Three new species of the ghost moth Magnificus Yan from China and India (Lepidoptera, Hepialidae)
Three new species of Magnificus Yan, 2000 are described: M. florianii sp. nov. from western Yunnan and M. shaosiming sp. nov. from southern Shaanxi, both in China, and M. ignatevi sp. nov. from West Bengal, India. Six female specimens that could not be positively attributed to any of the species described in this paper were investigated; five specimens (morphotype 1) are considered most similar to Magnificus bouvieri (Oberthr, 1913), and one (morphotype 2) to Magnificus dirschi (Bang-Haas, 1939). These two determinations are described here in detail for future evaluation of the genus. The current southern distributional boundary seems to correspond to two tectonic boundariesthe subduction zone between India and Asia, and the Red River Fault, marking a major tectonic boundary resulting from the accretion of the Indian continent. These tectonic boundaries are consistent with the Laurasian ancestral range, but the new Himalaya record is an indication that Magnificus may be more widely distributed in eastern Asia.
Authors
- Zhen‐Bang Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8143-3064)
- Juozas Dûda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5972-2380)
- John R. Grehan
- Aidas Saldaitis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0999-3996)
- Alexey M. Prozorov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-0741)
- Nikolai Ignatev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6970-6015)
- Carlos G. C. Mielke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0091-0840)
- Günter C. Müller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7024-0179)
- Roman V. Yakovlev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9512-8709)
- Yaping Duan
Institutions
- University of the Sciences (US)
- Hebrew College (US)
- National Gallery of Art (US)
- Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov (UZ)
- Kunming University (CN)
- University of Jos (NG)
- Altai State University (RU)
- Yunnan University (CN)
- National Research Tomsk State University (RU)
- Hadassah Medical Center (IL)
- Copiah-Lincoln Community College (US)
- Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt/M (DE)
- Weatherford College (US)
- Taisho University (JP)
- Rusal (Russia) (RU)
- McGuire Institute (US)
- Seva Mandir (IN)
- National Open University (TW)
- Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (ML)
- Institute of Entomology (CZ)
- Yunnan Institute of Environmental Sciences (CN)
- Nature Research Centre (LT)
- Xian Mechanical & Electric Institute (China) (CN)
- Cara Therapeutics (United States) (US)
- Gainesville Obstetrics & Gynecology (US)
- Lithuanian Ornithological Society (LT)
- Charles River Associates (US)
- University of the Philippines Open University (PH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.4.5
- Primary Topic
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00