Gentilicossus vogli Yakovlev, Naydenov et Penco, 2022

Naydenov, A. E., Yakovlev, R. V. & Penco, F. C., 2022, Gentiliocossus - new genus of Hypoptinae (Lepidoptera: Cossidae), Russian Entomological Journal 31 (1), pp. 67-70 : 70

Gentilicossus vogli Yakovlev, Naydenov et Penco , sp.n.

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MATERIAL. Venezuela: holotype, male, Maracay, 10– 15.04.36, leg. P[ater Cornelius]. Vogl ( ZSM, Genital preparation № 1335; Prep. N 947 P. Gentili)

DESCRIPTION. Length of fore wing 15 mm. Root area of the fore wing light-brown, discally semicircular brown spot framed in ribbon-like light-coffee color band, postdiscally wedge-like brown portion, submarginally broad round portion, crescent brown stroke and light-brown portion submarginally at apex, cubital area with expressed reticulated pattern of thin brown strokes. Fringe brown. Hind wing lightyellow, without pattern.

Male genitalia. Uncus relatively short, cylindrical, apically semicircular; gnathos arms very short; gnathos absent; valve basally swollen and extended, elongated, apically lanceolate, directed ventrally, with deep cut on outer edge closer to apex, with small slightly acute process on outer edge of valve, small crescent harpe in basal third of valve; juxta robust with pair of long lateral processes; saccus very long, thin, with parallel edges; phallus shorter than valve, almost straight, with obliquely cut apex, vesica without cornuti.

Female unknown.

DIAGNOSIS. The species clearly differs in the male genital structure: the absence of the phallus armaments, the straight phallus and very long saccus. Morphologically, the new species is closer to G. alexi sp.n., from which it differs in the thin, acute process on the outer edge of the valve, the deeper cut on the outer edge of the valve and the crescent harpe in the valve basally.

DISTRIBUTION. Venezuela, Aragua State.

ETYMOLOGY. The new species is named after the wellknown collector of insects and plants, Cornelius Vogl (1884– 1959), the German priest from Lichtenegg bei Regensburg, who was ordained to the Order of Saint Benedict. He carried out missionary work in Dar-es-Salam (1910–1919) and from 1925 in Venezuela. He was based in South American mainly at Maracay and Caracas and later died at Maiquetia in Venezuela.

Acknowledgments. The authors express their gratitude to the Strelkovs, a remarkable family who provided a great assistance in our work in the north of Argentina in 2019, and to Dr. Axel Hausmann (Munich) for the holotype photo (the adult and genitals) of G. vogli sp.n .

Competing interests. The authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

Figs 2–5. Gentilicossus, adults: 2 — G. alexi, sp.n., male, holotype; 3 — G. alexi, sp.n., male, paratype; 4 — G. caimancito, male, holotype; 5 — G. vogli, male, holotype. Scale bars: 10 mm. Рис. 2–5. Gentilicossus, имаго: 2 — G. alexi, sp.n., самец, голотип; 3 — G. alexi, sp.n., самец, паратип; 4 — G. caimancito, sp.n., самец, голотип; 5 — G. vogli, sp.n., самец, голотип. МасШтаб: 10 мм.

Figs 6–9. Gentilicossus, male, genitalia: 6 — G. alexi, sp.n., male, holotype (ZISP, Genital preparation № 234, A.E. Naydenov); 7 — G. alexi, sp.n., male, paratype (RYB, Genital preparation № 271, A. E. Naydenov); 8 — G. caimancito, sp.n., male, holotype (ZISP, Genital preparation № 369, A.E. Naydenov); 9 — G. vogli, sp.n., male, holotype (ZSM, Genital preparation № 1335). Scale bars: 1 mm. Рис. 6–9. Gentilicossus, гениталии самцов: 6 — G. alexi, sp.n., самец, голотип (ZISP, Genital preparation № 234, A.E. Naydenov); 7 — G. alexi, sp.n., самец, парати, (RYB, Genital preparation № 271, A.E. Naydenov); 8 — G. caimancito, sp.n., самец, голотип (ZISP, Genital preparation № 369, A.E. Naydenov); 9 — G. vogli, sp.n., самец, голотип (ZSM, Genital preparation № 1335). МасШтаб: 1 мм..