台灣產繡苔蛾屬 (Asuridia)之分類檢討與兩新種之描述

文獻出處：Wu, S. & C. M. Fu. 2013. The genus Asuridia Hampson, 1900 in Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). Zootaxa 3737(5): 595-599. 

Abstract

The lithosiine genus Asuridia Hampson, 1900 comprises seven described species from the Oriental region (Hampson 1900; Inoue 1988; Inoue and Kishida 1992; Fang 2000; Dubatolov et al. 2012). Its closest relative has been proposed to be Disasuridia Fang, 1991, based on the presence of a medial spur and absence of large cornuti on the aedeagus (Chang 1991; Kirti et al. 2013; the presence of spinose patches on the manica may be diagnostic for Asuridia). In Taiwan, only one endemic species, A. rubripennis Inoue, 1988, has been reported. However, the taxonomy of Asuridia remains incompletely understood, and we here review the Taiwanese fauna and describe two new species from Taiwan. 

摘要

本文章檢討台灣產繡苔蛾屬 (Asuridia)之物種分類問題。此屬過去在台灣僅有一種露繡苔蛾 (A. rubripennis Inoue, 1988)之紀錄，作者等發現該種之原文圖板所呈現之正模式與一副模式分別為不同之物種，而經於大英自然史博物館比對標本，確認原圖板影像中的副模式標本實為正模式標本，而原文中標示為副模者為一新種，即此文章所發表之井上氏繡苔蛾 (A. inouei sp. nov.)，此外亦同時描述另一新種岸田氏繡苔蛾 (A. kishida sp. nov.)。

分佈上三種皆為台灣特有種，井上氏繡苔蛾分布於800公尺以下之低山地，即過去網友們分享之低山地產露繡苔蛾之鑑定皆需修正為此種；露繡苔蛾已知僅發生於海拔1000~2000公尺原生林；岸田氏繡苔蛾已知分布於2100~2460公尺山區，且成蟲僅發生於6-7月。

井上氏繡苔蛾 (Asuridia inouei Wu & Fu, 2013)