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Pseudohadena (Jaxartia) zahedana SHIRVANI et RONKAY sp. n. (Figs 1-2, 4-5) Type material - Holotype: male, Iran, Prov. Sistan & Balouchestan, 10 km S of Zahedan, 1400 m, 29°24'207"N, 60°54'690"E, 3. XL 2006, leg. A. SHIRVANI, slide No. 330 m SHIRVANI (HNHM). Paratype: 1 male, Iran, Prov. Sistan & Balouchestan, 10 km N of Zahedan, 1600 m, 29°37'7

10"N, 60°46'385"E, 1. XL 2006, leg. A. SHIRVANI, slide No. 331 m SHIRVANI (BUK). Diagnosis - The new species belongs to the P. (J.) evanida group, its closest relatives are P. (J.) evanida and P. (J.) magnitudinis. PÜNGELER (1914) who described Jaxartia as a genus first discussed the taxonomy of this lineage. Subsequently, a number of species were discovered and described from the arid regions of Western and Central Asia, see BOURSIN (1943, 1954), EBERT & HACKER (2002), RONKAY & VARGA (1989^, 1989^), RONKAY, VARGA & FÁBIÁN (1995) and RONKAY, VARGA & GYULAI (2002). The P. (J.) evanida group represents a separate lineage within Jaxartia consisting of P. (J.) evanida (PÜNGELER, 1914), P. (J.) magnitudinis HACKER et EBERT, 2002, P. (J.) leucochlora RONKAY, VARGA et GYULAI, 2002, P. (J.) deserticola RONKAY, VARGA et FÁBIÁN, 1995, and P. (J.)pseudamoena (BOURSIN, 1943). The new species differs externally from Pseudohadena [Jaxartia) evanida and P. (J.) magnitudinis by its smaller size (that of P. (J.) zahedana 37-38 mm, those of P. (J.) evanida and P. (J.) magnitudinis are 44 mm and 45-53 mm, respectively), generally darker colouration with almost ochreous pinkish head, thorax and cilia, and more prominent noctuid pattern; from P. (J.) deserticola and P. (J.) pseudamoena by its smaller size, darker fore wing colouration with stronger, more conspicuous noctuid pattern, and, finally, from P. (J.) cymatodes (BOURSIN, 1954) by its darker ground color, more reduced crosslines and stigmata. The ground plan of the male genitalia is very similar to P. (J.) evanida but the new species has longer and more pointed uncus, apically more pointed valva with stronger subapical dilatation, more deltoidal juxta with longer dorsal process, longer, basally less dilated clasper with more arcuate, apically more pointed and somewhat recurved clasper, straighter digitus, basally more dilated vesica with smaller, conical medial and with longer terminal diverticulum, and the terminal cornutus is also stronger. The male genitalia of the new species differs from P. (J.) magnitudinis by their longer valvae with stronger subapical dilatation, longer, more pointed clasper,