Hoploscopa kelama Leger & Nuss, 2020
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.907.36563 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/69D2A893-2F5A-4E90-9E82-8C6FD059A364 |
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Hoploscopa kelama Leger & Nuss |
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sp. nov. |
Hoploscopa kelama Leger & Nuss sp. nov. Figs 33 View Figures 19–33 , 72 View Figures 70–75 , 112 View Figures 111–114
Material examined.
Holotype: ♀, with labels: "[Indonesia] North-Sulawesi, Danau Mooat | east of Kotamobagu, 1150m | 30-31.iii.2000, at light | leg. A. Kallies & S. Naumann"; "DNA voucher | Lepidoptera | MTD 2016 | no. 3214 [vertically written]"; "TL | 532 ♀". Deposited in MTD.
Paratypes: 6 ♂, 2 ♀. 1 ♂ (DNA voucher MTD LEP3215, genitalia on slide TL511 ♂), same data as holotype; 2 ♀ (1 with DNA voucher MTD7878 & genitalia on slide TL665 ♀, 1 with DNA voucher 7879 & genitalia on slide TL474 ♀), same collecting locality as holotype, 25-26.iii.2000, leg. A. Kallies & C. Zorn (MTD); 2 ♂ (NHMUK010923443, NHMUK010923341), North Sulawesi, Danau Mooat, near Kotamobagu, 1200 m, 27-28.ix.1985, leg. Royal Entomological Society of London, Project Wallace; 3 ♂ (NHMUK010923342, NHMUK010923442, NHMUK010923441), North Sulawesi, Dumoga-Bone National Park [Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park], Clarke Camp, lower montane forest, 1140 m, x.1985, leg. Royal Entomological Society of London, Project Wallace (NHMUK).
Diagnosis.
Hoploscopa kelama sp. nov. displays basal and distal discoidal dark brown spots edged with pale yellow, as well as a pale yellow cubital double line on the forewing. In female genitalia, the very small thorn located at the corpus bursae opening is unique to this species.
Similar species.
Hoploscopa boleta sp. nov., H. pseudometacrossa sp. nov. Both species display light brown median discoidal stigma and postmedian patch and lack the double pale yellow cubital line observed in H. kelama sp. nov. Examination of genitalia allows unambiguous separation of these species from H. kelama sp. nov.: male genitalia of both species show a slender uncus bearing thick setae, ventrally marked with three small ridges, and female genitalia show a larger thorn located on posterior half of corpus bursae.
Description.
Head. Antennae dorsally striped with brown and ochreous scales. Proboscis brown. Maxillary palpi brown, basally pale yellow, inner side pale brown. Labial palpi brown, ventro-basally pale yellow.
Thorax (Fig. 33 View Figures 19–33 ). Collar white. Forewing length: 8-9.5 mm (♂ & ♀); forewing ground colour brown to dark brown; basal dash black at base, distally pale yellow; basal discoidal patch crescent-shaped, pale yellow, filled with dark brown; distal discoidal patch dark brown, quadrangular, with basal and distal edges pale yellow; double cubital line running from median area distally to tornus, pale yellow; postmedian costal blotch small, pale yellow; subterminal line pale yellow, barely or not marked on its middle fringes brown, with pale yellow dots. Hindwing pale brown. Forelegs brown. Mid- and hindlegs with femur brown; tibia dark brown, distally pale yellow; tarsi brown.
Abdomen. Male sternum A8 posterior margin notched, with short, rounded lateral projections.
Male genitalia (N = 1) (Fig. 72 View Figures 70–75 ). Uncus long and slender, medially slightly widened, conspicuously narrowed at apical 1/4, apex duck beak-shaped, with small median bump. Gnathos projection limited to a small ridge. Valva ventral margin nearly straight, dorsal margin slightly convex, apex pointed. Juxta slender, with base slightly quadrangular, medially narrowed, apex broadly incurved, weakly sclerotised. Saccus quadrangular.
Female genitalia (N = 3) (Fig. 112 View Figures 111–114 ). Anterior apophyses with small dorsal bump at posterior 1/3. Antrum sclerotisation broad, ca. twice as long as broad. Ductus bursae long, broad, looped once, bent at corpus opening. Corpus bursae with posterior half reticulated, anterior half membranous. Thorn located on ductus bursae shortly ahead of corpus opening, very small, with dents pointing toward thorn apex.
Distribution.
Known from North Sulawesi (Indonesia) at altitudes between 1,000 m and 1,200 m.
Phylogenetic relationships.
The ML analysis of the COI barcode recovered H. kelama sp. nov. in a clade with H. albomaculata sp. nov. and H. ignitamaculae sp. nov., but without significant support (BS = 30). These three species vary greatly in their wing pattern but show similarities in the morphology of the genitalia: the uncus apex is duck-shaped, with a small tip on its middle in male genitalia; in female genitalia, the ductus bursae is long and broad, the corpus bursae is globular, with an elongated, well-marked sclerotisation. Hoploscopa kelama sp. nov. and H. ignitamaculae sp. nov. share a small-sized thorn on corpus bursae. Hoploscopa anacantha sp. nov. shares a wing pattern similar to that of H. albomaculata sp. nov., and displays an elongated, marked sclerotisation like in the other three species above, although without thorn.
Etymology.
The species epithet kelama comes from the Indonesian “kelam” meaning dark, referring to the dark patterns of the forewing.
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