identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
D69196C8120B5455B39A41835A35E412.text	D69196C8120B5455B39A41835A35E412.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Pulchroptera Hou, Fan & Chiba 2021	<div><p>Pulchroptera Hou, Fan &amp; Chiba gen. nov.</p> <p>Figures 2, 3, 4</p> <p>Type species.</p> <p>Pamphila pulchra Leech, 1891</p> <p>Description.</p> <p>Forewing length 11-12 mm. Antennae approximately half the length of forewing; nudum 8 on apiculus, dark brown. Palpi on second segment long and erect, yellow with long black hairs; on third segment black, thick, short, and porrect. Wing venation (Fig. 3): forewing: length of discoidal cell almost equal to 2/3 forewing length, Sc ends at 1/2 forewing length; origin of vein R4 before vein R5; origin of vein M2 in middle of veins M1 and M3; veins CuA1, CuA2, and 1A+2A almost parallel to each other; origin of vein CuA2 nearly midway between vein CuA1 and base. Hindwing: costa longer than dorsum; length of discoidal cell almost equal to 3/5 hindwing; origin of vein Rs midway between base and termen; origin of vein M2 slightly nearer M1 than M3. Wing ground colour and wing patterns: upper side dark brown with small yellow spots in central and submarginal areas; underside light brown, forewing patterns similar to upper side, hindwing with small silvery spots in spaces Rs, M3, CuA1, and CuA2, and with a silvery longitudinal central streak. Mid and hind tibiae each with pair of spurs. Male genitalia: Tegument small and narrow, constricted at middle in dorsal view; uncus deeply bifurcated, V-shaped dorsally; gnathos long and wide, longer than tegument, membranous, undivided from basal 1/3; saccus long; valvae asymmetrical, bifid, distal end of left valva more sclerotized than right valva; aedeagus long, subzonal sheath shorter than suprazonal sheath, ratio of subzonal sheath to suprazonal sheath approximately 1:2, vesica with cornuti; juxta a heart-shaped ring with membranous extensions dorsally.</p> <p>Remarks.</p> <p>The new genus superficially resembles Carterocephalus Lederer, 1852, although it is distinguishable from the latter with regards to the following characters: hindwing undersides with silver spots, a deeply bifurcated V-shaped uncus, juxta a heart-shaped ring, and valvae asymmetrical.</p> <p>The new genus contains only the type species Pulchroptera pulchra (Leech, 1891) comb. nov., with the nominotypical subspecies and a further subspecies, Pulchroptera pulchra ops (Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1891) comb. nov. According to the description of Evans (1949), in Pulchroptera pulchra pulchra comb. nov. the upper side of the hindwing has a cell spot and the submarginal markings are notably more conspicuous, whereas in Pulchroptera pulchra ops comb. nov. the upper side of the hindwing lacks a cell spot and has conspicuous submarginal markings. Whether the subspecies status of the latter is valid is subject to further verification.</p> <p>Etymology.</p> <p>The name of the genus is taken from the specific epithet of the type species ‘pulchr-’, meaning beautiful, and ‘optera’, meaning wing. The gender is feminine.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Pulchroptera pulchra pulchra comb. nov.: China (Sichuan, Yunnan)</p> <p>Pulchroptera pulchra ops comb. nov.: China (Gansu, Qinghai, Xizang)</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D69196C8120B5455B39A41835A35E412	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Hou, Yongxiang;Chiba, Hideyuki;Zhu, Lijuan;Chang, Zhou;Ma, Lijun;Huang, Siyao;Wang, Min;Fan, Xiaoling	Hou, Yongxiang, Chiba, Hideyuki, Zhu, Lijuan, Chang, Zhou, Ma, Lijun, Huang, Siyao, Wang, Min, Fan, Xiaoling (2021): Molecular and morphological evidence reveals a new genus of the subfamily Heteropterinae (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from China. ZooKeys 1055: 55-67, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1055.68640, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1055.68640
