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Description of a new species in the genus Amata Fabricius, 1807 from Iran
(Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Syntominae, Syntomini)
Josef J. de Freina and Alireza Naderi
Josef J. de Freina, Eduard-Schmid-Strasse 10, D-81541 München (Munich), Germany; defreina.j@online.de
Alireza Naderi, Biodiversity & Genetic Resources, National Natural History Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran; a2naderi@yahoo.com
Abstract: A new species of the tribe Syntomini, Amata
(Syntomis) harandii sp. n., is described from the southwestern Zagros mountains of the Khuzestan province in
Iran. The holotype male and the salient characteristics of
the species are illustrated and compared with those of rele­
vant species of the A. sintenisi group, from which it is dis­tin­
guishable by its modified thoracic and wing spots. Its male
genitalia structures are also well differentiated. The fe­male
is unknown. Brief information is given about its ha­bitat. The
holotype is deposited in the Pest and Plant Dis­eases Research
Institute (PPDRI), Tehran, Iran.
Beschreibung einer neuen Art der Gattung Amata
Fabricius, 1807 aus Iran (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae,
Syntominae, Syntomini)
Zusammenfassung: Aus der iranischen Provinz Khu­zes­tan
wird Amata (Syntomis) harandii sp. n. der Tribus Syn­to­
mi­ni beschrieben. Charakteristische Merkmale der neu­en
Art, der männliche Holotypus sowie deren Ge­ni­tal­struk­tu­
ren werden abgebildet und mit denen nächst­ver­wand­ter
Ar­ten verglichen. Über das Habitat werden kurze An­ga­
ben ge­macht. A. (S.) harandii steht habituell der Ar­ten­
grup­pe von Amata (Syntomis) sintenisi (Standfuss, 1892)
und A. (S.) mestralii (Bugnion, 1837) nahe, zeigt je­doch
ab­wei­chen­de Thorakal- und Flügelfleckung sowie ei­ne art­
ty­pi­sche Genitalmorphologie. Das Weibchen ist un­be­kannt.
Der Holotypus wird im Pest and Plant Diseases Re­search
In­stitute (PPDRI), Tehran, Iran, aufbewahrt.
Amata FABRICIUS, 1807 αϧΟ ί΍ ΩϳΩΟ Ϫϧϭ̳ ̮ϳ ϑϳλϭΗ
(subgenus Syntomis OCHSENHEIMER, 1808):
ϥ΍έϳ΍ ϥΎΗγίϭΧ ϥΎΗγ΍ έΩ αέ̳΍ί ̶ΑέϏ ΏϭϧΟ ί΍ A. harandii,
(Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Syntominae, Syntomini)
Amata harandii ϡΎѧϧ ΎѧΑ Syntomini ϪѧϠϳΑϗ ί΍ ϱ΍ Ϫѧϧϭ̳ ϪѧϟΎϘϣ ϥѧϳ΍ έΩ
ϑϳѧѧλϭΗ ϩ΍έѧѧϣϫ ϪѧѧΑ Ϫѧѧϧϭ̳ ϥѧѧϳ΍ ίέΎѧѧΑ ΕΎϳѧѧλϭλΧ .ΩΩέѧѧ̳ ϲѧѧϣ ϑϳѧѧλϭΗ
ϱΎѧѧϫ Ϫѧѧϧϭ̳ έѧѧ̴ϳΩ ΎѧѧΑ ϭ ϩΩ΍Ω Ρέѧѧη ϥ΁ ϱΎѧѧϳϟΎΗϳϧ̫ ϭ (♂) ̟ѧѧΑΗϭϟϭϫ Ϫѧѧϧϭϣϧ
έΩ ΩѧѧѧѧϳΩΟ Ϫѧѧѧѧϧϭ̳ .ΩΩέѧѧѧѧ̳ ϲѧѧѧѧϣ ϪѧѧѧѧγϳΎϘϣ species-group ϥϭέΩ ϪΗѧѧѧѧγΑ΍ϭ
ϱΎѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧϫ Ϫѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧϧϭ̳ (species-complex) ϱ΍ Ϫѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧϧϭ̳ ϪѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧѧϋϭϣΟϣ
A. mestralii (BUBNION, 1837), Amata sintenisi (STANDFUSS, 1892)
ιϳΧѧηΗ ϝѧΑΎϗ ΏѧϘϋ ϱΎѧϬϟΎΑ ιΧѧηϣ ϭ ΕϭΎϔΗϣ ϱΎϬϟΎΧ ΎΑ ϭ Ωέ΍Ω έ΍έϗ
ίϭѧϧϫ ϩΩΎѧϣ.ΩѧηΎΑ ϲѧϣ ΕϭΎѧϔΗϣ ϼϣΎѧϛ ϪΑ ϥ΁ έϧ ϲϟΎΗϳϧ̫ ϥϳϧ̩ϣϫ.ΩηΎΑ ϲϣ
ϭ ΕΎѧѧѧϘϳϘΣΗ Ϫѧѧѧγγϭϣ έΩ ̟ѧѧѧϳΗϭϟϭϫ Ϫѧѧѧϧϭϣϧ .Εѧѧѧγ΍ ϩΩѧѧѧϧΎϣ ϲϗΎѧѧѧΑ ϪΗΧΎϧѧѧѧηΎϧ
