Paralypusa, a new genus of the family Lypusidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from China
A.L. Lvovsky
Abstract. A new eastern-palaearctic monotypic genus of the gelechioid moths, Paralypusa gen. nov., is established for the Chinese species Paralypusa chinensis (Lvovsky, 2010), comb. nov. This genus is considered closely related to Lypusa Zeller, 1852 on the base of several synapomorphies. However Paralypusa also shares some features with the genera Pseudatemelia Rebel, 1910 and Amphisbatis Zeller, 1870. Its transitional state confirms the belonging of all the aforementioned genera to one family and synonymy of the Lypusidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1857 and Amphisbatidae Spuler, 1910 (Nieukerken et al., 2011).
Key words: gelechioid moths, taxonomy, China, Lepidoptera, Lypusidae, Amphisbatidae, Paralypusa chinensis, new genus, new combination
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2012, 21(1): 169-172 ▪ Published in print 25 July 2012
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2012.21.1.169 ▪ Open full article 
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