Scoparia simplicissima, Li, 2014
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12154 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10542010 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FD7FB830-DB3E-0551-FC50-FAB7FEE1F985 |
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treatment provided by |
Marcus |
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scientific name |
Scoparia simplicissima |
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sp. nov. |
SCOPARIA SIMPLICISSIMA LI SP. NOV.
( FIGS 1–2 View Figure 1 View Figure 2 , 3A View Figure 3 , 4A View Figure 4 )
Diagnosis
Very similar to Scoparia congestalis Walker, 1859 in the male genitalia, but distinguished easily from the latter by the following characters: the cornuti of the new species absent and the juxta truncate distally ( Fig. 4A View Figure 4 ); in S. congestalis , the cornuti composed of many tiny spines and attached to a scobinate ovate plate in the phallus, the juxta with a pointed tip ( Inoue, 1994: 348, fig. 34).
Description
Adult ( Fig. 3A View Figure 3 ): Forewing length 6.5–7.5 mm. Frons and vertex white mixed with pale brown. Patagium and tegula pale brown. Thorax white mixed with grey. Forewing suffused with sparse blackish brown scales; antemedian line lined with dense black scales on outer side, slightly oblique outwards; antemedian stigmata inconspicuous; distal discoidal stigma 8-shaped; postmedian line meeting costa and dorsum perpendicularly; subterminal line concave at middle; fringe white, pale brown near base. Hindwing white; fringe concolorous with forewing, except lighter below base. Abdomen grey.
Male genitalia ( Fig. 4A View Figure 4 ): Uncus evenly broad at basal three-fifths, remaining narrowing towards blunted apex. Gnathos slightly longer than uncus, pointed apically. Valva narrow at base, broadening towards rounded apex; costa gently convex at about two-fifths. Sacculus nearly straight ventrally. Juxta broad basally, narrowing towards truncate tip. Phallus about three-quarters as long as valva, attached with a piece of membrane covered with dense tiny spines at distal one-fifth; cornutus absent.
Female: Unknown.
Holotype
Male: China, Sichuan, Hailuogou Glacier , near no. 1 glacier, ∼ 3000 m a.s.l., 18 August 2012, W. Li and
L. Huang leg., prep. gen. no. LW12094, DNA no. L13092 View Materials ( Figs 1 View Figure 1 and 2 View Figure 2 ).
Paratypes
Two males: Same locality as the holotype, except dated 16–18 August 2012, prep. gen. no. LW12081 , DNA no. L 13091 View Materials ( Figs 1 View Figure 1 and 2 View Figure 2 ) .
Distribution
China (Sichuan). Etymology of specific epithet
From the Latin simplicissimus (= very simple), referring to the simple phallus without cornutus in the male genitalia.
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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien |
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Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch |
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