Tolpia mccabei, Fibiger, 2007

Fibiger, Michael, 2007, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae, Zootaxa 1567 (1), pp. 1-116 : 31

Tolpia mccabei Fibiger, new species

(Plate 27, figure 3; male genit. plate 27, figure 6)

Material examined.

Holotype (fig. 4): male, Malaysia, Borneo , Sarawak, Lambir Hill National Park, 04°12’04” N 114°01’38” E, 200 m, 12.x.2006, leg. T. L. McCabe and M. S. Adams, genit. prep. 5790 M. Fibiger. Coll. MF, to be deposited in ZMUC.

Paratypes: 1 male with same data as holotype, but Miri Div. Lambir Hill National Park , 04°11’53.9” N 114°2’31.4” E, Lowland Dipterocarp Forest, 50 m, 11–21.x.2006, genit. prep. 5797 M. Fibiger, OHHS Genome Bank, #05-02-01-52. Coll. NYSM.

Diagnosis.

Wingspan: 13 mm.

Forewing: rounded, very broad, dark brown.

Transverse lines: antemedial line blackish-brown; postmedial and subterminal line brown; terminal line with small, elongate black dots.

Reniform: small, inconspicuous, dark brown, no open space medially.

Hindwing: grey-brown; folded along body for pheromone deposit, with specialised tightly clustered, short, yellow setae.

Hindleg: with massive tuft of long black hair-like setae.

Underside: unicolorous dark brown.

Abdomen: brown with long anal tuft.

Male genitalia.

Saccus: short and rounded.

Vinculum: short.

Tegumen: long.

Tergite and sternite: indistinct.

Valve: longer than wide.

Costa: almost straight.

Sacculus: narrow, inconspicuous.

Ampulla: slightly asymmetrical, teardrop-shaped (apo.).

Pollex : small, broad, and rounded, with long hair-like setae.

Digitus: digitus prominent, slightly asymmetrical; left digitus slightly longer than right one and with a tiny subapical spine.

Juxta: higher than wide.

Anellus: fused with juxta.

Phallus: very narrow and long, smoothly curving subapically; coecum long and pointed.

Differential diagnosis. Differences from the other species of Tolpia are listed under the species-group. The shape of ampulla and pollex are similar to those of the Disca species , but the heavily black tuft on the hindleg, and the shape of phallus place T. mccabei in Tolpia .