Tumula flavicollis Fibiger, 2010

FIBIGER, MICHAEL, 2010, Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) Part 3, Taxonomy of the Tactusinae, Zootaxa 2583 (1), pp. 1-119 : 38-39

Tumula flavicollis Fibiger , new species

( Plate 5 , figure 1; female genit. plate 23, figure 5)

Material examined. Holotype: female, Thailand N, Fang , Hort. Res. Sta. 450 m, 24–26.vii.1989, leg. J.D. & D.J. Bradley & Angoon Lewvanich, genit. prep. 3339 M. Fibiger, coll. BMNH.

Diagnosis. Imago (external). Wingspan: 10 mm.

Labial palps: porrect, second segment brown outside, beige inside, roughly scaled vertically, third segment narrow, beige and 1/5 length of second.

Head, patagia, tegulae, prothorax, basal part of costa of forewing, upper part of medial area and all terminal area, including fringes blackish brown.

Forewing: ground colour light yellow.

Abdomen: grey, with dorsal tuft on basal segment.

Crosslines: untraceable, except black dots along terminal line.

Hindwing: grey, with discal spot.

Underside: forewing grey, hindwing light grey, with discal spot.

Female genitalia. Ovipositor: quadrangular, with rounded corners.

Posterior apophyses: slightly longer than ovipositor.

Anterior apophyses: 0.75 times length of posterior apophyses (apo.).

7 th abdominal segment: as long as wide, anteriorly heavily sclerotised, with lateral pockets (apo.).

7 th and 8 th abdominal segment: slightly longer than broad.

8 th abdominal segment: very short, 0.40 times shorter than ovipositor (apo.).

Ostium: displaced slightly to left, very broad, with prominent semicircular ventral extension; located posteriorly on 7 th segment (apo.).

Antrum: wide, as long as broad, heavily sclerotised.

Ductus bursae: broad, curved; twice as long as corpus bursae, medial long part heavily sclerotised (apo.).

Appendix bursae: arising posteriorly from ductus bursae.

Signum: cross shaped, longitudinal bar weaker.

Distribution. T. flavicollis is known only from N Thailand.

Figures

PLATE 5. Figures 1–8. Dignus, Vas, Nilgerides, and Fustis species, adults. 1, Tumula flavicollis, female holotype, Thailand N, Fang; 2, D. buchsbaumi, female holotype, Indonesia, Lombok; 3, Vas owadai, female holotype, Thailand N, Chiang Mai; 4, V. proceus, female holotype, Vietnam N, Da Lat; 5, Nilgirdes trifasciata, female holotype, Indonesia, Sumatra; 6, Fustis sterlingi, male holotype, China, Hong Hong, and female paratype, with same data; 7, F. malaysiensis, male holotype, Malaysia W, Trengganu; 8, F. parasensora, male holotype, Laos S, Sayaboury.