Goniographa metafunkei, Varga & Ronkay, 2002

Varga, Z. & Ronkay, L., 2002, A Revision Of The Palaearctic Species Of The Eugraphe Hübner, [1821] 1816 Generic Complex. Part I. The Genera Eugraphe And Goniographa (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 48 (4), pp. 333-374 : 350-352

Goniographa metafunkei sp. n.

( Figs 7 , 8 , 32, 33 , 58, 59 )

Holotype: female, Kirghisia, Susamyr Mts, valley of Chickhan river , 1800 m, 29–30.VII.1994, leg. TOROPOV & SINIAEV; slide No. RL7528 f (coll. P. GYULAI, in HNHM Budapest).

Paratypes. Kirghisia: 4 males, 2 females, Susamyr Mts , valley of Chickhan river, 1800 m, 29–30.VII.1994, leg. TOROPOV & SINIAEV ; 2 males, 1 female, Alai Mts , Tengizbai, 27.VII.1994, leg. TOROPOV & SINIAEV ; 2 males, 1 female, Talassky Alatau Mts , Kara-Bura pass, 1800 m, 42°18’N, 71°35’E, 29.VII.1993, leg. V. & A. LUKHTANOV (coll. P. GYULAI and G. RONKAY) ; 2 males, 1 female, Kirghiz Mts , Kara Baitta valley, Sosnovka, 1600 m, 6.VIII.1999, leg. PLYUSHCH (coll. A. BECHER, L. LEHMANN & J. STUMPF) .

Slide Nos GYP 687m, RL 7548m, RL 7578m, RL 7587m (males), RL7581f, RL7588f (females).

Diagnosis. Goniographa metafunkei differs from the two closely allied species by its slightly (but in larger material clearly recognisable)smaller size and narrower forewing and the rather strong and blurred dark irroration. The male genitalia of G. metafunkei differ from those of G. funkei by their broader distal part of the valva, the straight, oblique, thorn-like pollex and the significantly larger cornutus of the vesica; from G. naumanni by its shorter harpe, broader distal part of the valva, the straight, distally not upcurved pollex and the smooth carina.

The female genitalia of G. metafunkei can be characterized by its long, narrowly tubular ductus bursae with relatively strong, long proximo-lateral fold and the presence of a long, curved, sclerotized ribbon connecting the anterior end of ductus bursae with the inner curve of appendix bursae. The ductus bursae of the new species is the longest within the G. funkei group, the ostium bursae is longer, more infundibular, medio-caudally less incised than in G. funkei and the appendix bursae is longer, more conical, apically less rounded (see Figs 30–33 ).

Description. Wingspan 30–35 mm, length of forewing 13–15 mm. The main external features fit well with those of the funkei -group, the differential characteristics are given in the diagnosis. The holotype (female)and a typical male are illustrated in Figs 58 and 59 .

Male genitalia ( Figs 7 , 8 ). The specific features of G. metafunkei are as follows: Distal part of valva rather broad, apical process and “pseudopollex” relatively broad, triangular. Harpe rather short;

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pollex long, straight, oblique. Aedeagus long and thin, slightly arcuate; carina smooth. Vesica relatively small, short, recurved, with long, strong, bulbed cornutus.

Female genitalia ( Figs 32, 33 ): Ovipositor short, weak; posterior gonapophyses medium-long, slender, fine, anterior apophyses short. Ostium bursae sclerotized, its ventral plate elongate, triangular-infundibuliform, caudal margin slightly convex, arcuate, with shallow medial incision. Ductus bursae long, tubular, flattened, granulously sclerotized, finely tapering towards ostium bursae. Proximal half of ductus bursae with long, strong lateral fold along left margin; junction to corpus bursae with long, cristate-ribbed lamina at inner curve. Apical part of bursa copulatrix wrinkled-ribbed, partly gelatinous and scobinate-verrucose. Appendix bursae medium-long, elliptical-subconical, finely wrinkled; corpus bursae discoidal-globular, weakly membranous, signa absent.

Bionomics and distribution. The new species has a very strictly limited distribution in the western part of the Tien-Shan massif and the Alai Mts.

Etymology. The new species follows G. funkei in the system.

Figures

Fig. 7. Goniographa metafunkei sp. n., paratype, slide No. GyP687

Fig. 8. Goniographa metafunkei sp. n., paratypes, slide Nos a–b = RL7548, c–d = RL7578

Figs 30–35. 30–31 = Goniographa funkei (PÜNGELER), slide No. RL7554: 30 = female genitalia, 31 = posterior part in larger magnification;32–33 =G. metafunkei sp.n.,holotype, slide No.RL7528: 32 = female genitalia, 33 = posterior part in larger magnification; 34–35 = G. naumanni sp. n.,

Figs 58–65. 58–59 = Goniographa metafunkei sp. n.: 58 = holotype, 59 = paratype male, Kirghisia; 60–61 = G. naumanni sp. n.: 60 = holotype, 61 = paratype female, Afghanistan; 62–63 = G. marcida (CHRISTOPH): 62 = male, Turkmenistan, 63 = female, NE Iran; 64–65 = G. gyulaipeteri sp. n.: 64 = holotype, 65 = paratype male, Tadjikistan