έ΍έѧϗ αϧΎѧϳ΍ίέϳϣ ϙѧϳΎϫ Ε΍έѧηΣ ϩίϭѧϣ ˬ ϥ΍έѧϬΗ έΩ ϥѧϳϭ΍ ΕΎϓ΁ ϲγέέΑ
.Ωέϳ̳ ϲϣ
Introduction
Iran is a large country with diverse climates and ha­bi­tats
and includes many entomologically unexplored areas, and
its diverse biota include a rich but poorly known fauna of
Lepidoptera. A recent systematic search for early-season
moths on the southwestern side of the Zagros mountains
by the junior author and his colleague Amir Hossein
Harandi (Esfahan) dis­cover­ed a new syntomine species,
which is here de­scrib­ed as Amata harandii. This new
species is evi­dent­ly the east­ernmost representative of
a levatine-hyr­can­ian species-group in the genus Amata,
which com­prises species such as A. (Syntomis) sintenisi
(Stand­fuss, 1892), A. (S.) tanina (de Freina, 1982) and A.
mes­tralii (Bugnion, 1837), and it represents the 8th spe­
cies of the tribe Syn­to­mini known from Iran (de Frei­na
2004, 2008).
Amata (Syntomis) harandii sp. n.
Holotype ♂ (Fig. 1): Iran, Khuzestan, Izeh, 400 m, 2. iv.
2008, leg. Naderi, in coll. Pest and Plant Dis­eases Research
Institute (PPDRI), Tehran, Iran.
Paratypes (44 ♂♂): same data as holotype, leg. Naderi &
Harandi, 9 in coll. de Freina, Munich (Germany) (1 with
genitalia prep. deFr 2008/30, fec. et coll. de Freina); 16 in
coll. Naderi (Iran); 1 in Na­tional Naturhistorical Museum
(NNHM) of Iran (Teh­ran); 2 in coll. ten Hagen, Mömlingen
(Germany), 16 in coll. Harandi, Esfahan (Iran).
Etymology: The new species is named in honour of our
Iranian colleague Amir Hossein Harandi.
Description
(Figs. 1–3, 8.) Lenght of forewing (from apex to base)
11.0–12.1 mm (ho­lo­type 12 mm), expanse of wings 19.0–
21.0 mm, body length 9.1–10.2 mm. Ground colour of
body, wings and fringe black with or without faint metallic
green; an­tennae black, simply filiform, stout, faintly
clubbed and not tapered distally; fringe of forewings
short, of hind­wings dorsally longer; frons, patagia and
tegulae black, sparsely, shortly setose; proboscis well
developed; labial palpus shortly tufted but with some
longer, strong bristles; tarsi greyish black; pectus with
one faint, yellowish lateral spot only; abdomen dors­al­ly
with yellow patch on basal segment and yellow band on
5th, more or less completely yellow ventrally.
Forewing with 6 widely separated semi-hyaline whit­ish
spots, all enlarged, especially the lower one of the cen­tral
pair; spot m1 below base of cell subquadrate; be­y­ond this
2 larger central, clearly separated ones, spot m2 at end of
cell wedge-shaped, spot m3 an oblique patch below basal
part of vein 2; subapical spot m4 above vein 6 elongate,
spots m5 and m6 between veins 3 and 5 only narrowly
separated; fringe only black, near apex not creamy
whitish.
Hindwing ovate, apex and dorsum pointed, with large
white patch below cell and vein Cu2, conjoined with
ex­tending spots above vein 2 and below vein A2, nar­row­
ing to inner margin, only separated internally by black
vein Cu2.
Underside with identical white spots as upperside, black
ground colour of both wings duller.
