Morphological and taxonomical review of the genus Nirmides Hering (Lepidoptera, Limacodidae) with description of eight new species

摘要

The genus Nirmides Hering, 1931 is revised. Nowadays it includes 17 species, known from Thailand, Vietnam and the Andamans to the Philippines. Eight species are described as new to science: N siama sp. n. (Thailand), N ihlei sp. n. (Thailand), N diana sp. n. (Andaman Islands), N samares sp. n. (Philippines, Samar), N lourensi sp. n. (Philippines, Luzon), N similis sp. n. (Philippines, Mindanao), N kanlaonensis sp. n. (Philippines, Negros), and N hollowayi sp. n. (Borneo). Lectotypes are designated for Susica basalis Walker, 1862 and Nirmides basalis f. fusca Hering, 1931. The taxon Nirma micron van Eecke, 1929 is removed from synonymy with Nirmides basalis (Walker, 1862) and restored to a separate species. A new synonymy is proposed: Nirmides micron (van Eecke, 1929) = Nirmides manwahi Holloway, 1990, syn. n. The homology of the sclerites of the male genitalia is discussed; the musculature of the male genitalia is examined. A key to species is given.