Ourapteryx mediofurca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Ennominae
Tribus: Ourapterygini
Genus: Ourapteryx
Species: Ourapteryx mediofurca

Name

Ourapteryx mediofurca Cheng, Wen & Han, 2025: 544, figs 1–2, 29–30, 53, 57.

Holotype: IZCAS (genitalia slide no. Geom-03132). ♂. China: Yunnan, Tengchong, Dahaoping, 2020 m. 5–7.viii.2007. Legit D.-Y. Xue.

Paratypes:

China: Yunnan, Tengchong, Zhengting, 1833 m. 1♀ (IOZ LEP M 07667; genitalia slide no. Geom-3133). 6–7.viii.2013. Legit X.-X. Li.

China: Yunnan, Baoshan, Baihualing. 1♀ (IOZ LEP M 07664). 1–2.viii.2013. Legit S.-X. Liu.

N-Vietnam, Mai-chau, 25 km SE Moc-chau, 1100–1400 m. 2♂♂, 3♀♀ (ZFMK; genitalia slide no. 10029, 10030). 14–18.xi.1994. Legerunt V.V. Sinyaev & local collectors.

N-Vietnam, Mai-chau, Urwald, 40 km SE Moc-chau, 1400 m. 7♂♂, 6♀♀ (ZFMK). 7–15.iv.1995. Legerunt V.V. Sinyaev & local collectors.

N-Vietnam, Mt. Fan-si-pan, Cha-pa(=Sapa), 1500–2400 m. 15♂♂, 5♀♀ (ZFMK). 25.iii–30.iv.1995, 10.vi–6.vii.1994, 8–29.v.1993. Legerunt V.V. Sinyaev, A. Schintlmeister & einheimisch Sammier.

Laos, No-Laos, Xieng Khouang. 1♀ (ZFMK). v–vi.1995.

Synonyms

• "Ourapteryx sp1" in Cheng, Jiang, Luo, Zhou, Mi, Zhu & Han, 2025.

References

Primary references

• Cheng, R., Wen, B. & Han, H.-X. 2025. Six new cryptic species of Ourapteryx Leach (Geometridae: Ennominae) from Asia. Zootaxa 5722(4): 543–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5722.4.5 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cheng, R., Jiang, N., Luo, A.-R., Zhou, Q.-S., Mi, X.-Y., Zhu, C.-D. & Han, H.-X. 2025. Integrative Taxonomy of Ourapteryx Leach (Geometridae, Lepidoptera) Based on Molecular and Morphological Evidences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (in press). DOI: 10.1155/jzs/5450629 Reference page.