Thubdora wendyae Dutton & Park, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.2.2 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3588FC65-B5B1-43BC-9149-3C8610920278 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BE2A4A-FFAD-FFE4-51A9-7D68FD89FD59 |
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Plazi |
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Thubdora wendyae Dutton & Park |
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sp. nov. |
6. Thubdora wendyae Dutton & Park , sp. nov.
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( Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17 )
Type specimen. Holotype: Female , Guinea, Mt. Nimba area, x 2010, coll. ZSM, gen slide no. 4289/Karisch, in ZSM.
Diagnosis. The new species is superficially similar to T. tonkpiensis Park & Karisch, 2022 described from Ivory Coast based on two females. It can be distinguished by its larger size (19.0 mm vs. 16.0– 16.5 mm in T. tonkpiensis ) and the markedly ground darker of both wings. In the female genitalia, T. wendyae sp. nov. lacks strong spines in the antrum and has a signum longer than its width ( Fig. 17B View FIGURE 17 ), whereas T. tonkpiensis has 12–13 strong spines in the antrum and the signum is wider than its length ( Fig. 17D View FIGURE 17 ).
Description. Female ( Fig. 7A View FIGURE 7 ). Wingspan 19.0 mm.
Head: Dark brown dorsally. Scape of antenna dilated distally, dark brown dorsally; flagellum slightly serrate, ciliate, greyish orange with dark-brown annulations. Labial palpus bent upwards.
Thorax: Tegulae and thorax dark brown dorsally. Hind tibia dark brown dorsally, with broad greyish-orange band medially and at apex. Forewing ground colour dark brown; costa slightly convex medially; costal patch rather small, triangular, beyond 3/4 of costa; fringes concolorous, with narrow, yellowish-white basal line. Hindwing greyish brown; fringes concolorous, with narrow, yellowish-white basal line.
Abdomen ( Fig. 17C View FIGURE 17 ): Dark brown dorsally, with golden-yellow terminal segment; spinous zones broadly developed.
Female genitalia ( Fig. 17B View FIGURE 17 ): Abdominal sternite VIII deeply emarginated into U-shape medially. Ostium bursae broadly concave. Antrum tubular, membranous, about 1/3 the length of ductus bursae. Ductus bursae extremely broadened as wide as corpus bursae, no distinct conjunction between corpus bursae, with numerous strong conical spines scattered; ductus seminalis very broad, arising from it medially. Corpus bursae ovate, as long as ductus bursae; signum large, rectangular, length longer than width, with serrated anterior and posterior margins.
Distribution. Guinea (Nimba Mts.)
Etymology. Named in honour of the first author’s mother, Wendy Dutton, for her support of the authors’ endeavours. A noun in the genitive case.
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Bavarian State Collection of Zoology |
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