Amuria Staudinger 1887

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GenusAmuriaStaudinger, 1887 TS: Amuria cyclops Staudinger, 1887. TL: Russia. Note. The genus Amuria Staudinger, 1887 belongs to the tribe Artonini and currently comprises 21 species (Efetov and Tarmann 2024). The type species, Amuria cyclops Staudinger, 1887, was originally described from the Amur region, with the type locality explicitly given as Vladivostok by Staudinger (1887: 172). Leech (1888: 597) subsequently mentioned this species in a brief note, stating that he had not examined any specimens himself and merely followed the original description; he listed the distribution as Vladivostok, Askold, Sidemi, and Corea [Korea]. Kirby (1892: 89) later restricted the distribution to Vladivostok only. In contrast, Leech (1898: 332) examined a single male specimen from Chang-yang, Central China, and accordingly gave the distribution as Amurland and Central China, omitting Korea (Corea). Nevertheless, several later authors, Staudinger and Rebel (1901: 391), Jordan (1907: 14), Bryk (1936: 248), and Efetov (2016: 219), continued to include Korea (Corea) in the distribution of A. cyclops, apparently without examination of any Korean voucher specimens. Among these works, Alberti (1954: 273) stands out in that he examined Staudinger’s type material and provided illustrations of the adult and genitalia of A. cyclops. To date, however, no confirmed specimen of the genus Amuria has been verified from Korea. Therefore, based on the discovery and description of Amuria baei sp. nov. in the present study, the genus Amuria is recorded from Korea for the first time. Diagnosis. The habitus is dominated by dark (mainly brown, purplish, or bluish) colors. Some species are almost uniformly dark and if there is a pattern the dark colors contrast with white or light yellow markings. The wings are broad (vs narrow in Artona). The typical yellow and black wing pattern of the subgenera Artona and Zeuxippa of the genus Artona is absent and the body is never ringed with yellow color like in most Artona (Artona) and Artona (Zeuxippa) species. In the male genitalia the Artona - finger is present, the apex of the valva bears spiny prolongations (found also in Artona (Balataea), but absent in the subgenus Artona). The female genitalia of all Amuria species have well developed praebursa with a longitudinal double row of short tooth-like sclerotizations (Efetov and Tarmann 2024). Distribution. According to Efetov and Tarmann (2024: 425–427), species of the genus Amuria are distributed in Southeast and East Asia: Russian Far East (Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krai), Korea, northeastern China, northeastern India, Myanmar, Indonesia, New Guinea with adjacent territories and Australia (Queensland). Host plants. Nazari et al. (2019) and Efetov and Tarmann (2024) mentioned Zingiberaceae, Musaceae, Pittosporaceae, and Lauraceae as the host plants of the genus Amuria Staudinger.