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2024 , Vol. 49 >Issue 2: 158 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2024205

Original Article

Eleven new species of the genus Ourapteryx Leach, 1814 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China

  • Rui Cheng ,
  • Nan Jiang ,
  • Chaodong Zhu ,
  • Yongqiang Xu ,
  • Hongxiang Han
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China 2Institute of Plateau Biology of Xizang Autonomous Region, Lhasa 850000, China

Online published: 2024-04-24

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This study was supported by grants from the survey of Wildlife Resources in Key Areas of Xizang (ZL202203601), the National Nature Science Foundation of China (32170464), Biological Resources Programme of Chinese Academy of Sciences (KFJ-BRP-017-45), the National Science & Technology Fundamental Resources Investigation Program of China (2019FY101800), the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP) (2019QZKK0501), and the base line survey on diversity of pollinating insects in Qomolangma National Nature Reserve.

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Abstract

Eleven new species of Ourapteryx Leach, 1814 were described: O. curta Jiang & Han, sp. nov., O. triangulata Cheng & Han, sp. nov., O. cawarongensis Cheng & Jiang, sp. nov., O. arcuata Jiang & Cheng, sp. nov., O. longiacutata Jiang & Cheng, sp. nov., O. linzhiensis Jiang & Cheng, sp. nov., O. aniqiaoensis Cheng & Zhu, sp. nov., O. incurvata Cheng & Jiang, sp. nov., O. concava Cheng & Han, sp. nov., O. alba Cheng & Han, sp. nov., O. motuoensis Cheng & Zhu, sp. nov. Diagnoses for these new species are provided, with illustrations of external features and genitalia.

Key words： Ennominae, morphology, taxonomy

Cite this article

Rui Cheng , Nan Jiang , Chaodong Zhu , Yongqiang Xu , Hongxiang Han . Eleven new species of the genus Ourapteryx Leach, 1814 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from China[J]. Zoological Systematics, 2024 , 49(2) : 158 -174 . DOI: 10.11865/zs.2024205

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