thin, dark brown, wavy.   
 Hindwing. Ground colour white, speckled with brown towards terminal area; postmedial line brown, medially projected outwards; sometimes interrupted or even invisible; subterminal line barely visible as a light shadow.   
Discal spots usually visible as brown, short streaks or tiny dots on all wings, sometimes faded. Fringes in all wings white and brown, dark at the end of the veins. Ventral side generally paler than dorsal side, pattern of upper side shines through the wings, visible as a shadow (figs 37–40).  
 Male genitalia. Uncus triangular, tip incurved; gnathos well-sclerotized, medially not fused; valva trapezoidal; costal part of valva slightly sclerotized, distally finger-shaped, extended over the apex of valvula; sacculus wide, oval or oblong, and distally curved upwards with equally distributed spines, stronger at the dorsal tip of sacculus; juxta variable, formed as two ovals fused on the lower half, or wide, triangular, and distally decreasingly sclerotized. Saccus often very wide, triangular, terminally curved. Aedeagus short, straight or slightly curved; vesica with two separate, well-sclerotized cornuti; a claw-like curved cornutus and a more or less twisted, spined cornutus (figs 91–97).   
 Female genitalia. Ovipositor large and wide; apophyses posteriores two times longer than apophyses anteriores; lamella antevaginalis more sclerotized laterally or evenly sclerotized throughout its width; ductus bursae wide, roundish to triangular, tapered towards corpus bursae; corpus bursae membranous, ornamented with a small but well-sclerotized, round, stellate signum (figs 131–133).   
 Diagnosis. Phaselia erika jonubi ssp. nov. can be confused with P. phaeoleucaria stat. rev., the nominotypical subspecies and the subspecies P. erika sindhi ssp. nov.   
 For differentiation of P. erika jonubi ssp. nov. from P. phaeoleucaria stat. rev. and the nominotypical subspecies, see the diagnosis of the respective species above. Characters of the compared subspecies are given in parentheses.   
 P. erika jonubi ssp. nov. vs. (P. erika sindhi ssp. nov.)   
 External characters (figs 37–42). Forewing ground colour pale grey to brownish; its antemedial line irregularly zigzagged with acute tips (ground colour light brownish, not grey; its antemedial line irregularly zigzagged with wide serrated tips)   
 Male genitalia. No data available.   
 Female genitalia (131–135). Antrum wide (antrum narrow).   
 Etymology. The name jonubi derives from the Farsi word “Jonub” means south and refers to the origin of the new subspecies in the South of Iran.
description: Published as part of Werner, Maria Johanna, Hausmann, Axel, Kostjuk, Igor, Wanke, Dominic & Rajaei, Hossein, 2023, Integrative taxonomic revision of the genus Phaselia Guenée, [1858] (Geometridae: Ennominae) in the Middle East and Central Asia, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 5326 (1) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5326.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8243811