Nachr. entomol. Ver. Apollo, N. F. 31 (1/2): 17–19 (2010) 17 A new species of the genus Cricula Walker, 1855 from East Timor (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) Stefan Naumann and David Lane Dr. Stefan Naumann, Hochkirchstrasse 11, D­10829 Berlin, Germany; [email protected] David Lane, 3 Janda Street, Atherton, Queensland 4883, Australia; [email protected] Abstract: A new species of the South­East Asian genus Cri­ by earlier authors (e.g. Nässig 1995: 46, 48). cu­la Walker, 1855 is described: Cricula­timorensis sp. n. In this current work another member of this group from from East Timor. The male holotype and its genitalia are fig ured in colour. It will be donated to the Museum für Timor Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, is described as new. Na tur kun de at Humboldt­University of Berlin, Germany. C.­ ti­mo­rensis is compared with its closest relatives, C.­haya­tiae Description of the new Cricula species Pauk stadt & Suhardjono, 1992, C.­maxalorensis Nau mann & Löffler, 2010 and C.­luzonica Jordan, 1909. Cricula­timorensis sp. n. Key words: Saturniidae, Cricula, new species, East Timor, Holotype ♂: (Figs. 1, 2): East Timor, Bobanaro, 9°0'40" S, In do nesia. 125°21'49" E, 970 m, 31. x. 2002, M. D. Lane leg., dissec tion no. 2180/10 Naumann, barcode SNB 1553, received from D. Eine neue Art der Gattung Cricula Walker, 1855 aus Lane iii. 2010, coll. S. Naumann. — A red holotype label will Ost-Timor (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) be fixed. The holotype will be deposited in the Mu se um für Naturkunde der Humboldt­Universität, Ber lin, Germany. Zusammenfassung: Eine neue Art der südostasiatischen Paratype: 1 ♂, same data as holotype, but 30. xi. 2002, coll. Gat tung Cricula Walker, 1855 wird beschrieben: Cricula­ D. Lane, Ather ton. — A blue paratype label will be added. ti­mo­ren­sis sp. n. aus Ost­Timor. Der männliche Holotypus und sei ne Genitalstrukturen werden farbig abgebildet; der Etymology: The species is named after its origin, the isl and Fal ter aus der Sammlung des Erstautors gelangt in das Zoo­ of Timor. lo gi sche Museum an der Humboldt­Universität zu Ber lin. C.­ ti­morensis wird von seinen nächsten Verwandten, C.­haya­tiae Diagnosis Paukstadt & Suhardjono, 1992, C.­maxalorensis Nau mann & Cricula­timorensis sp. n. is one of the largest Cricula spe­ Löffler, 2010 sowie C.­luzonica Jordan, 1909, ab ge grenzt. cies, showing 4–5 fore wing fenestrae plus ad di tion al grey shadow around these (only 2 specimens known for the Introduction variability), plus well separated ante­ and postm e di an The genus Cricula was described by Walker (1855); lines on the hind wing. It is, according to the bar code its type species (by monotypy) is Saturnia­trifenestrata si mi la ri ty re sults, the closest rel ative of C.­haya­tiae which Helfer, 1837. Major works on the genus were provided is smal ler, has a more acute forewing apex, and more by Jordan (1909), Roepke (1940) and Nässig (1989; re vi­ variation in number of ♂ forewing fe nes trae and co lour. sion 1995). Since then, several more species and subs pe­ C.­maxalorensis is of same size as C.­ti­morensis, but always cies were described, and, eventually, most recently the has only one or no forewing fen es trum, con fluent ante­ as to ni sh ing number of 15 new taxa was introd uced to sci­ and postmedian lines of the ♂ hind wing, and differences ence by Naumann & Löffler (2010). The mor pho lo gic al in ♂ genitalia struc tures. aspects used for specific diagnoses were partly supp ort ed by results found in the BOLD project of the Uni ver si ty of Description Guelph, Canada (see Ratnasingham & He bert 2007). ♂ (Figs. 1, 2): Forewing length, measured from basis to The positioning of the different entities within the apex, 40 mm (both holotype and paratype). The wings re sul ting BOLD taxon tree resulted in some new ideas are of a more compact and rect an gu lar form than in of group ing with in the genus Cricula, as already men­ the other species mentioned above. Length of antennae tion ed in Nau mann & Löffler (2010): C.­hayatiae Pauk­ 9.0 mm, longest rami 2.1 mm, with 26 segm ents in to tal, stadt & Su har djono, 1992 (Figs. 3, 4) from Flores is land quadripectinate up to the last 4 seg ments; an ten nae and C.