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2
3
4
5
7
8
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Colour plate: Amata (Syntomis) harandii sp. n. Fig. 1: ♂ holotype, Iran, Khuzestan, Izeh, 400 m, 2. iv. 2008, leg. Naderi & Harandi, in PPDRI, Tehran,
Iran (expanse of wings 20 mm). Fig. 2: ♂ paratype, same data as holotype, coll. de Freina. Fig. 3: ♂ paratype, thorax and abdomen, lateroventral
view. Fig. 4–6: ♂ genitalia (paratype) (genitalia prep. deFr 2008/30, fec. et coll. de Freina). Fig. 4: ventral view with phallus removed, left valva
separated, and (below) phallus, lateral. Fig. 5: lateral view. Fig. 6: uncus and tegumen, dorsal view. Fig. 7: ♂ Abdomen with sternite and tergite
(lateral, 8th tergite ventral view; prep. deFr 2008/30.1). Fig. 8: ♂ paratype, warming up on a limestone rock.
♂ genitalia (Figs. 4–6) with valvae similar, symmetrical;
uncus-tegumen complex and cornuti-structure of phal­
lus typical of subgenus Syntomis.
♀. Unknown, probably brachypterous.
Morphological variation
There is no significant variation within the type series.
Some specimens show a very small extra speck sub­apic­
ally or between spots m4 and m5 only; spot m1 near the
base is sometimes more oval and longer and the hind­wing
patch varies somewhat in size, some­times being re­duced
or tranversely elongated at either end.
Differential diagnosis
The new species is easily distinguished from closely related
species such as A. sintenisi and A. tanina (de Freina 1982)
by its larger size, greenish tint and en­larged semi-hyaline
white spots, especially the lower spot of the central pair.
Its genitalia are also distinct but indicate a relationship
to A. (S.) mestralii, A. (S.) sin­tenisi (see Obraztsov 1966)
and A. (S.) tanina (see de Freina 1982), which however
differ in having a stouter, more pronounced and strongly
sclerotised uncus with a more strongly hooked tip, the
lateral lobes of the tegumen more strongly vaulted,
the left valva narrower and somewhat longer and with
the pro­cessus basalis slenderly sickle-shaped, distally
ob­tuse and more than 3× longer than the twisted pro­ces­
sus basalis of the right valva, the latter with a concave
subborder basally, only few very slender and short spines
on the distal part of the valvae; the phallus less curved,
the coecum shorter and less voluminous with the cornuti
less strongly confluent but smaller and more slender.
In its genitalia A. harandii is closest to A. mestralii, but
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Fig. 9: Type locality in the vicinity of Ilam, Khuzestan.
it differs from the latter mainly in its smaller size and
structures such as its stouter antennae (Obraztsov 1966,
de Freina 1989).
Habitat, period of flight and distribution
A. harandii appears to be endemic to the southwestern
hills of the Zagros mountains in the northwest of the
Khuzestan plateau. The type locality (Fig. 9) is an arid
rocky hill at 400 m altitude, north of Izeh. These are the
first hills of the Zagros from the wide plateau of Khu­zes­
tan and thus strongly affected by the warm, humid air
masses rolling in from the Persian Gulf, causing hea­vy
precipitations at the end of winter and beginning of
spring.
No tall vegetation exists at the type locality, due to the
soil texture and also overgrazing.
The most common plant species are Amygdalus sp., Acer
sp., Astragalus spp. and some species of grasses (Poa­
ceae).
The ♂♂ of A. harandii begin flying at about 9:00 h in
a lazy style, nectaring on flowering trees and shrubs.
No ♀♀ were seen and the biology of the species remains
un­known. At the time of capture the population was
ob­viously at its zenith of flight. Other Lepidoptera re­cor­
ded from the type locality are Allancastria lour­si­ta­na
(Le Cerf, 1908) (Papilionidae), Euchloe belemia (Esper,
[1800]) (Pieridae), Lasiommata za­gro­sica Lukhtanov
& Dan­t­chenko, 2004, Lasiommata me­gera (Linneaus,
1767) (Nymphalidae) and a com­mon unknown species of
Microlepidoptera.
© Entomologischer Verein Apollo e. V., Frankfurt am Main, Dezember 2008
Acknowledgements
We thank Ulf Buchsbaum (Zoologische Staats­samm­lung
Mün­chen) for photographing the specimens and ge­ni­
ta­lia, Dr. Wolfgang ten Hagen (Mömlingen) for trans­
port­ing the type material from Iran to Munich and
Amir Hossein Harandi (Esfahan, Iran) for his valuable
as­sistance during the expedition to the type locality of
the new species. The second author thanks his father for
his kind assistance on his field trips. We are grateful to
Dr. Rolf Oberprieler (CSIRO, Canberra), who revised
our English.
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