Two new species of the genus Taikona Arita & Gorbunov, 2001 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Yunnan, China

Tiantian Yu; Axel Kallies; Yutaka Arita; Jinfu He; Haijun Li; Naoki Yata; Xueyan Li

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5443.1.8

Two new species of the genus Taikona Arita & Gorbunov, 2001 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Yunnan, China

Zootaxa. 2024 Apr 19;5443(1):135-140. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.1.8.

Authors

Tiantian Yu¹, Axel Kallies², Yutaka Arita³, Jinfu He⁴, Haijun Li⁵, Naoki Yata⁶, Xueyan Li⁷

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Genetic Evolution & Animal Models; Kunming Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming; Yunnan 650223; China. [email protected].
² University of Melbourne; Melbourne; 3000 Victoria; Australia. [email protected].
³ Zoological Laboratory; Faculty of Agriculture; Meijo University; Tempaku-ku; Nagoya; 468-8502 Japan. [email protected].
⁴ Nujiang Management Bureau of Yunnan Gaoligongshan State Nature Reserve; Lushui; 673199 Yunnan; China. [email protected].
⁵ Nujiang Management Bureau of Yunnan Gaoligongshan State Nature Reserve; Lushui; 673199 Yunnan; China. [email protected].
⁶ Imagawa-cho 3-407; Kariya-shi; Aichi-ken; 448-0005; Japan. [email protected].
⁷ Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity Information; Kunming Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming; Yunnan 650223; China. [email protected].

PMID: 39646691
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5443.1.8

Abstract

Two new species, Taikona gaoligongshana Yu, Arita & Kallies, sp. nov. and Taikona extraordinaria Yu, Kallies & Arita sp. nov. are described from Yunnan Province, China. Illustrations of the holotypes and the male genitalia are provided, along with a key to all currently known species of the genus. DNA barcoding sequences are also provided.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Female
Male
Moths* / anatomy & histology
Moths* / classification
Organ Size