­ma­xalorensis Naumann & Löffler, 2010 (Figs. 5, are of ochreous colour and with out sca ling. Both dor­ 6) from Alor and Pantar islands, all Lesser Sun da Islands sal and ventral sides of the spe cimen are of reddish­grey of Indonesia, and the Philippine species­com plex of brown ground colour, on ven tral side a little ligh ter. C.­lu­zonica Jor dan, 1909 (Figs. 7, 8) appear to form a Head, thorax, abdomen and wings in their dorsal ante­ group of closely re lat ed taxa. These somehow un ex pec­ me dian and median area in ground colour, the mar k ings ted bar co de simi la ri ty re sults for those taxa are part ial ly of dark grey co lour. Antemedian zigzag line of the fore­ supported by the over all si mi lar external mor pho lo gy, wing quite faint, the postmedian line almost straight, e.g., the pattern and pro mi nent fore wing apex of the a little bent out ward apically. Post me dian area ligh ter ♂♂; but not by ♂ genitalia struct ures which dif fer much than ground colour, suffused with lots of grey ish­white for the Phil ip pine taxa. Due to this and zoo geo gra phic scales. The median area of the fore wing has a patch of 4 reasons such a relation ship was generally not con si der ed fenestrae, circled by a dark grey shadow. The two most © Entomologischer Verein Apollo e. V., Frankfurt am Main 18 Figs. 1–8: Specimens of Cricula: Fig. 1: C. timorensis sp. n., East Timor, male holotype, dorsal view. Fig. 2: same specimen, ventral view. Fig. 3: C. hayatiae, Flores Island, male paratype, dorsal view. Fig. 4: same specimen, ventral view. Fig. 5: C. maxalorensis, Alor Island, male ho lo type, dorsal view. Fig. 6: same specimen, ventral view. Fig. 7: C. luzonica, Luzon Island, male, dorsal view. Fig. 8: same specimen, ventral view. — All specimens in coll. S. Naumann, figured approximately to the same scale (compare scales, scale bar = 1 cm). — Figs. 9–12: ♂ genitalia structures of Cricula. Figs. 9a–d: C. timorensis sp. n., genitalia no. 2180/10 SNB, b–d: phallus in different views. Fig. 10: C. hayatiae, Flores, genitalia no. 885/95 W. A. Nässig (from Näs sig 1995, modified). Fig 11a: C. maxalorensis, genitalia no. 2101/10 SNB. Fig 11b: C. maxalorensis, genitalia no. 2102/10 SNB. Fig. 12: C. lu zo ni ca, Luzon, genitalia no. 647/90 W. A. Nässig (from Näs sig 1995, modified). — Genitalia not to the same scale. similar species C.­max­alo­ren­sis­and C.­haya­tiae dif fer by The ante­ and post me di an lines are wide ly se para t ed the num ber of the fen es trae, with C.­haya­tiae hav ing 0–5 from each other, even more widely than in C.­haya­tiae, and C.­maxalorensis 0–1 only. The hindw ing has a cen­ while they are al ways fused near to the upper mar gin tral hyaline fe nes trum, circled with dark grey ish bor der. in C.­maxa­lo­ren­sis. The outer mar gin of the wings with © Entomologischer Verein Apollo e. V., Frankfurt am Main 19 white fringes. Ven tral side of same colour, suf fus ed with 2. Samia­kikibudiamini U. Paukstadt, L. H. Paukstadt & some white scales. Ante me dian and post me di an lines Suhardjono, 2002, are much fain ter, the ante median line of grey ish­violet 3. Actias­groenendaeli Roepke, 1954 (sensu­lato), colour, the post me dian indicated more or less as a light 4. Antheraea­lorosae M. D. Lane, Naumann & D. A. Lane, grey sha dow. 2004, ♂ genitalia (Figs. 9a–d): Uncus with two strongly scle­ 5. and Cricula­timorensis. ro tis ed, almost triangular rounded tips which are bent to ven tral side. Gnathos broad, strongly sclerotised as Acknowledgements well, and almost rectangular. Juxta with two lateral bent We would like to thank the following persons who as sis­ triangular processes, which end in a rectangular tip t ed in various ways with presenting important mat e rial and show a dentate upper margin. Sella bent dor sal ly, or resulting from expeditions, or with literature, in for­ ending in two lateral sclerotised rounded proc es ses. The ma tion, pre pa ra tion of figures and notes on the ma nu­ dorsal process of the valves long and slender, the litt le script: Dr. Ulf Eitsch ber ger (Marktleuthen), Stanley Jakl smaller ventral one with two tips. There ap pears al so an (Prague), Mark D. Lane (Darwin), Swen Löffler (Lich­ internal, knob­like process of the valves, si tua t ed almost tenstein), Dr. Wolfgang A. Nässig (Frank furt am Main), basally on the dorsal part. The sac cu lus is pro mi nent, the Jan Peter Rud loff (Rosslau); special thanks go to Dr. saccus broad and round. Vesica emer ging to dorsal side, Rodolphe Rou gerie and the team of the BOLD proj ect with four processes of almost similar length, each with a (Guelph, On tario: Canadian Centre for DNA Bar code triangular hardly scler o tised tip, the left mediodorsal one CCDB) for their valuable support with results. being most prom i nent. The ♂ gen i ta lia of C.