The sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)

It is shown that under the old concept of Platyja cyanocraspis Hampson, 1922 at least six species are intermingled, including two sympatric sibling ones from New Guinea. Four such species are new to science and are herein described, namely Platyja subtracta sp. n. (New Guinea), P. togutila sp. n. (...

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Autores principales:	Alberto Zilli, Rob De Vos
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Publicado:	PAGEPress Publications 2021
Materias:	moths taxonomy sibling species Indo-Australian Region Papuan Region Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:98d772c7877441258547079dc3edbc082021-12-05T12:54:20ZThe sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)10.13133/2284-4880/5690429-288X2284-4880https://doaj.org/article/98d772c7877441258547079dc3edbc082021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/569https://doaj.org/toc/0429-288Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2284-4880 It is shown that under the old concept of Platyja cyanocraspis Hampson, 1922 at least six species are intermingled, including two sympatric sibling ones from New Guinea. Four such species are new to science and are herein described, namely Platyja subtracta sp. n. (New Guinea), P. togutila sp. n. (Halmahera), P. vityaz sp. n. (Bismarck Archipelago) and P. yaleyambae sp. n. (Louisiades), while a fifth one from Buru and Ceram is upgraded from subspecific status as P. lecerfi A.E. Prout, 1922 stat. n. A singleton from New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago) closely albeit not entirely matching P. vityaz is also discussed. Alberto ZilliRob De VosPAGEPress Publicationsarticlemothstaxonomysibling speciesIndo-Australian RegionPapuan RegionZoologyQL1-991ENITFragmenta entomologica, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	moths taxonomy sibling species Indo-Australian Region Papuan Region Zoology QL1-991 Alberto Zilli Rob De Vos The sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
description	It is shown that under the old concept of Platyja cyanocraspis Hampson, 1922 at least six species are intermingled, including two sympatric sibling ones from New Guinea. Four such species are new to science and are herein described, namely Platyja subtracta sp. n. (New Guinea), P. togutila sp. n. (Halmahera), P. vityaz sp. n. (Bismarck Archipelago) and P. yaleyambae sp. n. (Louisiades), while a fifth one from Buru and Ceram is upgraded from subspecific status as P. lecerfi A.E. Prout, 1922 stat. n. A singleton from New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago) closely albeit not entirely matching P. vityaz is also discussed.
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title	The sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
title_short	The sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
title_full	The sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
title_fullStr	The sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
title_full_unstemmed	The sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
title_sort	sumatrana species group of the genus platyja with descriptions of four new species (lepidoptera: erebidae)
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The sumatrana species group of the genus Platyja with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)

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