Kaszab Zoltán (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 74. (Budapest 1982)

Vojnits, A.: A revision of the "Eupithecia innotata group", I. (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)

PETERSEN (i

.1.) examined the specimens and found, on the basis of the anatomical results, that they represent a distinct species. He stated that both the male and female genitalia are peculiarly formed, especially those of the female and in this connection he emphasized the long ductus seminalis and the shape of the bursa.* Inferences led to a relationship with E. euphrasiata H.SCH. again. After these considerations DIETZE himself treated it subsequently (1913) as a distinct species, too. PROUT (1915) first relegated relaxata DIETZE under E. costisignata DIETZE, then (PROUT 1939) reversed this combination. He wanted to point out that though DIETZE described relaxata and costisignata on the same page, relaxata was diagnosed first. And in vain did DIETZE remark "correctly" that "relaxata so (biologisch) nur eine sekundäre Form von costisignata ist, nicht umgekehrt", he forgot that "es unmöglich ist, ein bestehendes Prioritätsgesetz von Namen zugunsten des Standpunktes der Phylogenie zu ändern".** Irrespective of the above considerations, the nomenclature followed in the present paper should be used, the more so as relaxata DIETZE can at present be regarded as only a species inquirenda. Examined material. 1 9 ( — paralectotype)

: "subspec: relaxata var. costisignata Original (DIETZE)" "Hyrcania (Schahkuh) 1898 relaxata DIETZE var. costisignata DIETZE 9 spec. Typ von E. FUNKE 1998 (sic!)" "Cotype v. costisignata DIETZE 9" "Zool. Mus. Berlin" "gen. prep. No. DR. A. VOJNITS NO. 13585 9"; 1 (f ( — paralectotype): "Subspec: relaxata var. costisignata Original DIETZE" "Asia centr. Saichin-Kette nördl. v. Korla RÜCKBEIL 1902 relaxara var. costisignata rf Type (v. R. TANCRÉ) 11.026" "Cotype v. costisignata DIETZE rf" "Zool. Mus. Berlin" "gen. prep. No. DR. A. VOJNITS NO. 13584 çf". Slides: Nos. 13584 (çf), 13.585 (9), gen. prep. Á. MÉSZÁR and A. VOJNITS. Eupithecia innotata HUFN. contracta DIETZE, 1913 = gen. aest. (Biologie d. Eupithecien, p. 126, Fig. 530). R e m a r k s. As already DIETZE himself assumed (1913), the "taxmon" represents merely the summer generation of Eupithecia innotata HUFN. Incidentally, the female genitalia display — depending on the imbedding — such a varying picture that at the first glance they seem actually to represent a new (or even more!) species (Figs. 11-13). Examined material. 1 9 ( = lectotype, here designated)

: "innotata-Form contracta Type Syr Darja K. DIETZE" "A-Ata" "Zool. Mus. Berlin" "gen. prep. No. DR. A. VOJNITS No. 13533 9"; 1 çf: "Goultscha Osch" "Zool. Mus. Berlin" "gen. prep. No. DR. A. VOJNITS NO. 13535 çf"; 1 9 : "Gultscha Osch" "Zool. Mus. Berlin" "gen. prep. No. DR. A. VOJNITS NO. 13536 9" "contracta" ; 1 9 : "Gouldscha Osch." "Zool. Mus. Berlin" "contracta" "gen. prep. DR. A. VOJNITS No. 13534 9 "• The specimens are preserved in the Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt Universität, Berlin. Slides: Nos. 13535 (çf); 13533, 1533, 13534, 13536 (9 9), gen. prep. Á. MÉSZÁR and A. VOJNITS. • Eupithecia parallelaria BOHATSCH, 1893 Eupithecia unedonata MAB. var. parallelaria BOHATSCH, (Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 1893,6:22.) Eupithecia innotata HUFN, var. parallelaria BOHATSCH (DRAUDT, M.: Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 1905, 18:316). Eupithecia innotata HUFN. var. parallelaria BOHATSCH (DIETZE, K.: Biologie d. Eupithecien, 1913 p. 127, PI. 75, Figs. 534-540). Eupithecia innotata HUF. ? unedonata MAB. ?var. parallelaria BOHATSCH (PETERSEN, W.: Dt. ent. Z. Iris, 1909, 22:272). *It is of interest that PETERSEN did not mention the striking chitinous formation in the bursa but rather emphasized its form, the least reliable anatomical feature. **This brief sketch of the problem concerning relaxata and costisignata also reflects the peculiarity of the species concept of the authors.