­hayatiae (Fig. 10) differ mainl y by shorter and more widely separated References processes of the un cus, an in dented gnathos, different Jordan, K. (1909): On the species of Cricula, a genus of Sa tur ni­ form of the juxta, and much more acute processes of the idae. — Novitates zoologicae, Tring, 16: 300–306. vesica. C.­max­alo­ren­sis (Figs. 11a, b) has a shorter uncus, Lane, M. D., Naumann, S., & Lane, D. A. (2004): A new species the processes of the juxt a are round ed to lateral side, of Antheraea Hübner (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from East shorter and not den tate. The vesica has shorter bulbs Ti mor. — Australian Entomologist, Indooroopilly, 31 (3): with also smaller and more acute pro ces ses. The genitalia 123–130. of C.­max­alo­ren­sis are generally some what smaller than Nässig, W. A. (1989): Systematisches Verzeichnis der Gattung Cri­ those of C.­ti­mo­ren­sis. The Phili p pine complex of C.­lu­zo­ cula Walker, 1855 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). — Ent o mo lo­ ni­ca (Fig. 12) shows very dif fer ent genitalia structures, gische Zeitschrift, Essen, 99 (13): 181–192, (14): 193–198. with dif fer ent jux ta and mis sing sclerotised pro ces ses of ——— (1995): Eine Revision der Gattung Cricula Walker 1855 so wie ein Versuch einer phylogenetischen Analyse der Tri­ the ve si ca (com pare Näs sig 1989, 1995, Näs sig & Tread­ bus Saturniini (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — PhD thesis, away 1998 and Näs sig & Tread away, in pre pa ra tion). J. W. Goethe University (Fachbereich Biologie), Frankfurt The female remains unknown. am Main, 113 pp. ———, & Treadaway, C. G. (1998): The Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. — Nachrichten des Entomologischen Ver­ Saturniidae of Timor Island eins Apollo, Frankfurt am Main, Suppl. 17: 223–424. So far most Saturniidae material examined originated Naumann, S., & Löffler, S. (2010): Notes on the Asian genus Cri­ from the Indonesian part of Timor Island. Paukstadt cu­la Walker, 1855, with description of new species (Le pi­ do pte ra, Saturniidae). — Neue Entomologische Nachr ich ten, & Paukstadt (1993) mentioned C.­hayatiae reared from Marktleuthen, Supplement 2: 1–24. cocoons which were collected on Psidium­ guajava L. Paukstadt, U., & Paukstadt, L. H. (1993): Zur Verbreitung der (Myrtaceae) at Gunung Mutis of West Timor; these most Gat tung Cricula Walker 1855 auf den kleinen Sun da in seln, likely should be representatives of the here de scri bed Indonesien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). — Ent o mo lo gi sche C.­timorensis. During the 2002 Australian UN mis sion Zeitschrift, Essen, 103 (1/2): 19–20. in East Timor after independence of that count ry from ———, & Suhardjono, Y. R. (1992): Cricula­hayatiae sp. n., eine Indonesia, M. D. Lane (and later, in 2004, he and his neue Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) von Flores, Indonesien. — father, the coauthor of the present publication) collected En tomologische Zeitschrift, Essen, 102 (14): 253–258. some saturniids which have since lead to the de scrip tion Ratnasingham, S., & Hebert, P. D. N. (2007): Barcoding. BOLD: of the endemic species An­the­raea­lo­ro­sae Lane, Naumann The barcode of life data system (www.barcodinglife.com). — Molecular Ecology Notes, Hoboken, 7 (3): 355–364. & Lane, 2004. With the de scrip tion of C.­timorensis, the Roepke, W. [K. J.] (1940): Aanteekeningen over het geslacht Cri­cu­la following Sa tur ni idae spe cies are rec or ded from Timor Wlk. (Lep., Saturniidae). — Entomologische Me de dee lin gen Island thus far (either from East Ti mor or the In do ne si an van Nederlandsch­Indië, Buitenzorg, 6 (2): 23–32, pl. 4. western part of the island or from both parts): 1. 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