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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)

Dasypolia (Cteïpolia) sacelli (STAUDINGER, 1896) (Figs 1, 2, 16-17, 37) Cteïpolia sacelli STAUDINGER, 1896: 191. Type material examined. 5 female syntypes, (Kirgizia), Issyk-Kul. One of them is designated here as lectotype, slide No. 4300 (coll. STAUDINGER, ZMHU Berlin). Additional material examined. Kirgizia: 3 males, 5 females from the same locality (coll. ZMHU Berlin, NHM Vienna and ZS Munich). Kazakhstan (?): 1 male, 1 female, Semiretshye, Naryn, 2140 m, 25.1, 31.III. 1908, leg. DAZENKO (coll. ZIN St. Petersburg). China: Aksu (coll. ZS Munich). Slide Nos 5521 VARGA (male), 3156 RONKAY (female). Redescription. Wingspan 26-30 mm, length of forewing 12-14 mm. The external morphology of the species is given in detail by STAUDINGER in the original description, the figures of the genitalia of both sexes are correctly published by RONKAY, VARGA & BEHOUNEK (1991). The diagnoses of the genitalia and the specific differences compared with the other Cteïpolia taxa are given below and under D. (C.) gansoni sp. n. - M a I e genitalia (Figs 16-17): uncus relatively short, thick, fultura inferior large, upper pan broad, more or less quadrangular. Saccular part of valva broad, strongly sclerotized, distal half tapering but relatively wide, more or less straight, cucullus acute. Harpe broad-based, curved, handle- (latch-) shaped; pulvillus rather large, elongated, densely setose. - Female genitalia (Fig. 37): ovipositor long, posterior papillae small, weak, gonapophyses long. Ostium bursae elongated, nanow, sclerotized, ventral plate elongated quadrangular, dorsal plate much smaller, narrow calyculate. Ductus bursae short, tubular, membranous, cervix bursae small, conical, wrinkled. Corpus bursae elongated-sacculiform, signa long, bar-shaped, their length variable. Diagnosis. The most conspicuous external feature of the species is the elongated, black orbicular stigma fused regularly with the sharp, long black streak of the submedian fold. This sharp black streak can also be found in D. (C.) isotima (and rarely in D. (C.) mimetica sp. n.) but in case of isotima the orbicular stigma is rounded, filled with light grey, therefore the streak is fused with the dark outline of the orbicular. Another difference between the two species is the shape and coloration of the reniform stigma which is blackish, bar-like in sacelli (defined with some lighter scales which do not form a sharper annulus) while a large, elliptical spot in isotima, encircled with blackish and filled with whitish grey and a blackish central line. The specimens of sacelli and mimetica are sometimes very similar (especially when the black streak of mimetica is extremely long), they can be easily distinguished by the shape of the uncus. The differences in the genitalia are given in the identification keys. Distribution. The species is known from two, rather remote regions of the eastern Tien Shan massif (the Issyk-Kul area and the vicinity of Aksu). Dasypolia (Cteïpolia) isotima (PÜNGELER, 1914) (Figs 3, 4, 18-19, 38) Cteïpolia isotima PUNGELER, 1914: 41, pi. 2, fig. 11. Type material examined. Holotype male (designated by PUNGELER as Type), Tien Shan, Dzharkent, slide No. MB296 BOURSIN (coll. PUNGELER, ZMHU Berlin); paratypc female (designated by PUNGELER as Cotype), from the same locality, slide No. 4301 RONKAY (coll. PUNGELER, ZMHU Berlin). No additional material was found. R e d e s c r i p t i o n. The description of the species is satisfactorily made by PUNGELER in the original description. The figure of the female genitalia published by RONKAY. VARGA & BEHOUNEK (1991) illustrates in fact the female of D. (C.) tertia sp. n., therefore the genitalia of isotima are yet undescribed. The holotype male was already dissected by BOURSIN, the paratype female, photographed by PUNGELER, remained intact until our studies. -Male genitalia (Figs 18-19): uncus narrow, slightly dilated at middle, tegumen low, broad. Fultura inferior broad, shield-like, vinculum short, strong, U-shaped. Valvae strong, more or less triangular, cucullus slightly upturned with apex finely rounded. Sacculus sclerotized, broad, clavus represented by a narrow, flattened, setose surface. Harpe strong, long, curved at base, apical part finely recurved. Aedeagus cylindrical, short, arcuate, carina with fine.