Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 89. (Budapest 1997)

Ronkay, L.: A new Brachygalea Hampson, 1906 species from Iran (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 89. Budapest, 1997 pp. 137-140. A new Brachygalea Hampson, 1906 species from Iran (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) L. RONKAY Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary RONKAY, L. (1997): A new Brachygalea Hampson, 1906 species from Iran (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 89: 137-140. Abstract - Description of Brachygalea miskoi sp. n. from the Zaghros Mts (NW Iran) is given. With 3 figures. INTRODUCTION The genus Brachygalea HAMPSON, 1906 has long been considered as monotypic, containing a West-Mediterranean species, B. albolineata (BLACHIER, 1905), occurring in the Maghreb countries and in southern Spain. The recent studies have revealed that another, externally rather dissimilar species, B. kalchbergi (STAUDINGER, 1897) from the Near East, also belongs to this genus (VARGA & RONKAY 1991). The taxonomy and the nomenclatural problems of the genus are discussed in detail by RONKAY & RONKAY (1995). The third species of the genus was discovered in a relatively small material collected in north-western Iran by P. ROHLENA (coll. MlSKÓ). This species represents, in appearance a third type within the genus, resembling mostly to Calophasia angularis CHRÉTIEN, 1911, but the configuration of the genitalia is typical of Brachygalea HAMPSON. The description of the new species is given below. Brachygalea miskoi sp. n. (Figs 1-3) Holotype: male, "IRAN, prov. Esfahan, QAMISHLU, alt. ca. 2000-2200 m, Zagros Mts., 27.-28.iv. 1996, Igt. Rohlena Pavel". Slide No. RL5764 RONKAY, deposited in coll. of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (donated by L. MISKÓ, Novc Zámky, Slovakia). Diagnosis: externally the new species is similar to Calophasia angularis but the body is stronger, more robust, the forewing is broader, with more pointed apex, the anteand postmedial lines are deleted, the claviform is significantly longer, more whitish, the