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Ronkay, L., Nekrasov, A. V. ; Szabóky, Cs.: On the taxonomy of the genus Dasypolia Guenée, 1852. Revision of the subgenus Cteipolia Staudinger, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Another problematic moment is the identity of Cteïpolia "murina MÉNÉTRIES". There is a male specimen of a Cteïpolia species, preserved in the collection of the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, labelled as "murina MÉNÉTRIES". This peculiar specimen is most similar to C. isotima, but its locality - by its labels - is the Ural Mts ("Sibir. Uralens.", "coll. Acad. Petrop."). As far as we know, this taxon has never been published, therefore it is a manuscript name. On the other hand, if the labelling is correct, this subgenus is represented by an isotima-\\ke species in the Ural mountains, the far northern place of its distribution. As there are some doubts concerning the identity and the area of this taxon, we desist from describing it as a distinct species, but its male genitalia (prep. No. 8278 RYABOV) are illustrated in Fig. 15. CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SUBGENUS CTEÏPOLIA S. STR. External morphology (Figs 1-14): small or medium sized species with rather strong body and narrow wings with apex rounded. Head small, thorax broad, roughly hairy; abdomen covered with scales and long hairs. Eyes moderately large, reniform, tongue reduced, palpi very short and slender. Antennae of male shortly biserrate or bipectinate with usually long cilia, those of females filiform, covered with short scales and/or cilia. Wings with scarce hairs only at basal parts, their scaling characteristically erected, giving a reticulated structure; hindwings with veins IT and ml, m3 and cul strongly stalked. Forewing coloration often displays surprisingly large variation within one and the same population, wing pattern, however, regularly constant. Wing pattern relatively simple, crosslines usually diffuse, sinuous, often double, subterminal may be defined with differently darkened fields on two sides. Basal streak of submedian fold sharp, black, regularly short. Orbicular and reniform stigmata present, their shape variable, both may be represented by small black spots only, in some cases orbicular may be fused with basal streak. Hindwing more or less unicolorous with greasy shining, discal spot usually present. Underside of wings very shining, almost pattcrnless but discal spots of both wings sharp, sometimes transverse line also discernible as a pale shadow. Male genitalia (Figs 15-36): uncus variably long, slender or wider with lateral appendages. Tegumen low and broad, penicular lobes densely hairy. Valvae strong, elongated, distally sclerotized and strongly tapering, often more or less triangular. Cucullus less developed, without costal extension, ventral surface variably but usually strongly setose; corona absent. Harpe strong, long and curved, partly flattened; with apex pointed or slightly rounded. Aedeagus short with invaginatcd. small plates of carina, ostium ductus ejaculatorii close to distal end of aedeagus. Vesica a simple, dorsally recurved tube, without coinuti or diverticula. Female genitalia (Figs 37-42): ovipositor long and slender with long gonapophyses, ostium bursae rounded, with medium strong granulate sclerotization. Ductus bursae long, membranous, finely wrinkled; cervix bursae membranous, small or rudimental, rugulose. Corpus bursae sacculiform, membranous, with one (rounded) or two (elongated, bar-like) signa. TAXONOMICAL ASPECTS The detailed comparison of the subgenera and species groups of Dasypolia is given by RONKAY & ZlLLl (1993). It is pointed out that Cteïpolia, mostly on the basis of the features of the female genitalia, is clearly distinct from its supposed sister-group, Sinipolia RONKAY et ZILLI, 1992 (two species of this subgenus were formerly considered as Cteïpolia, see above). Cteïpolia - the sacelli-gvoup - is a highly homogeneous group of species, containing a series of externally very similar taxa. The differences in the morphological characteristics are usually small but rather constant. These differential features are the following: - external morphology: the elements of the wing pattern (shape and size of orbicular and reniform stigmata, presence or absence of dark streak of submedian fold and discal spots of both wings, strength of transverse lines); - male genitalia: the shape and size of uncus, fultura inferior, valva, harpe and pulvillus (the vesica is very simplified, displaying no significant differences); - female genitalia: the size and sclerotization of ostium bursae, the length of ductus bursae, and, especially, the structure, size and number of the signa.